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= Marketing Education = toc When you work in our school the goal is to convince kids to love education, to love reading and want to turn in their homework. In the old days the world was a mystery and school was the ticket to unlimited exploration. Today you are in competition with every form of media imaginable and the intrinsic values have been reduced. Like a marketing firm you must take an old gray product and develop the vivid colors they have been missing. Your only other job is to remember the customer is a child and no matter how many times they fall you must pick them up and move them forward. You market education.

This page will provide expectations for our classrooms. All of these are non-negotiable and when you find a better idea we also expect you to share those ideas in our calendar meetings. Great teachers helped formed these norms and great teachers will help to improve them.

Classroom Structure
As educators we know that consitency with our student's is key to their success. In order to provide the optium learning enviornment there are some key elements that should occur at the beginning of each class period.
 * Teachers will greet students at door at the beginning of each class period
 * As students are greeted, teachers should do a visual dress code check
 * Students will enter classroom and be seated
 * A bell ringer should be located on board for students to complete
 * Once students complete bell ringer or assignment he/she is to read a book and sit quietly

Attendance
Taking attendance within the first 5 minutes of each class period is critical. In order to be in compliance with the state we must report attendance daily. If attendance is not taken within the first 5 minutes of class you will get a visit from the attendance clerk to ensure you are taking attendance.

Board Postings
The following should be posted in every classroom:
 * [[file:thinkglobalisd/Classroom Expectations.pdf|Classroom Expectations Board]]
 * Incentive Icons (located on whiteboard)
 * Objective of Lesson (TEK/SE)
 * Instructional Strategy
 * Assignments
 * Homework
 * Date
 * Technology Usage Dots (Red, Yellow, Green)
 * Tutorials (posted on outside of door)

Core Subject Binders
Each core subject will have binders for students. Each binder will have a set of five dividers; dividers will be the same for all subjects. This will allow students to have consistency and help with organization skills. Divider Tab Labels
 * Tab 1: Notes (Notebook Paper under this tab)
 * Tab 2: Test/Reviews
 * Tab 3: Vocabulary/Quiz
 * Tab 4: Assignments
 * Tab 5: State Testing

Discipline
Communication with students and parents is part of our Culture. It is the expectation of the administration that parents and students should be made aware and understand the successes and the areas for improvement throughout the school year. As professional educators, teachers are expected to maintain a high level of control over their instructional environment. Early intervention with parents and teacher consequences are effective in most discipline cases. Therefore, the expectation is that all staff members will deal with persistent and inappropriate behavior by exhausting all means possible. Except in cases where emergency removal is necessary, students who are sent to the office should have a completed discipline referral form. The referral should contain only the facts and be free from judgmental and/or emotional remarks. An emergency removal is warranted for incidents such as fighting, vandalism, weapons, extremely unruly behavior, drugs/alcohol, or if the safety and welfare of you and/or others are threatened. Once the referral is made the discipline for the action becomes the sole responsibility of the administrator but the teacher is still obligated to make contact with the parent regarding the situation.
 * Any student seen in the office requires a phone call to parents to discuss why his/her child was seen in the office.
 * Teachers are expected to contact parents if their is a behavior concern, a drop in student's grade, did not turn in assignment (the [[file:thinkglobalisd/Yellow Card Form.docx|yellow card system]]). Teachers should follow the steps in our discipline management system.
 * Each time you communicate with parents regarding their child you will need to document. A call log and emails would be a great way to keep track of communication.
 * Who, What, When, Where, Why - Key questions to ask students when an incident occurs.
 * 1) Verbal Correction / Change Seating
 * 2) Conference with student
 * 3) Contact/conference with parent or guardian
 * 4) Teacher Detention
 * 5) Personal meeting with student and parents/guardians
 * 6) Referral to Administrator and Parent Contact by Teacher

Four Basic Rules to Classroom Management

 * 1) Classroom expectations should be posted at all times:
 * 1: Instant Obedience
 * 2: Respect for Others
 * 3: Respect for Property
 * 4: Diligence to Duty
 * 5: Listening Learning Positions (LLPs)
 * 1) The classroom environment and relationship with students should always remain professional. Overly relaxed behavior will send mixed signals to your students and blur the line between authority and friend during disciplinary actions. Remain calm when working with students and at no time should aggressive or inflammatory remarks be made to your students in even the most extreme circumstances.
 * 2) Be aware of the outside factors that influence your students’ behavior. You have little control over these experiences but take them into account as you work with your students.
 * 3) Contact parents as often as possible, use the referral system correctly and be consistent throughout the school year.

Grades
The expectations of teachers in regards to grading can be found at this LINK.

Headings
Student at WMS are expected to place a heading on all information they receive. The heading goes in the upper right hand corner of the student’s paper, worksheet or packet. Below you will find the example of the student heading.
 * Name
 * Teacher, Period
 * Date

Impact Change
Your support of ImpactChange is critical. You must display the icons you have chosen. Only students that wear their ID badges around their neck may partake in those freedoms. Monitoring the use of privileges in your classroom is vital to maintaining a positive campus culture at WMS.

Instructional Strategy
All teachers will display the day’s major instructional strategy on the board. You will need to create and laminate the strategy names before the year begins for display. Each day the appropriate strategy should be placed on the board for evaluator walk-throughs.


 * Student Dress Code Checks **

In order for an expectation to be followed it is our responsibility to provide consistency across all settings to ensure students know the expectation. We start the year with reminding students to be in dress code but by mid-year we lose steam. To ensure students continue the district dress code policy we have put in a procedure that we hope will provide consistency.

Each Period (classroom) Dress code checks will consist of ensuring students have a uniform shirt, pants, belt, shoes & dress code policy hair length/color. Dress Code Checks will occur __every period__. Below you will find the steps you will take in regards to dress code checks. Failure to follow any steps correctly can reset the student to a 1st Offense status pending administrative review. Teachers will use the to track student Dress Code violations.

1st Offense - Log - Verbal Warning 2nd Offense - Log - Verbal Warning 3rd Offense - Log - Verbal Warning/Parent Contact by teacher 4th Offense - Log - Teacher Detention/Parent Contact by teacher 5th Offense - Log - Referral/Parent Contact by Admin, Remainder of day ISS, 5 days to DCR-Log 6th Offense - Log - Referral/Parent Contact by Admin, Remainder of day ISS, 10 days of DCR-Log 7th Offense - Log - Referral/Parent Contact by Admin, 1 ½ days of ISS, 10 days of DCR-Log 8th Offense - Log - Referral/Parent Contact by Admin, 2 days of ISS, 10 days of DCR-Log 9th Offense - Log - Referral/Parent Contact by Admin, 3 days of ISS, Badge Removal

Failure to tuck in a shirt is not a violation of the dress code that is to be logged as part of the above sequence. If a student has their shirt untucked, asked them to please tuck in their shirt. If they do not comply with your request follow steps for insubordination.

Dress Code Reform DCR – Morning Log

When a student has exceeded the campus limit for violations the campus administrator will assign the student 5-10 days of Dress Code Reform. The student will report to the an administrator prior to 1st period for 5-10 consecutive dates for a dress code check. If student fails to meet with an administrator he/she will be placed in ISS for the remainder of the school day.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">All additional offenses past 9 will incur additional office referrals <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dress Code Violations are not limited to this list as the circumstances may require additional consequence. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dress Code Log will be reset after returning from Christmas Break

= Tardies = Students are **tardy** when they are not in your classroom at the time the tardy bell sounds. Proactive Prevention//://
 * Definition: **
 * Let your kids know up front the standards and definition for being tardy
 * Be consistent when marking students tardy
 * Contact the parents at the first sign of reoccurring tardiness

Students arriving after the first bell need to check in at the front office. The student will check in through Raptor and be issued a pass from the office. Please ask the student to return to the front office if they do not have a pass. You will need to establish a place in your room that students will use to drop off the pass. The student will need to sign your Tardy Log prior to joining the class for participation. The tardy log should be kept organized and in your possession throughout the year. You may be asked to present this log as part of your PDAS appraisal.
 * Tardy Procedures (First Period Only): **

The **Teacher** will:
 * Always take attendance within the first 5 minutes of class
 * Manage the tardy log effectively
 * Review [[file:thinkglobalisd/TardyLog.pdf|Tardy log]] often and contact parents when necessary
 * Issue Consequences
 * 3 tardies = teacher detention with parent contact (document contact)
 * 4 tardies = additional detention with parent contact (document contact)
 * 5 tardies = office referral and parent contact (document contact)
 * Each tardy after 5 should be an office referral
 * Do not stop class to issue a consequence. This should be done once students are engaged in work and you have a free moment, after class or during your conference to be issued the following day
 * Tardy log should be reset each 6 weeks.

The **Attendance Clerk** will:
 * Begin a process of verifying attendance no later than 15 minutes after the tardy bell
 * Note any teacher that has not taken attendance
 * Run a Raptor report to track all tardy students for comparison to teacher reports
 * Visit all teachers who have not taken attendance prior to the end of the period
 * Correct any attendance errors and verify in PEIMS
 * Track attendance errors
 * Report attendance errors weekly to campus principal

The student will need to sign your Tardy Log prior to joining the class for participation. The tardy log should be kept organized and in your possession throughout the year. You may be asked to present this log as part of your PDAS appraisal.
 * Tardy Procedures (Second Period to End of Day): **

The **Teacher** will:
 * Always take attendance within the first 5 minutes of class
 * Manage the [[file:thinkglobalisd/TardyLog.pdf|tardy log]] effectively
 * Review Tardy log often and contact parents when necessary
 * Issue Consequences
 * 3 tardies = teacher detention with parent contact (document contact)
 * 4 tardies = additional detention with parent contact (document contact)
 * 5 tardies = office referral and parent contact (document contact)
 * Each tardy after 5 should be an office referral
 * Do not stop class to issue a consequence. This should be done once students are engaged in work and you have a free moment, after class or during your conference to be issued the following day
 * Tardy log should be reset each 6 weeks.

The **Attendance Clerk** will:
 * Begin a process of verifying attendance no later than 10 minutes after the tardy bell
 * Note any teacher that has not taken attendance
 * Visit all teachers who have not taken attendance prior to the end of the period
 * Correct any attendance errors and verify in PEIMS
 * Track attendance errors
 * Report attendance errors weekly to campus principal

Yellow Card
When you ask students to turn in their work they have 2 choices: 1) turn in the work or 2) turn in a. You should have half sheets of yellow paper located in your room that students may pick up at any time and fill out. Click this link for a copy of the yellow card format. At the end of your day you will sort through your stacks and extract all yellow cards. Create an email to all the parents of students missing work from your list serve and BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) parents and CC yourself. It is important that parents be in the BCC so their emails are not shared.

Send this single email to all parents for each assignment to notify them their child did not turn in the assignment. You may even want to create a friendly template so you only have to change the assignment. This process places accountability on the students for turning in the yellow card while increasing your parent communication. This should be a quick and easy process. If this is not quick and easy talk to your department lead or speak with a campus administrator for help. The yellow card should be a help and not a hindrance to your day.

Tutorials
You will need to post your tutorial times in a location that can be viewed from outside your classroom at all times in addition to your fusion page and interior of class. Make sure your posting has the alternate teacher the student should contact if you are not available. All core teachers should work together so a student can attend tutorials before or after school every day of the week. We suggest a rotation with fellow core teachers to divide the work load before and after school. You will use the to post tutorials on your door.

Detentions will be done during tutorial times.