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Classroom Procedures

In order to optimize our time together, the following classroom procedures will be followed throughout the year:   

1. Arrive on time and be prepared for class.  This means you are expected to have all materials needed for class including laptops and any homework assignments completed in the assigned format.                                                                                                                                                                                              

2. Participate in class.  Class can be as interesting as we make it!  Active, constructive participation is not only encouraged but expected and it will make a difference in your grade. .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

3. Classroom Atmosphere.  R-E-S-P-E-C-T!  Mutual respect in the classroom requires that the teacher respect the students, the students respect the teacher and the students respect each other.

4. Homework:

• ALL HOMEWORK IS DUE WHEN CLASS MEETS.  This includes homework to be collected electronically which should be put in the appropriate folder on the IHA server before class meets.
• Have a back-up strategy: have a homework CD-ROM that you can hand in at the beginning of class in case the server is down.
• Homework reading may be checked by unannounced reading check quizzes.
• GRADING SCALE FOR HOMEWORK:

                check plus plus = A+;

                check plus   = A

                check/check plus = B+

                check = B

                check/check minus = C+

                check minus = C

                check minus/check minus = D/D+

                Unsatisfactory = F

5. Late Assignments:

• Assignments are due at the time the class meets.  Your grade will be lowered 5 points for each calendar weekday an assignment is late.
• Only some unusual circumstances should prevent you from being prepared.  Do not wait until the class period to explain why you will be late with an assignment, send me an email ahead of time.

6. Absences:

• YOU are responsible for all work, assignments and material covered in class.  Please phone or email a fellow student to see what you missed.  You may also check my website or email me.
• For an extended absence, we will work out a reasonable schedule for making up missing work.
• For shorter absences, students must make up tests or quizzes within two days of return. See me the day you return or email me at LMaltz@ihahs.com to make arrangements.
• The day a major writing assignment is due, e-mail your paper to me.
• If the absence is planned, see me ahead of time for assignments.

7. Grading Policy.  Tests, major assignments and/or projects will be double weighted; quizzes, homework and participation grades are single weighted.

8. Email:

• When you send me an e-mail, be sure to use your name and class section in the subject line. I delete all unidentified e-mails without opening them.
• I will send a return e-mail if you include a homework assignment as an attachment. If you do not receive an acknowledgement from me, you need to re-send your assignment.
• E-mail me by 8 pm—I probably will not see e-mails sent later in the evening.  
9. Academic Honesty:  Integrity is an important value and is expected for all students; cheating in any form will not be tolerated. Plagiarism and other forms of cheating will be referred to Mrs. Hals, the Dean of Students, for disciplinary action.  Please review your IHA agenda and the website so you are clear on this subject.

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