Learners are more successful when both teachers and students hold their responsibilities for learning to high standards. We are a learning community. To make this a successful year, we each expect the following from our teachers and from our students.
Teacher Responsibilities
To meet their responsibilities to our learning community, teachers
- foster a variety meaningful learning relationships within our learning community,
- design effective learning tasks,
- design learning tasks which are meaningful and engaging
- continually assess student learning to help students move their learning forward,
- to strive for high standards of professional competence with regard to curricular expertise, classroom instruction, assessment and human interaction,
- to assist students in following the Student Code of Conduct through modeling, reminders, communication with parents, and in the case of chronic noncompliance, reporting concerns to administration, and
- to communicate with parents regularly.
Student Responsibilities
To meet their responsibilities to our learning community, students
- participating in learning activities and tasks,
- create positive relationships with peers, teachers and other adults,
- become actively involved in the school community,
- are courteous, considerate and respectful of others and their property when in class, hallways or on school trips and property
- act with integrity at all times
- strive for excellence in everything they do
- adhere to school policies and procedures and follow appropriate protocols when questioning these, and
- take an active role in their own growth as a learner.
Remember! The successful functioning of a school is based on the premise that the rights of individuals do not supersede the right of the community.