FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE IN LOVING MEMORY REMEMBERANCE OF EXCUSES… WE SAID GOODBYE, NOW WE REMEMBER YOU OH BELOVED EXCUSES FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE

Session: Helping to Create the Environment

Investigative Question: Do I know what is expected of me during class? Work for the day: Rules & Procedures Building a Team: Google Study Brainstorming Community Agreements Reflection & Closing

Rules and Procedures Preamble Why do we have rules in our society? Take 2 mins to write your response Talk to your Star Wars Partner to you to check in Empire you speak first for 45 seconds Jedis you listen Jedis- You will be summarizing what your Empire partner said Bringing this out to the floor… How are rules and procedures different?

Rules… Turn off and/or silence ALL electronic devices before entering class Put away ALL electronic devices unless otherwise instructed Bring ALL materials needed for class Follow procedures practiced throughout year

Consequences… Verbal warnings Phone call Referral Teacher/Student Conference Parent/Teacher/Student Conference Administration/Parent/Student Conference

Rebel With a Cause! Does anyone recognize who this person is? Rosa parks “broke” the rule regarding sitting in buses. Are some rules justified to break? Rule breaking as something Constructive not destructive!

Procedures- Entering/Leaving Have a seat, take out materials, and ready for Preamble Dismissal will be by Mr. Morgana (Not your phone, the clock, or the bell) Push in your chairs all the way to table Periods 4 &7- You put chairs up after bell has rung Questions?

Procedures - Bathroom MUST use planner During instruction (me talking to you) is not the best time to go During Thinking Logs time also NO BUENO During Breaks TWO at a time 10/10 Rule No leaving 1st or Last 10 mins of class Ask for permission at Best times (get better at “feeling” when it could be ok to go”

Procedures – Absent Work Recommended to see me during Office Hours Mondays– 2:45-4:00 OR by APPT You MUST communicate with Mr. Morgana within those the days are absent Based on that communication we will discuss a reasonable time frame for completing missed work Questions?

Procedures- Academic Help Come to Office Hours Email specific questions Example: Hello Mr. Morgana, I have a question about what exactly we are supposed to turn in on Friday? Can you give me a response whenever is convenient? Thank you Paul

Procedures- Academic Help-Contd Non Example for Email: Hey, what’s the homework? Follow Up with Mr. Morgana if needed

U.S. Women’s Soccer World Cup Champions This year, the U.S. Women’s Soccer team won it’s 4th world cup championship and back to back win (2015 & 2019) Some footage of victory… U.S. vs. Netherlands Final Some questions to discuss & consider: How does any team win any major championship? What does the team need to do to win?

Building a Team: Google Study It is hard to argue that Google plays a major role in our lives and has changed the way we interact with the internet In order to do this, Google has depended on having a strong team They conducted a study over 5 years long to determine what makes the best team… Team Building: Google Study Psychological Safety

Building Our Team: Brainstorm What we are going to do now: Based on Google study- brainstorm what we are going to put on our “Community Agreements” Poster You will use document to help you Here are the components of the brainstorm: Characteristic What we are doing to show this: Language on Poster Dependability 2. Structure & Clarity 3. Meaning 4. Impact 5. Psychological safety

Community Agreements Poster Now that we have brainstormed ideas… Lets move onto language of our poster:

Reflection & Closing We have language for our poster Let’s pick who will be our “graphic designer(s)” for our community agreements poster To close a little reflecting…some questions to consider: Take 2 mins to freewrite and reflect: How will you hold yourself accountable for these community agreements every session we are here? How will you hold your community members accountable and support the team to accomplish our goals?