Syllabus

Course Description/Overview/Welcome Statement

Should you fail a course with more than 30% and/or earn a score of 2 on at least half of the term standards, you may apply with your school counselor for a credit recovery course. If you do not meet that minimum standard you will not have an option for credit recovery. You must arrange with your school counselor an opportunity for a course that offers “original credit” to meet that graduation requirement.

GAP Study Skills course was credited to allow students to have an opportunity at school to recover course/s that they failed or to take a course for original credit that isn’t offered at PHS, course that is needed doesn’t fit into their schedule or because a student has failed a course but wants to meet NCAA qualification.  A student registered in the GAP Study Skills course is not to use this class as a Study Hall unless all of the courses assigned by their counselor have been completed.

Learning Expectations

The student is expected to work on the course modules and the module quizzes as well as complete and pass the final assessment with 60% on the course/s that their counselor has assigned to them.  After the counselor assigns the courses needed, if the course is on Canvas, I will post courses that are assigned to the student.  These courses will be posted on their Canvas account under courses.  When the course is first assigned the student MUST accept the course on the notice that pops up.

Students are NOT to use this class period to work on homework from other classes unless all their GAP courses have been completed or the teacher gives permission.  With 87  minute class times, the student may use the last 27 minutes to continue on with their GAP course or do homework.  These 27 minutes are not a time to socialize.

Assessment of Progress

Grading of Standards

Standards defined – a standard is a recovery course, an original credit course or a paper packet.

Students, teachers, and parents can monitor student progress on Canvas at provo.instructure.com and PowerSchool.

The student’s grade will be recorded in PowerSchool at the end of each two-week period.

• Grade awarded is a P if the student completed their standard/s – F if you did not
• There will be a total of 4 two-week standard periods in each term.
• Each recovery or original credit course assigned by their counselor constitutes a standard.
• To receive a “P” grade and 0.25 elective credits they must complete all four standards or have completed the courses assigned and continue in class until the end of the term. The period can then be used as the student deems necessary.

Student’s GAP course grade will be visible to the parent at the end of each Standard due date. Every two weeks the grades will be posted and if the student meets the standard deadline, they will retain the P grade. If the student fails to meet the standard deadline, the student will receive an F grade until that standard/recovery course is successfully completed. Not meeting the deadline usually implies that the student chose to do something other than working on the standard/recovery course.

Standard Due Dates – These due dates will change at the beginning of each quarter

A Due Dates   
Standard One – September 6   
Standard Two – September 20
Standard Three – October 4
Standard Four – October 18

B Due Dates
Standard One – September 5
Standard Two – September 19
Standard Three – October 3
Standard Four – October 17

Term Grade Requirements

Grading for each term is composed of the following:

• The four standards are completed by the end of the term or all courses the counselor has assigned.
• They have passed all the modules on each course with 60% or higher
• The course assessments are completed with a passing grade of 60% or higher.

Making up Your Grade

If the student receives an “F” on a standard the student MUST make it up.
The student will be responsible for making and completing the next Two Week Standard.

Term Grading Scale

• P grade to receive 0.25 elective credits for the term. F grade the “F” counts against extracurricular activities to include sports
• Grades will be updated every two-weeks on PowerSchool.

The student’s term grade is composed of passing ALL four two week standards or completing all the courses that have been assigned by the student’s counselor or if less than 4 assigned, all assigned are  expected to be completed, the student will receive an “F” and no elective credit.

Course Materials

Each student is expected to come to class with their Chromebooks and its power cord. They are also expected to have a notebook and pencil or pen for taking notes.  Electronic notes are permissible as long as they are shared and approved before the second attempt on a final assessment

Classroom Procedures

Students are expected to:

• treat everyone with respect
• communicate with others in a whisper including group work
  not talk with each other when Mrs. Fahringer is talking to the whole class.
• work on either the course modules in the Canvas online course, work on the paper packet course, or be current with the course due dates and a passing grade.
• not do homework in class unless his or her online courses and paper packets are completed.
• meet each standard on the due date sign out and in electronically when leaving to go from the classroom and take the hall pass.
• know that they need the G.A.P. Classroom Pass to go to their counselor, to the front office, the library, the wellness room or to work with another teacher.
• know that if they leave the room without permission and don’t return, they will be marked truant and receive a grade of zero for the day (0).
• know they are graded for their participation in GAP class and if they pass, they will be awarded 0.25 elective credit and a P grade. If they don’t pass, they will receive no elective credit and they will receive an F grade. The “F” grade is the same as any other course, it affects participation in extracurricular activities.

Calendar of Due Dates for Major Assignments

Semester 1 – Term 1

Standard Due Dates – These due dates will change at the beginning of each quarter.

A Due Dates   
Standard One – September 6
Standard Two – September 20
Standard Three – October 4
Standard Four – October 18

B Due Dates
Standard One – September 5
Standard Two – September 19
Standard Three – October 3
Standard Four – October 17

Progress Reports and Report Cards

Term – How a Student is Progressing

The student will receive a grade posted to PowerSchool every two weeks at the end of the Standard due date.  If the student is absent from class repeatedly, the parent/guardian will receive an email from me.  If the student is using the time to do something other than working on their assigned course for GAP the parent/guardian will receive a screenshot of what the student was working on and a progress report from the course that they should be working on.

Term Grading Scale

• P grade to receive 0.25 elective credits for the term.
• F grade the “F” counts against extracurricular activities to include sports
• Grades will be updated every two-weeks on PowerSchool.
• The student’s term grade is composed of passing ALL four two week standards or completing all the courses that have been assigned by the student’s counselor.
• If all four goals aren’t completed or if less than four courses are assigned, then all the courses assigned must be completed, the student will receive an “F” and no elective credit.

Connecting Home to School

Disclosure

On the first day of class, the student will be given a disclosure-syllabus document.  They will be asked to converse with their parent/guardian about the disclosure and sign the agreement page indicating that both will abide by the guidelines of the disclosure.

Resources

Students and parents will have access to the Canvas online course/s information at provo.instructure.com, or eSchool-Buzz at https://provoonline.agilixbuzz.com

Parents can observe the student’s progress by signing up through Instructure as an observer on Canvas, and through their PowerSchool account.  The syllabus-disclosure information can be found in the following places: GAP Study Skills Canvas course, on Shirley Fahringer’s website, on the information sent the first day of class, and the information posted on the Announcements board in the classroom.

Contacting Me

Email is the best way to contact me with questions and concerns. My email address is Shirleyf@provo.edu.  Coming to my office hours Monday – Thursday 7:00 to 8:30 or 2:15 to 3:00. It’s best if you make an appointment through email first to ensure you time slot.

Personal Statement and other items (optional)

In GAP class, I strive to encourage each student to do their best and continue their attempts at learning–for, I strongly believe what Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kala, an aerospace scientist and politician who served as the 11th President of India, stated: “If you fail, never give up because of F. A. I. L. means “First Attempt In Learning”.

I also believe that an assessment grade simply reflects the amount of knowledge the student has retained, and it does not indicate the student is a failure as a person. We also assess to see what we still need to learn to complete the course standards required.

In addition to myself we have other access to tutors that can help the student.