Policies & Procedures
the number of absences a student can have before going on probation
What is 19 (plus one tardy!)?
One Restroom Expectation
What is...
No more than three people in a restroom at any time
Only one person in a stall at a time
Backpacks and cone/hall pass should remain in the hallway outside the restroom
how to share important information, deadlines, or links with students
What are Google Classroom Stream Posts? (permanent [unlike Zoom chat], trackable, BIA-sponsored)
share one of your favorite websites or extracurriculars
What is..your favorite? Kahoot, Wordle, etc.
Brazilian candy made with condensed milk
What are brigadeiros?
What is eight months (or four sessions)?
Two Cafeteria Expectations
What is...
Enter quietly through the second set of doors
Wait your turn
Keep walkways clear
Get everything you need in one trip through the line
Once you sit down, stay seated
Keep both feet under the table
Clean your space when finished eating
Stay seated until dismissed by a teacher
No opened food or drinks should leave the cafeteria
how soon midterm/final grades should be in after the end of class
What is three hours (max)?
your favorite way to make sure all students are engaged
Google Classroom stream + Breakout Rooms, PollEverywhere, Zoom chat required answers
the name of Dumbledore's phoenix
Fawkes
One of the four priorities for GCS middle schools this year.
What are...
1. Academic Excellence
2. Developmental Responsiveness
3. Social Equity
4. Organizational Structures and Processes
Two Hallway Expectations
What is...
Walk in one direction on one side of the hallway during class changes
No running, yelling or horseplay in the hallways
Line up by the wall/lockers to wait for the teacher to admit you to class
Keep moving
No one is permitted into hallways without a pass
Only one person may be out of a classroom at a time with a hall pass
what you should always do when sending students to breakout rooms
What is...giving them a concrete, written assignment to return with, posted on GC stream or in Zoom chat.
how to ensure students don't feel like class is full of dead space/wasted time
What is... (lots of possible answers here!) good preparation, adapting if an assignment is too easy, always checking early for students that have finished
country with the longest coastline in the world
What is Canada?
the number of tardies that equal an absence
Two Classroom Expectations
What is...
Enter class quietly and take a seat
Be prepared with class materials
Only water is allowed in class
Follow directions
Wait for the teacher to dismiss you from class
two important things to do when subbing a class
What are...introducing self to class, taking notes in the "attendance" on QS (cameras, etc.), following the teacher's plans and making notes in the agenda if something was unclear or not able to be completed (other answers possible)
how to answer a politically charged question from a student
What is...by presenting all sides from an unbiased place
the name of the statue in the Boston Public Garden based upon a children's book
What is Make Way for Ducklings?
the two things you should be doing in Google Classroom on Day 1
What are adding students and posting the syllabus, orientation, and textbook info?
What is...
If you do not have an ID, go directly to the ID station
If you are eating breakfast, go directly to breakfast upon arrival
After breakfast go directly to your grade level holding area
No eating in morning holding
All phones and earbuds should be turned off and put in backpacks before dismissal from holding
Once dismissed, go directly to your flex class
No one is allowed to go down the hallway early without a pass ______________________________________
Stay in your 7th period until your group number or bus is dismissed
Walk directly to the bus loop or carline
All walkers should exit the building through the back 6/7 car loop
four things that should always be included in your weekly agenda
What are 1. Zoom link & login, 2. Links to assignments, 3. Links to outside activities, 4. Descriptions of games/activities, 5. Link to private grading folder (possible other answers)?
how to deal with a student that loves to talk but often is a conversation-hog
What is...directing a question about that conversation to another student, creating pairs in Breakout Rooms to come back with ideas about the topic, etc.
Ross's second wife from Friends
Who is Emily?