Policies in Our Classroom
Table of Contents:
Community
Life Skills
Etiquette
Attendance
Grading
Helping Others
Personal Communication Devices
Equipment and Accessories
Student Handbook
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Community in Our
Classroom
Life Skills
Be
impeccable with your word.
Speak with
integrity--honesty, truth, and honor.
Say only what you
mean.
Avoid using the word
to speak against yourself or to gossip about others.
Use the power of your
word in the direction of truth and love.
Don't
take anything personally.
Nothing others do is
because of you.
What others say and
do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream.
When you are immune
to the opinion and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless
suffering.
Don't
Make Assumptions.
Find the courage to
ask questions and to express what you really want.
Communicate with
others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness, and drama.
With just this one
agreement, you can completely transform your life.
Always do your best.
Your best is going to
change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as
opposed to sick.
Under any
circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse,
and regret.
Don’t
believe yourself, and don’t believe anyone else.
Be skeptical of our
own lies and be in truth at all times.
Learn to listen.
Listen with the heart — the heart and common sense.
Accept yourself
completely--just the way you are, and accept everybody else just the way they
are.
Never accept what you
hear as completely true.
--From "The Fifth Agreement", Don Miguel Ruiz
Etiquette
Guidelines for Class Discussion
Listen closely to others
Ask for more information if you are not clear about what someone said
Be honest
Attendance
Punctuality
You are expected to be in class at
the class start time. leeway
Early Quits
Being out of the classroom for
more than five minutes (without authorization) is considered absence.
Time not engaged in class activities is considered absence. (You must
make up a minimum of 15 minutes per instance.)
Makeup Time
Calculate your make-up time for
any absence from class as follows:
Entire class
period 1.5
Hours
Part of class period Count all minutes to the next ¼ hour and
add 15 minutes
While making up an absence in
courses, you are expected to work on the activity covered during your absence
and/or a makeup assignment assigned by your instructor. Makeup time will not be
awarded unless these assignments are turned in to your instructor. Makeup time
should be completed as soon as possible, but must be completed within two weeks
of your absence.
Grading
If you are absent from class more
than 15% of the total course hours (greater than 5 hours for this course), you
will be given a failing grade.
Rewards for helping others
Helping other students is encouraged.
When you assist students who are having difficulty with subject matter, you
benefit too.
Guidelines for
assisting
