Miguel Juarez Middle School Academic Expectations and Roles
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Teacher Role
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Student Role
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Parent Role
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Agenda
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Provide the objective and due dates
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Write in agenda during class
Take it home
Review it at home
Break down long-term assignments
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Check Agenda for deadlines
Supervise work completion
Match grades with IC Parent Portal
Help break down long-term assignments
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Homework
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Assign homework with deadline
Provides information for proper completion
Check binder
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Take it home
Look at it at home
Bring necessary materials home
Complete Assignment
Organize it in binder
Turn in assignment by due date
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Allow 1-1.5 hours per day
Provide quiet space for homework
Provide feedback
Supervise work is completed
Match grades with IC Parent Portal
(allow a week for new postings)
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"I don't know how to complete the assignment"
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Answer questions during class
Provide practice
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Look at notes or examples
Call a friend
Connect with the teacher
Look for similar assignments online
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It's okay if you don't understand the content
Direct student to go back to their resources
Help student find outside resources
Contact teacher for further clarification
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Projects
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Assign project
Provide rubrics and objective
Issue deadline
Answer clarifying questions
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Write due date in agenda
Take home project guide
Break down project into smaller chunks
Create a completion timeline
Ask teacher for clarification
Turn in project by due date
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Provide materials for project
Supervise break down timeline
Remind students when project is due
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Syllabus
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Provide copies of syllabus
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Take syllabus home and show parent
Get syllabus signed by guardian
Keep syllabus in binder
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Refer to syllabus when you have a question
Find teacher contact information if necessary
Ask questions to teacher if unclear
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Grades
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Update grades online regularly
Have recent grades posted in classroom
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Know current grades for each class
Earn satisfactory grades
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Check IC regularly
Contact teacher if grades aren't updated or are unsatisfactory
Conference with student when report card comes
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Unit Newsletter
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Provide a newsletter with unit objectives and assessments
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Read the newsletter
Write any dates in agenda
Take it home
Show guardian
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Read the newsletter
Ask student what they are learning
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It's natural and common for a Middle School Student to not want to discuss school matters with their parent. Keeping the line of communication is very important for the relationship between a parent and child. Try to avoid questions that are a "Yes, No, I don't know" or shrug response.
Here are some questions to ask your child when they come home from school.
- Tell me about the best part of your day.
- What was the hardest thing you had to do today?
- Did any of your classmates do anything funny?
- Tell me about what you read in class.
- What was the best thing you did today?
- Do you think math [or any subject] is too easy or too hard?
- What's the biggest difference between this year and last year?
- What rules are different at school than our rules at home? Do you think they're fair?
- Who did you sit with at lunch?
- Can you show me something you learned (or did) today?