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The following checklists should help you prepare for the school year.
Determine what the procedures and expectations will be for all categories.There are two lists:
1) Classroom Procedures and 2)Accountability Procedures


CLASSROOM PROCEDURES CHECKLIST:
What will your procedures and expectations be?

1)ROOM USE:
a. Teacher's desk and storage areas
b. Student desks and storage areas
c. Storage for common materials
d. Drinking fountains, sink, pencil sharpener
e. Bathrooms
f. Center, station, or equipment areas

2)SEATWORK AND TEACHER-LED INSTRUCTION:
a. Student attention during presentations
b. Student participation
c. Talk among students
d. Obtaining help
e. Out-of-seat procedures during seatwork
f. When seatwork has been completed

3)TRANSITIONS INTO AND OUT OF THE ROOM:
a. Beginning of the school day
b. Leaving the room
c. Returning to the room
d. Ending the day

4)PROCEDURES DURING READING OR OTHER GROUPS:
a. Getting the class ready
b. Student movement
c. Expected behavior in the group
d. Expected behavior of students our of group

5)GENERAL PROCEDURES:
a. Distributing materials
b. Interruptions
c. Bathrooms
d. Library, resource room, school office
e. Cafeteria
f. Playground
g. Fire and disaster drills
h. Classroom helpers

ACCOUNTABILIITY PROCEDURES CHECKLIST:
What will your procedures and expectations be?

1)COMMUNICATING ASSIGNMENTS AND WORK REQUIREMENTS:
a. Where and how will you post assignments?
b. What will your standards be for form and neatness? Ex. pencil, color of pen, type of paper, erasures, due dates, heading
c. How will absent students know what assignments to make up?
d. What will be the consequences of late or imcomplete work?

2)MONITORING PROGRESS AND COMPLETION OF ASSIGNMENTS:
a. What procedures will you use to monitor projects or longer assignments?
b. How will you determine whether students are completing assignments?
c. How will you collect completed assignments?
d. What records of student work will you retain?

3)FEEDBACK:
a. What are your school's grading policies and procedures?
b. What kinds of feedback will you provide, and when?
c. What will you do when a student stops doing assignments?
d. What procedure will you follow to send materials home to parents?
e. Where will you display student work?
f. What records, if any, of their own will the students maintain?


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