Classroom Responsibilities 

• RClass Responsibilities & Rules 

• Respect yourself, the teacher, other students, administration, librarian, and other staff at the school 

• Come prepared to class with a positive attitude and: 

  • your computer with a full battery

  • computer charger

  • headphones 

• Arrive on time to class, this means inside the classroom, at your desk with your materials ready.

• Anyone outside the classroom as the tardy bell rings is marked as tardy. 

• If you are under 20  minutes late (tardy), please enter the classroom quietly and do not interrupt or distract others 

• If you are more than 20 minutes late do not enter the classroom. 

  • You must go to the attendance office to ask for a pass to enter the classroom.  

• When you arrive your cell phone immediately goes into the charging station before you sit down. Our classroom uses a light system to let you know when you can and cannot use your phone or computer.  

  • Red light = no cell phone zone 

  • Blue light = you may listen to music using headphones on your computer (not with cell phone) 

  • Green light = you may go pick up your cell phone 

• Get your binder and a dictionary everyday  

• Please keep talking to a minimum when the teacher is talking 

• Help each other to build an English-learning community 

  • Practice listening, reading, speaking, and writing with each other

  • Making mistakes is okay, and normal

  • This is your safe space to practice 

• Ask permission any time you need to leave class (restroom, offices, library, etc. ) 

  • You must take the hall pass when you leave

  • You cannot leave the classroom if you do not have your ID visible 

    • visible ID  = clipped to your clothes 

    • visible ID =  hung around your neck 

• No food or drinks are allowed during class, you can leave your food on the shelves in the front

• Return desks, tables and chairs, binders and other materials to their places at the end of class

• Keep the classroom clean, there are brooms, dustpans, and paper towels and other cleaning supplies available, and throw away any trash in the trash can

• Ask 3 then me (will be used starting the 2nd 9 weeks) 

• Behavioral Management: 

  • Gesture or verbal warning 

  • Side conference with student in private 

  • Calling and/or emailing parent or guardian 

  • Communication with administration and parent or guardian