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ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY COURSE INFORMATION SHEET

Ms. Shawn Bittick: Room 101E-mail:

Phone: 512-841-1569 Conference: 4th

Website:  “Contact Us”  “Faculty & Staff”  “Shawn Bittick”

Tutorials (ROOM 101): Before school Monday & Tuesday (8-9am) After school Wednesday & Thursday (4:15-5pm)

REQUIRED SUPPLIES: ***These supplies MUST be brought to class every day.***

1. ***Spiral notebook.

2. ***Writing utensils

3. ***Colored pencils

4. ***Glue sticks

5. One ream of copying paper (Optional but appreciated)

6. One roll of paper towels OR Kleenex (Optional but appreciated)

7. One bottle of hand sanitizer (Optional but appreciated)

Students will be issued a textbook upon request to leave at home. Textbooks MUST be returned at the end of the semester. A set of textbooks will be available for use in the classroom. Every student will have access to an online textbook and supplemental materials.

GRADING SYSTEM:

50% = Test grades

20% = Lab work

15% = Quizzes

15% = Daily work

INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK: Organization = better study habits.

Each student is expected to keep an interactive notebook in this class. You will need a spiral notebook for this. We will spend a little bit of time at the beginning of the semester going over the guidelines and setting it up. There will be a sample notebook in class at all times.
Everything that we do in class during the semester will be kept in this notebook.
This notebook will be graded periodically as either a quiz or a test grade.
You may leave this notebook in class, taking it home as needed.

TESTS AND QUIZZES:

Students will be given the option of retaking a test in order to raise that test grade up to an 80. The only way a student’s grade will be raised if, at the time of the retake, they have no missing assignments and they have completed the test review. Test retakes must be taken within one week of the original test.
Quizzes will be given on a daily basis, ether as a warm up or an exit ticket. These quizzes may be 1-5 questions (multiple choice, short answer, true false, matching). Students either earn a 100 or 0. In order to raise a 0 up to a 70, students must either attend tutorials or complete an alternate assignment and show mastery of the material by taking a different quiz. All quiz retakes are due by the end of the current 6 weeks.

ABSENCES:

You are responsible for missed assignments. Refer to my website for calendar, notes, and assignments. Hard copies are also available in the “Missed Work” box in class. You have as many days as you were absent to complete make-up work. Missed exams must be made up within one week upon returning. Assignments that were due on the day of an absence are due the day you return. If you were absent the day before a test, you will take the test with the class upon returning.

CLASS RULES

ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEARNING

1.BRING MATERIALS TO CLASS. BE READY TO LEARN. Leave the drama at the door.

2.ATTENDANCE: You will be marked tardy if you are not in the room when the tardy bell rings. There may be a warm up (quiz grade) given the first 5 minutes of class, if you are tardy, you may not be able to answer the warm up and therefore receive a zero for that quiz. A tardy over 20 minutes is marked as an absence. Skipping will not be tolerated, a phone call home on first offense, referral for each after. Skipping a test will result in 50% grade reduction for that test.

3.SNACKS/DRINKS SHOULD BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM.

This privilege will be revoked if food, wrappers, spills, etc. are not cleaned up immediately.

NO FOOD OR DRINKS IN THE LAB AREA OR WHILE USING COMPUTERS OR IPADS.

4.LATE WORK* ACCEPTED WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: *Accommodations for 504 or SPED will vary under this policy.

After unit test = maximum grade of 50

Late work will not be accepted any later than three week days prior to the end of a 6 weeks.

5.OBSERVE ALL LABORATORY SAFETY RULES.

Failure to follow directions may result in removal from the lab area and a grade of zero on the lab activity. Signed safety contract must be on file to participate in hands on labs.

7. NO ELECTRONICS.

Cell phones are not allowed to be used, except during passing periods and lunch. Phones will be taken up and turned into the office, to be picked up after school. Refusal to give me your phone will result in a referral. This applies to other electronic devices with internet capabilities.

8.BE RESPECTFUL TOWARD YOURSELF AND OTHERS 

9. HAVE FUN!

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