STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES

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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
Mary McClelland, Diane Stewart, Ken
Strickland EDUC 3302/02 July 1, 2004 Assignment
5 Classroom Procedures and Routines

• Middle Grades Science Class

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What are Standard Operating Procedures?

• An established set of procedures to be followed
  by all members of the group the standards are
  addressing.

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Why have classroom procedures and routines

• Students know what to do as soon as they enter
  the classroom
• Students classroom time is maximized
• Students are given the opportunity for
  self-management
• Transition is organized
• Interruptions for explanation of routine
  procedures is reduced

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I. Beginning of Class Procedures

• Attendance
• During student warm up activity, attendance will
  be verified using the seating chart (see next
  slide). This means all students must be in their
  assigned seat. Absences will be noted in the
  grade book or in the applicable computer program.
  
• Tardy
• Any student entering the classroom after the
  second bell is considered tardy. The student
  must sign in on the in-class tardy sheet. Three
  tardies will result in a detention and parental
  contact. Any student that is tardy more than
  three minutes will need a pass to enter class.

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Classroom Layout
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Beginning of Class Procedurescontinued

• Materials
• Classroom materials will be distributed to each
  table by the teacher or the teachers assistant.
  Materials to be picked up will be handed to one
  end of the table and will be collected by the
  teacher or the teachers assistant.
  Instructional materials will be returned to the
  designated storage area. Assignments will be
  placed in the appropriate class period assignment
  collection box.
• Warm up/Preparation
• The Essential Question for the Day, Warm-Up
  Exercise, Daily Assignment, and any homework
  assignment will be displayed in a consistent
  method each day. The students will transition
  into this activity as soon as they enter the
  classroom. Pencils, paper, books, and other
  materials will be prepared at this time. Three to
  four minutes will be available for this task.
• Other
• Agenda items, Table of Content (TOC) items,
  Housekeeping, and general QA will be addressed
  between Warm-Up and the Instructional period.

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II. Instructional Procedures

• Student Movement
• After the Warm-Up period, students must raise
  their hands and
• be acknowledged in order to move about the
  classroom.
• Signal for Attention
• The teacher will sound a specified audible to
  gain the students
• attention during the class period. This will be
  the signal for all students to stop, look, and
  listen to the teacher. At any time the students
  needs to be recognized, he/she should raise their
  hand.
• Paper Headings
• All material that is turned in will have a
  heading placed in the top right
• hand corner of the paper as follows
• Full Name
• Date
• Period
• The title of the assignment will be placed on
  the top line on the left side of the paper as
  follows
• Assignment name

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Instructional Procedurescontinued
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• Student Talking
• There will be no talking during procedural time
  (warm-up) or during direct instructional time.
  Raised hands from students will be used for
  talking during this time. Open constructive
  conversations will be allowed during class group
  work, team work, and lab activities.
• Post class work activity
• After all class work, lab assignments,
  worksheets, test, and etcetera, the student may
  quietly read or complete assignments for other
  classes.

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III. Room Areas

• Supply Room
• Only the teacher is allowed to enter the supply
  room. All necessary supplies will be on the
  teachers lab table and should be picked up by
  each groups gopher at the start of the period.
• Sink
• The sink is to be rinsed out before each lab
  starts and should be soaped down and washed by
  each group, as well as the lab desk, at the end
  of class.
• Lab
• There will be a lab unit each week. Unless
  otherwise noted, labs will be held on Thursdays.
  Each group should have four members, each member
  will have one of the following jobs leader,
  gopher, recorder/reporter, and researcher/monitor.
  Jobs will be rotated every week within the
  group.

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Room Areascontinued

• Bookshelf/Reading Relaxing Areas
• This area is open for use upon completion of
  assignments, tests, or in the event that there is
  free time. There are books on a variety of
  topics for your enjoyment as well as a few
  randomly placed beanbag chairs. If a problem
  arises due to seating, the chairs can and will be
  removed.
• Computer Area
• Due to space limitation we only have a few
  computers available, one per group. The
  computers are to be used primarily for any lab
  research by the groups researcher. They may
  also be used upon completion of assignments and
  tests or during free time. However, only one
  group member may be at the computer at a time.

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IV. End of Class Procedures

• Putting away supplies
• Group supplies are to be put away in the
  location they were found by each groups gopher.
  This may be done as soon as the lab or assignment
  is complete, but may not be put away any later
  than five minutes prior to the end of class.
  Individual assignment supplies are to be put away
  upon completion and also no later than five
  minutes prior to the end of class.
• Organizing materials for the next class
• This will occur in the last five minutes of each
  class. Each groups gopher is responsible to
  turning in the lab or assignment and helping
  reorganize supplies on the teachers lab desk.
  Everyone else should be making sure they have
  their individual assignments or homework turned
  in. Students are also to clean up around their
  desks and put their hanging file folders back if
  they had removed them. The group leaders are
  responsible for the pick up any worksheets or
  homework that is to be done that night for the
  group.
• Dismissing Class
• Student are dismissed by the teacher at the end
  of the class period, not by the bell. As long
  as everyone performs their team role than the
  classroom will be ready for dismissal on time.

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V. Other Procedures

• Fire drill
• When the fire alarm sounds all students will
  stop talking immediately and quietly exit the
  classroom to the left and out the hallway door.
  Students will stay in assigned table groups while
  attendance is taken by the teacher.
• Lockers
• Students are not permitted to go to their
  lockers during classroom time. Students are
  given a break between each class period which can
  be used to go to lockers.
• Restroom and water fountain breaks
• Other than emergency situations, students are
  not permitted to leave the classroom to use the
  bathroom. Drinks will not be permitted in the
  classroom and should be obtained between class
  periods. Using the restroom and getting a drink
  should be conducted during between class period
  breaks.

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Other Procedurescontinued

• Substitute folder/procedures
• Students will give substitute teachers the same
  respect that is afforded the regular teacher.
  The substitute will have team based activities in
  a folder for students to work on during their
  stay. If students do not display appropriate
  classroom conduct during a substitutes stay, the
  team based work will be replaced with worksheets
  to be completed individually and silently.
• Other
• Other classroom procedures and routines will be
  added throughout the school year as needed and
  presented to students for comprehension of
  appropriate and expected compliance.

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Can you think of any other classroom procedures
or routines that should be addressed?