Mr. Barber

Main Campus Study Hall Student Name:_____

School of Arts & Enterprise

Welcome to the Study Skills classroom. This class is designed to help everyone improve their practice of skills according to the California state standards. One significant underlying aim is to equip students to use their numerical, recall, oral, or written skills within their future lives and careers. In order to make the class more successful, all students will often be expected to participate in partner/group activities. Students must, therefore, remain flexible and tolerant of these arrangements. Make-up work: All late assignments are allowed one more day per each “Excused” absence. Otherwise late work is credited with a late penalty.

Behavior Rules:

  1. Students are expected to follow all school rules, classroom directions/procedures, and be responsible for doing one’s own work, without any plagiarizing.
  2. Students may not leave during class time without a pass or permission and must not leave until the end of the period bell.
  3. Respect is expected to be shown towards others; this practice rules out any use of profanity or demeaning speech and the misuse of classroom or staff equipment.
  4. In general, all electronics and food/drinks are to be kept at home. Cell phones must be on vibrate or turned off during class. Unless indicated within the IEP, any device must not be disruptive. Bottled water is the only drink allowed.

* Severe conduct disruptions result in immediate Referrals.

Consequences:Rewards:

  1. Warning1. Free time
  2. Moved and Miss out2. Group goal rewards
  3. Detention/Contact Home3. Positive contact home
  4. Referral4. Recommendations

Classroom/school attendance

  • All students are expected to be in class and ready to begin promptly at the scheduled start of class.
  • Any and all absences regardless of reason, negatively impact student’s ability to learn and develop the necessary skills to pass the course.
  • Excessive (4) unexcused absences, or tardiness will result in referral to administration for further disciplinary action.

* “I hereby agree to support the above classroom behavior management plan.”

Parent/Guardian’s Signature: ______

{sign/return}

STUDY SKILLS

Goals and Objectives

  • Students will demonstrate mastery of maintaining an agenda to keep up with work.
  • Students will develop writing strategies to organize their thoughts.
  • Students will learn strategies to interpret reading materials.
  • Students will improve reading skills by reading for a variety of purposes.
  • Students will learn strategies to improve academic vocabulary.
  • Students will demonstrate an ability to initiate and complete tasks.
  • Students will demonstrate an ability to analyze and problem solve.
  • Students will demonstrate effective communication skills.

Course Materials

Students are expected to come to class with required material each day. Students are expected to have the following materials by the first full week of school.

  • 3-ring binder with subject dividers or separate subject folders
  • loose –leaf paper (college ruled).
  • Pencil (sharpened) or pen
  • Eraser
  • Highlighters
  • Agenda - designed to document daily assignments (provided, if needed)

Final Course Mark Grade Scale and Percentage Bands

At the SAE, each assignment isevaluated using 4 points (usually by .5 increments).

Each semester students are expected to complete one project, which is the chief summative assessment for the course.The project counts for 20% of the final grade. However in contrast to other courses, the remaining portion of the study skills class grade is determined by participation on both class work and homework that is averaged across

the 4 point scale.

A 85-100%

B 70-84%

C 60-69%

No Credit (Fail) 0-59%

The SAE does NOT allow a D to be used as a final course mark because we are a college preparatory school and a D is not an acceptable grade for college preparatory course work.

21st Century Learning is an important part of educating students for college and career readiness. The UNLOCK skills will be assessed and be a part of the final grade in students’ academic courses. Specifically, the ‘NLOC’ skills portion of these will be targeted for both instruction and assessment within the ‘Study Skills’ classroom.

21st Century Learning Goals

Understand Diversity.

Understand the opportunities and challenges of diversity on a local and global scale.

•model respect for all human diversity

•understand environmental, historical, and global trends

•assume responsibility for your actions

Never give up on excellence.

Never give up on excellence--rethink, revise, refine.

•commit to high-quality craftsmanship and excellence through reflection and revision

•critique your work using established workplace criteria

Learn to problem-solve.

Learn to problem-solve through creativity and critical thinking.

•seek out innovation and expert resources to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize

•hypothesize creative solutions and complete rigorous experiments to test them

•use data to drive decision-making

Open yourself to collaboration.

Open yourself to allow for effective collaboration.

•practice active listening and reflective dialogue

•abide by community norms

•solve problems in teams using roles and expectations to set and monitor goals

Communicate clearly.

Communicate your ideas and opinions clearly using 21st century tools.

•use precise questions to drive your investigations

•critically use a variety of media formats to express ideas clearly, creatively, and concisely

Know how to market.

Know how to market your talents using 21st Century skills.

•use social media with an understanding of the risks and power inherent in them

•understand and use the elements of discourse in the Information Age to effectively market your ideas

•analyze opportunities and challenges in order set and achieve life goals

(Course Grading will predominately be based upon the ‘NLOC’ Learning Goals listed above)

Course Instructor: Todd Barber

School Contact:#(909)622 – 0699X227

Email:

Room: Main Campus#107