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with them more than any other teacher
not
related to them. Contact people like the Dean of Discipline, your best contact for outside discipline & advice
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I heard you are interested in getting involved in a sport or activity. For Football there is the present Mr. NEHS, Chris Riley. Riley played at NEHS, coached in the suburbs & the Catholic League, as well as other stops in the public league including one of our archrivals, George Washington HS. He might know more about current HS football in the Delaware Valley than anyone
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Wardrobe. You might be thinking suit & tie. Try it once. Put suit jacket on the back of your chair. The building is
hot.
Buy 6 shirts from the school store. 2 black, 2 red & 2 white. Then Monday through Friday is red, white, black, red, white, etc. You will have a different shirt every day. They can be worn with dress shoes or sneakers. Sneakers are best
. No
denim, except on Oct 2, which is “National Denim Day” in honor of breast cancer awareness. If possible hide the tattoos. They are very distracting, like a giant scar. As you walk around the room, you might notice some students trying to look at your tattoos instead of your nose hairs
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Always carry a book, notebook or newspaper. (You don’t want to pop a woody at an inappropriate time.)
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The last 5 years of my career I started & ended every class with tasteful music & a hotel bell ( DING DING DING ), the type you find on the counter of motels to get attention. When the bell rang to end a class, I started my radio with a remote that is playing oldies, mostly Temptations or instrumentals
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• There are 5 minutes between classes. You hear 2 songs. The kids are not offended; sometimes they sing, dance or groan. When the start bell rings, you or a student taps your hotel bell. “Ding ding ding” means to get quiet. Wait about 15 seconds, the 2nd “ding ding ding” means, if you are still making noise you really want to get into trouble
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• Establish this procedure early & you will have no trouble getting started. The kids can talk & make noise before the bell rings, but after that, it’s business. And the main business is
order
& respect for others
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• Seating Chart. Make one up, use pencil. Do not rearrange chairs unless you are able to put them back neatly before the bell rings every day
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• (1st or 2nd day) You say: “I’m only going to ask this twice, raise your hand if you need or want a special seat.” Point & give them a number. After the 2nd time, give each of those students their choice of seats, then fill in the rest alphabetically. A seating chart is like a line-up. It can be changed at any time by the coach. Students are like players, they can suggest, but Coach has final say
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Homework: Always. Never more than 15 minutes a night. The good kids have too much to do
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Grades. Have a test or grade at least every 2 weeks. This will give you 4 grades a marking period. Give a 5th grade for work habits—that includes HW, attendance, behavior. Example: Lateness 5 pts off, absent 5 off, no HW 5 off, bothering someone too much 5 off, impersonating an A-hole, 5 off
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Allow for extra credit to make up
all
transgressions. Never give anyone more than 100 for anything
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Always err on the side of the student. Example: Lowest test grade ever given is a 40. Most points off for a
really
bad day 15. End your grades a week before the marking period & let the students determine their grade, with you having the final say. That way they know how they got the grade & they know it weeks before their parents, which gives you another bullet if necessary
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Extra Credit. Look up & give me a readable page (100 to 500 words) on either Ben Franklin or Redd