Class Placement Process
The class assignment process at Terman is built around collaborative teams of teachers who work together with the same group of students. Creating the class of students involves balancing the needs of achievement, gender, ethnicity as well as other factors. The process that the staff use is intended to provide the most productive and meaningful learning experience possible.
Requesting a change in a student’s core academic schedule (English/Social Studies, Math/Science) means changing the entire team of teachers for a student, not just one teacher in isolation. Therefore, implications related to schedule changes should be considered very carefully. No class changes will be made during the first month of school unless school personnel initiate a change in order to balance classes. After the first month, a request to drop or change a class requires a student/teacher conference and a parent or guardian/teacher communication. The following guidelines need to be followed:
- If a student/parent/teacher requests a change, the counselor should first be notified.
- The student/parent/teacher/counselor work at developing a resolution to the existing situation.
- The student, parent/guardian/teacher and/or counselor may make a referral to the Student Study Team.
If the Student Study Team does still not resolve the problem, then a letter from the parent/guardian or the teacher can be forwarded to the principal with copies to the Instructional Supervisor and counselor. The principal will then make the final decision.
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