DLC Student Handbook

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DLC Student Handbook

• What does it take to succeed as a
• DLC student?

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A Successful DLC Student.

• Attends class and acts in accordance with the ADE
  DLC Policies
• Desires to enhance technology skills in addition
  to learning course content
• Excels in the classroom and is responsible
• Directs attention to reading and following weekly
  Lesson Plans
• Learns by actively participating in class
• Checks lesson plans for assignments / makeup work
  and upcoming tests / projects

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Technology Skills

• Learn Microsoft Office
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Internet Meeting Room procedures
• Email
• Digital camera use
• Digital Science Labs
• Educational Websites used in class instruction
• Internet Research skills

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What is active participation?

• Which of these students is actively
  participating?
• Head down on desk taking a nap
• Eyes open, listening and taking notes
• Which of these students is actively
  participating?
• Answers questions only when called on never
  asks questions
• Volunteers to answer questions and asks questions
  when needed

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DLC Terminology
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Instructor

• The licensed teacher, responsible for teaching
  all subject matter and grading student work.
• Is your in class facilitator the teacher?
• No. She is not licensed to teach the subject
  matter. She is there to help with handouts and
  discipline. Address all course questions to your
  teacher.

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Facilitator

• The on-site coordinator, responsible for printing
  handouts / lesson plans, maintaining a positive
  learning environment, collecting student work,
  and communicating school issues to the ADE DLC.

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Content Integration Day (CI Day)

• Students are responsible for all assignments on
  Content Integration Day. Assignments may include
  independent study, reinforcement worksheets,
  review games, or group projects.
• Normally on Fridays.
• Is this a day for skipping, goofing off, studying
  for other classes, cosmetic makeovers, or various
  other non-class activities?
• NO

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Sametime

• Each student will have a computer with access to
  the Sametime program in order to participate in
  an interactive meeting for class. Students will
  see notes, class announcements and assignments,
  and will interact with their instructor and
  classmates using Sametime.

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WebGrade

• The ADE DLC utilizes WebGrade to post student
  grades online. Each student will be given a
  WebGrade username and password in order to view
  his/her scores for the class.
• The teacher and facilitator can always access the
  grade reports even if passwords are changed.
• Parents will be given the login information to
  access grades.

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Lesson Plans

• Each Tuesday students will be given a copy of the
  lesson plans for the upcoming week. All the
  handouts, notes, and assignments will also be
  posted online with the lesson plan and can be
  found within each instructors Web site. Lesson
  plans cover the period of Tuesday through Monday,
  and generally include Content Integration Day
  assignments on Friday.

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Quia

• Online program that many instructors utilize for
  testing and review games.
• Can also be used for surveys, evaluations and
  essay writing.

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ExamView

• Online testing program that instructors may
  utilize for exams and quizzes.
• The program automatically grades objective
  questions. The teacher grades open-ended or
  essay questions.
• The program can also be used for test reviews.

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Student Responsibilities and Behaviors

• You are responsible for making sure you know ALL
  the rules for ADE DLC classes.
• Students are expected to
• Be respectful to everyone in the CIV classroom.
• Complete all assignments ON TIME.
• Actively participate in class.
• Maintain high attendance standards for class.
• You are responsible for ALL class activities
  regardless of CI Day, school absence or illness.
• You will not engage in cyberbullying or academic
  dishonesty.

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Academic Dishonesty

• Plagiarism Stealing and passing off the words
  or ideas of another as your own. Examples
  include copying and pasting from the Internet
  without proper citation.
• Stealing work belonging to another students,
  institution, or any other person, or allowing
  another person to copy your work.
• Cheating, whether on tests, class work, or
  homework.
• Failing to present the truth when asked by an
  authority figure.

If you didnt do it yourself or give credit to
who did, its not academically honest.
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Facilitators and Academic Dishonesty

• If your facilitator suspects or knows a student
  is being academically dishonest, she will notify
  the ADE DLC instructor immediately.
• If the suspicion is found true, the student will
  not receive credit for the work and a discipline
  report will be issues.
• The facilitator is not the only person who can
  notice academic dishonesty, the teacher can also
  notice and investigate.

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Cyberbullying

• In 2007, the Arkansas General Assembly enacted a
  law addressing the issue of Cyberbullying.
• Cyberbullying is defined as using electronic
  devices to ridicule, harass, intimidate,
  humiliate, or otherwise bully another student or
  school official.
• The act can take place on or off of school
  campus.
• Can include email, instant messages, websites,
  chat rooms, and personal cell phone devices.

The DLC recognizes that cyberbullying is a
constant threat to both students and teachers and
will not condone any cyberbullying actions.
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HelpCyberbullying is rampant

• Many people think the cyber world is an
  anonymous, faceless entity or that victims will
  not come forward.
• If you feel you are the victim of cyberbullying,
  or you know of someone who is being cyberbullied,
  contact your ADE DLC instructor immediately and
  forward all evidence to him or her.
• If you think your instuctor is the cyberbully,
  contact the ADE DLC Instructional Coordinator and
  your site facilitator.
• The DLC will investigate all reports of
  cyberbullying and, if warranted, will take
  appropriate action.

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What will happen?

• Students found guilty of cyberbullying will be
  subject to disciplinary action. Depending on the
  severity, school suspension or removal from class
  without credit may be issues.

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Disciplinary Action

• 1st Written Report Students will be asked to
  sign the report. This does not mean you agree,
  but only that you acknowledge receiving the
  report.
• 2nd Written Report A conference with the school
  principal, DLC Instruction Coordinator, DLC
  teacher, facilitator, parents and student will
  take place. The student and parent / guardian
  will be informed that if a third written report
  is issued, the student will be dropped from the
  class with no credit issued.
• 3rd Written Report The student may be dropped
  from the class with no credit for the current
  semester. It is the schools responsibility to
  put this student in another setting for the rest
  of the semester.

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Disciplinary Action

• Written reports are cumulative. If a student
  received one report in English, but two more in
  history 213.
• The DLC will follow most discipline practices of
  local schools. However, at times the DLC may
  need to take harsher measures to maintain the
  academic integrity of the program.

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Testing Policies

• All students enrolled in an ADE DLC class must
  take the semester exam.
• Your school offers a semester exam exemption if
  you maintain a certain grade or attendance
  status. Will you still need to take your DLC
  class semester exam?
• YES
• If the student does not attend class and complete
  each section of the semester exam, the student
  will not receive any credit for the semester.

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Testing Policies

• If a student misses a semester exam, or a section
  of the exam, acceptable documentation from a
  medical official or school principal must be
  presented to make up the exam on the scheduled
  make up day at the end of the semester.
• For regular tests, students are responsible for
  making up all other tests, quizzes and
  assessments in the time frame established by the
  ADE DLC.

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Grade Reporting

• The ADE DLC instructors will provide numerical
  grades from 1 100 in four nine-week grading
  periods as determined by the ADE DLC calendar.
• At the end of each semester, the instructors will
  submit semester exam grades and semester
  averages.
• Local school policy will determine the formula
  for semester grade calculation.

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Attendance Policy

• Attendance each day in an ADE DLC is imperative.
  However, there will be times that class is
  missed.
• If a student knows he may be absent, that student
  has the responsibility for obtaining needed work
  before the absence.
• If a student will be absent for a school event,
  that student is responsible for turning in
  assigned work before leaving for the activity.
• Sheree had math homework last night. She leaves
  for the goat showing at 9 am. When should
  Sheree turn in her homework?

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Attendance Policy

• It is NOT the responsibility of the facilitator
  or instructor to remind students to turn in make
  up work or assignments.
• Sheree remembers her goat. She can remember her
  work.
• Chris remembers his water polo tournament. Chris
  can remember his work.

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Make-up Policy

• The DLC has established the following calculation
  for determining when make-up work is due Days
  absent plus one.
• A student misses three days Tuesday Thursday,
  when is the work due?
• The following Wednesday. Five complete days are
  given to make-up the work.
• It is the students responsibility to obtain
  make-up assignments.
• Work not turned in within the allotted time frame
  will not receive credit.

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Make-up Exams

• If an exam cannot be made up within the allotted
  days missed one window, the student has 10 days
  to make up the exam as determined by the DLC
  teacher.
• Many exams will be made up on Content Integration
  Day.
• This does not apply to the semester exam.
• Extenuating circumstances for absences will be
  dealt with on an as-needed basis.

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Computer Usage Policy

• Computers and the network are for educational use
  only.
• The care for the equipment and software is a
  priority. Intentional damage to any equipment or
  software will result in disciplinary action,
  including possible removal from class.
• Email accounts are not private and can be viewed
  by local school, ADE Network Administrators or
  ADE DLC personnel at any time.
• Electronic communication and files sent and
  received on the schools computer network or
  stored in directories on the school computer are
  the property of the school district and the ADE
  DLC program.
• You do not have ANY privacy with your computers.
  Anything can be accessed and reviewed.

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Computer Usage Policy

• The following acts or behaviors could result in
  loss of computer privileges
• Going to unapproved websites
• Using inappropriate or offensive language in any
  communication
• Accessing obscene or pornographic material
• Cyberbullying
• Destroying or hacking into any unauthorized
  network database
• Using the schools computer for personal business
  or web page management
• Trespassing or destroying files, folders or work
  of others
• Knowingly infecting the computer with a virus

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Work Submission Policy

• All work submitted to the DLC instructor should
  have the following headings

First Page Students first and last name School
Name DLC Instructors Name
Subsequent Pages Students first and last
name DLC Instructors Name
Follow your instructors guidelines when
submitting work through email.
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Inclement Weather

• The DLC follows the policies of the Pulaski
  County Special School District. If they are out,
  DLC will not be online. Students will follow
  the lesson plans if at all possible. If not, the
  facilitator will access the instructors
  emergency lesson plans posted at the instructors
  website.
• Students will follow the policies of their local
  school district in regard to inclement weather.
• If your school is closed for inclement weather,
  do not risk life and limb to attend class.

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Parent-Teacher Open House

• DLC Faculty, site coordinators and site
  facilitators will participate in an
  Parent-Teacher Open House twice a year one per
  semester.
• This is an opportunity for parents to interact
  with DLC faculty to understand how a DLC class
  operates.
• Due to privacy concerns, neither individual
  grades or behavioral issues can be addressed.
  However, a private conference can be scheduled
  for a later date.

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Reporting Concerns

• If a student or site facilitator has a concern
  about, or a personality conflict with, an ADE DLC
  instructor, the student or facilitator should
  report the concern to the site coordinator /
  facilitator who will in turn contact the ADE DLC
  Instructional Coordinator. A conference may be
  scheduled to resolve the issue.
• If an instructor has a concern about a receiving
  site, the instructor will report the concern to
  the ADE DLC Program Coordinator. A conference
  may be scheduled to resolve the issue.

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Now lets fill out the My Course Page

• DLC Course
• Site Facilitator (ask for name)
• Instructor
• Office Hours
• Office Phone 501.
• Email
• Navigating my Instructors Web site
• Specific Instructor Rules / Classroom Procedures
• Does this class require a notebook?
• Course Supplies