NON-NEGOTIABLES
POTPOURRI
SERVICE LEARNING
GRADING/EVALUATION
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
100
The number of tardies that will constitute one absence.
What is 3?
100
This will be checked at the beginning of class. Excused forms of this include: documented illness, deaths in the family and other documented crises, call to active military duty or jury duty, religious holy days, and official University activities. They will be accommodated in a way that does not arbitrarily penalize students who have a valid excuse. Consideration will also be given to students whose dependent children experience serious illness.
What is attendance?
100
The purpose of this activity is to allow students to experience the educational process and environment in an actual school setting.
What is service learning?
100
Activities will occur frequently during our class time and many of these activities will be collected/submitted and graded. This is the location you must be to receive points for the assignments because make-ups are not allowed.
What is in-class?
100
The number of hours you are required to do service learning in this course.
What is 15 hours?
200
An example of an activity that can be distracting to other students and the overall instructional environment.
(any one of the following is acceptable) What is texting, off-task computer use, MP3 players, iPods, PDAs, Bluetooth, etc...
200
What is the instructor's email address?
What is sb12b@my.fsu.edu
200
The number of times my 3-ring service learning binder, holding my observation guides, reflections, and attendance verification sheet is going to be graded this semester.
What is twice?
200
This outlines the University's expectations for the integrity of students' academic work, the procedures for resolving alleged violations of those expectations, and the rights and responsibilities of students and faculty members throughout the process. Students are responsible for reading the Academic Honor Policy and for living up to their pledge to ``...be honest and truthful and... [to] strive for personal and institutional integrity at Florida State University.''
What is The Florida State University Academic Honor Policy?
200
The grade I will receive if I do NOT complete my service learning requirements before December 3?
What is an F?
300
You will receive this after your background screening and taking the proper form obtained from OASIS with your FSU Card and your payment of $95 to Leon County School District.
What is a Leon County School District badge?
300
The web portal where most of the course resources and content can be found, where most assignments will be submitted, and can be accessed with an FSU email account.
What is Blackboard?
300
In case you are injured during your service learning placement, you are required to submit proof of this to OASIS.
What is health insurance?
300
The minimum penalty and possible grade that a student will receive if they violate the Honor Code regarding completion of service learning hours and in any assignment, test, quiz, etc...
What is a minimal penalty of a zero and may receive an F.
300
Which edition of the textbook is required for this course?
What is the 5th edition?
400
If you are late or are not going to attend your field placement visit, you must do this.
What is contact your cooperating teacher immediately so they can make appropriate plans (not necessary at FSUS).
400
If you know you are going to be absent from class, please do this if possible.
What is notify the instructor?
400
In order to protect you against lawsuits, you are required to have this during your service learning placements.
What is liability insurance?
400
Turning in someone else's work as your own, copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit, failing to put a quotation in quotation marks, giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation, changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit, copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on "fair use" rules).
What is plagiarism?
400
This is the person that will be in contact with your cooperating teachers and will be visiting field experience locations to ensure that these standards are being met as well as to address any issues that may arise.
What is the Service Learning Coordinator (or her name)?
500
Unless prior approval has been given, this is the grade a student will receive if they turn in an assignment late.
What is a zero?
500
These assignments must be turned in typed, double-spaced, twelve-point Times New Roman font with one-inch margins on all sides. They should also be proofread and free from grammatical and spelling errors. Papers that do not comply with this format or that contain numerous errors will lose points accordingly.
What are written assignments?
500
The office at 2301 Stone Building that will be able to help you with all of your clearance procedures.
What is OASIS?
500
What grade did I earn if I had a 79.2?
What is a C+
500
Missing more than this many minutes (including late arrival/early departure) of a class, at any time during the class, will count as 1/2 day's absence unless prior arrangements have been made with the instructor.
What is 30 minutes?
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