Expectations
In order to create a learning environment that sets us all up for a great experience we have identified the following expectations for all of us: academic teachers, advisors, students, and our parents.
In order to create a learning environment that sets us all up for a great experience we have identified the following expectations for all of us: academic teachers, advisors, students, and our parents.
What to Expect from Academic Teachers
What to Expect from Academic Teachers
Teachers will:
Teachers will:
- share the plan for the lesson at least the day before the class
- be available in their Zoom Room during the scheduled class time and during tutorial time
- have published times when they are available to support student learning outside of tutorial times
- have an online class site for accessing resources and to submit assignments (Google Classroom/MOODLE)
- dress professionally
- take attendance in MySchool
- communicate with the Advisor when they have concerns about a student and notify the Learning Centre teachers when a student in the LC is behind in work
- provide ongoing feedback to students about their learning
What to Expect from Advisors
What to Expect from Advisors
Advisors will:
Advisors will:
- communicate weekly on an individual basis to ensure that any problems are being addressed and successes celebrated
- host weekly Advisor meetings at the scheduled time on Mondays
- communicate with teachers and parents as needed to support the advisee
- communicate with the school administration to offer feedback from students
- continue to work with their advisees to help them to achieve their goals
What to Expect from Students
What to Expect from Students
Students will:
Students will:
- arrive to class ready to work
- do their best to join in classes as they are running or to view recorded classes as soon as possible after they have taken place
- communicate!!!
- create a work space that has a background that is appropriate or use a virtual background with Zoom, limiting distractions for other students
- wear business casual dress to class as you will be on camera at times and we are setting the tone of a professional work environment
- ask for time with a teacher to get support when needed
- complete the arts and athletics work as expected
- be respectful at all times, including in breakout rooms in Zoom when working with other students
- be patient - with themselves, with teachers, with parents
- be aware of how they are feeling and ask for support when needed
- understand using or altering school recordings or portions thereof for anything other than their intended purposes is prohibited
What to Expect from Parents
What to Expect from Parents
Parents will:
Parents will:
- help their child create a work environment somewhere in the home.
- discuss the keys to success and work out a plan for what that will look like in a practical day-to-day sense
- communicate with the Advisor when needed to support the child’s learning experience
- encourage their child to meet expectations for academics, arts and athletics
- be patient with their child, teachers and themselves - this is all new and can be quite overwhelming at times