TEACHER PERSONAL AND CLASSROOM PROFILE

For

Heather Dickey

 

Personal Profile

Graduated:                 Texas A&M University, 2002

Certification:             1-6 Self-Contained (All Subjects)

                                    1-6 Reading

                                    1-8 Mathematics

TEA Designation:      Highly Qualified

 

Classroom MACRO Plan      I teach Technology Applications for grades 3-8.  At each grade level, the curriculum is 100% Texas Essential Skills and Knowledge (TEKS) aligned.  My goal in teaching technology applications is for each student to become computer literate not only in general knowledge of the subject matter but also in the practical application of computer software skills.

 

Grading and Late Work Practices            I follow the district grading policy.  For late work, at a minimum, I follow the district late work policy. Late work beyond the district policy is at teacher discretion.

 

District Late Work Policy

 

Re-teach Practices Following the Madeline Hunter Teaching Model, I utilize every opportunity to re-teach assignments when individuals or classes struggle with specific concepts.  There is re-teach in the classroom everyday.  Additional re-teach opportunities are available during tutorials from 3-4 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday.  Students also may have opportunities to improve their grades on assignments when re-teach is offered.  Improving a grade may be in the form of correcting a test for additional points, redoing an assignment for a maximum of a 70, or doing an alternate assignment for a grade that will raise the grade in question without changing the original grade (example:  the student may do another assignment on the same concept and I will accept this assignment and record the grade, but not change the original grade).  A student’s failure to appropriately study or prepare for an assignment or test does not entitle them to re-teach opportunities.  The teacher has sole discretion on which grades/assignments are re-taught and when opportunities are available to improve the grade.