Classroom+Expectations

**Classroom Expectations **
Accounting is the language of business. By definition, accounting is the planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting of financial information. Owners, managers, and accounting personnel use their knowledge of accounting to understand the information provided in accounting reports. Businesses must have accurate financial reports to help make decisions that affect their companies. They must submit reports to the Federal Government for tax purposes, and owners and managers must determine if they are making a sufficient profit. Regardless of the position held in a company, you can perform your job more efficiently if you know accounting principles .

=__ Classroom Management Policy __=


 * **Be prepared for class every day. **This includes bringing: (1) your accounting textbook and workbook; (2) a notebook/folder with pockets to keep classroom rules, classroom notes/handouts, and to save completed and graded assignments; (3) pen/pencil for note taking and doing class work; and (4) any homework/projects/business article summaries required for class.
 * **Be on time. ** You should be in the classroom when the bell rings to begin class, and you should proceed to begin working on the assigned project and/or the book assignment written on the board or given verbally by the teacher or substitute. You are to remain in your seat unless given permission to do otherwise. Restroom and locker passes are for **emergencies only!** **(Three restroom passes per quarter.)**
 * **Handle the equipment (hardware, desk, chairs, etc.) and textbooks and workbooks with proper care. **Students are to abide by the established computer lab rules and the Internet //Acceptable User Policy//. This includes: **no email, no texting, no Instant Messaging, no Chat, no Ebay, no Fantasy Sports such as Fantasy Football, etc.** Students breaking the previous rules are subject to an office referral. Students are not to change any settings/features on the equipment. Vandalizing the equipment will **__not__** be tolerated. **No food or drink in the lab** and keep your area in and around your desk neat and orderly. Students may use the Internet the last 10 mins. of class **if all their work is completed—the Internet is a privilege and NOT a right.**
 * **Be courteous and respectful to teachers, substitutes, etc. as well as your peers. **Profanity, obscene gestures, and/or inappropriate language are **NOT** permitted. Do not bother another student’s possessions and/or materials (books, notebooks, workbooks, purse, etc.)
 * **Be on task. **No sleeping, texting, instant messaging, personal note writing, primping, working on assignments other than Accounting, etc. is permitted.
 * **Thou shalt do thine own work—NO CHEATING! ** Cheaters and “cheatees” will receive a grade of zero and a detention may be assigned. Plagiarism (using someone else’s information, data, etc. and not giving credit to an author/organization, etc.) is considered cheating.

=__ Disciplinary Consequences __=
 * === Tardiness to class: ===
 * // Tardy #1 // – warning
 * //Tardies #2 and #3 //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> – 30 min. detentions** and parent/guardian contact
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Tardy #4+ //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> - office referrals


 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Violations other than tardiness: ===
 * =====<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">//First offense// – warning and corrective action =====
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">//Second offense// – 30 min. detention
 * =====//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Third offense //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> – 30 min. detention ** and parent/guardian contact=====
 * =====//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Fourth offense //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> – office referral =====

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">**Detentions are assigned by the teacher/substitute. You will be given a 24-hour notice for a detention to be served. Missing a detention will result in an office referral __unless a note from the parent is provided,__ and the detention will be rescheduled.** Missing a detention because of a job, sports activities, practices, and other extracurricular activities is NOT excused.**

=__ Make-up Work __=

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">In case of absence, it is the student’s responsibility to check on make-up assignments. Since all computer assignments will be done __in class__, good attendance is important! **Tests will be made up __after school__.** You have the same number of days that you were absent to make up your work as long as it was an **excused absence**.

=__ Teacher Expectations __=

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">In order to reach our goals in this course, we must all exhibit professional conduct with uniform respect for everyone in the room.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">A **"DUE"** date is not the **"DO"** date. Your work is due on the due date. Late assignments will have points deducted for each day they are late. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">The #1 reason for failing the course is a lack of effort and/or not turning in your //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> //work//.

=__ Grading Policy __=

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Homework (textbook, workbook, handouts) – 30% <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Accounting Projects (Reinforcement Activities, etc.) – 10% <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Business Article Summaries – 10% <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Tests/Quizzes/Simulations – 50%

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">The district grading scale is: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">92-100 A 83-91 B 74-82 C 65-73 D 0-64 F