Building an inclusive, dynamic, and safe learning atmosphere is one of my top priorities and is an essential component to an individual’s success in the classroom. The following expectations are general guidelines for student’s to understand their role in this ongoing process.
Dr. Chiaramonte’s Classroom Culture
- While I am instructing, lecturing, or providing individual-small-large group support, students are expected to be listening, asking questions, researching, taking notes, and staying on task.
- Be prepared to learn when you arrive to class. Bring class related materials and have them ready to use.
- You may turn in late and/or missed work for full credit. I believe in mastering concepts.
- Please shut off cell phones and related electronic materials unless I have specifically instructed the class to use them for research purposes.
- School related dress code policies will be enforced. It is not personal.
- You may pack up approximately one to two minutes before the end of the class.
- No-Name papers do not get recorded and are placed in a clearly marked folder for student retrieval/identification. Make sure you always have proper headings on EVERY paper.
- Any offensive language/name calling or insulting behavior is not tolerated in my room! BE KIND!
- Please respect school property and do not write on the desks etc. or you will be asked to clean them.
- Always have an outside reading book. If you finish an assignment early — READ!
- YOU are responsible for finding out about missed work: check the school related online resource, ask a classmate, or ask Dr. Chiaramonte!
- If you need help, ask! I am here for you–ALWAYS! Lunch, breaks, or office hours academic support will be available.
- Students should take responsibility for checking grades weekly. If a mistake is made, I will fix the issue in a timely manner.
- Use loose leaf paper to turn in hand written assignments. Please remove any frayed edges.
- USE BLACK OR BLUE INK FOR IN-CLASS ESSAYS ONLY!! Pencil is allowed for other assignments. No assignment written in red, pink, light blue, etc will be accepted.
- If your writing is illegible, I cannot read it; if I cannot read it, I will not grade it. BE NEAT!
- Be positive and helpful.
- Please respect your margins on all handwritten assignments. In other words, try not writing in them because I utilize the margins for corrections and comments.
- Use P.A.S.S. (high school) to exit and enter the classroom!
- I believe in academics and that learning is paramount to your intellectual, moral, social, and emotional development. Do not waste any opportunity for growth.
- High School: Students arriving to class late are considered tardy. A student arriving to class late with an excused pass from the attendance office is not considered tardy. A student who arrives to class late without a pass from the attendance office is considered tardy or truant and will document the reason for their tardiness prior to entering class. Frequent tardiness will be addressed through administratively documenting the issue, detention, zero grade on quizzes given at beginning of class and/or email to parents seeking assistance with finding ways to positively modify the behavior.
- Periodically there will be rubric based assessments founded on the listed principles. Please refer to the rubric.
Dr. Chiaramonte’s Online Classroom Culture
