Rules Consequences

Treat each other as adults, peers, and
professionals during classroom activities.
If you are interrupting each other, verbal or
physically abusive, or fail to respect one
another the first offense will be a verbal or
written warning(teacher’s discretion). The
second will be a separation from group
activities and the third and final is lunch
detention.

Participate in the class discussion. If you choose to not participate when

worksheets are being reviewed or questions
are being asked to the class, the teacher will
make an attempt to call on you. If you still
refuse to participate then it will become
mandatory to answer two questions in each
class.

Be prepared to fail and support each other.
When someone answers a question incorrectly
and others do not actively assist that student,
then the teacher will call on specific people to
also explain how they got their answer to the
class.

Mix up your learning style. If I continuously receive one form of

technology for projects or that you have the
same task during group work I will mix up the
group positions to ensure students see material
from a new way.

Rules two and three are made specifically to encourage students to become diverse learners. I
completely believe that by encouraging students to utilize different materials and discuss their
ideas in a Socratic style format will enhance their ability to retain the lesson information. Also, it
generates a deeper understanding of the content compared to a one-dimension teaching approach.
These rules reflect my personal teaching philosophy because I believe in a procedure heavy
classroom because that is what I have seen more effective in classes that can handle extra
responsibilities. Therefore, with addition to the district or school policies that cover issues of
bullying, cheating, etc. mine focus on things that occur during my class specifically. This take
away the monotony many students feel when the rules overlap and are basically the same all
throughout secondary education.