SENIOR SCHOOL STUDENT - PARENT HANDBOOK

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ACADEMIC COACHING AND TUTORING Mission Statement: Our goal is to provide the students of the International School of Düsseldorf with the best possible program of academic and personal development in a challenging and supportive environment. The provision of “the best possible program of academic...development” implies the occasional necessity for individualized instruction. As this cannot always be fully provided within scheduled classes the school encourages teachers, private therapists, and tutors to provide individual help and tutoring to students as needed. Coaching All teachers are expected to be available to students, by prior arrangement, during school hours for review and explanation of work not mastered, or reinforcement of content and concepts covered in class. This is “coaching” rather than “tutoring” and no reimbursement may be accepted for such extra help during the school day. Tutoring Tutoring is defined as the provision of academic assistance, outside scheduled classes, which is aimed at meeting needs which cannot be met by normal academic coaching. ISD’s guiding principles for tutoring are: 1. Any tutoring of a student must be carried out in close consultation with the classroom teacher. 2. The primary goal of tutoring is to improve basic, enduring understanding, rather than to address short-term considerations related to individual class tests or exams. 3. Tutoring should be targeted on specific needs and deficits identified by the classroom teacher. 4. The classroom teacher, tutor, and student or parent (whichever is more appropriate) should agree on the goals of the tutoring. 5. The tutor and teacher should monitor the student‘s progress to determine when the student has met his/her goals and tutoring can come to an end. 6. Tutors are expected to give regular feedback on student progress and attendance to the classroom teacher and parents. To avoid conflicting information, the tutor and teacher will consult before a written tutor’s report is given to the parents. 7. Requests or recommendations for tutoring may be initiated by a teacher, parent, or student, but must be channeled through the head of the learning support department, who will maintain a list of tutors approved by the school. 8. The tutoring referral form should be completed for all referrals, and given to the head of the learning support department. 28
9. Paying for tutorial help is the sole responsibility of the parents of the student being tutored. The school may be able to recommend suitable tutors. 10. Under normal circumstances a teacher is not permitted to tutor his/her own students for pay. Exceptions may be made if the request for tutoring originates from the parent, but such cases must be reviewed and approved by the principal. 11. Tutoring for pay may not take place during school hours, nor may school materials be used unless specific written approval has been obtained from the appropriate principal. 12. School premises may be used for tutoring outside school hours provided the appropriate principal has given permission ATTENDANCE ISD is not a correspondence school: regular attendance in classes is a requirement of all courses. The learning experiences of the classroom are a meaningful and essential part of a student’s education, and classroom participation is a vital part of the educational process. Classroom time lost is irretrievable. This is particularly true of the opportunities for interaction and exchange of ideas between students, or between students and teachers. Make-up work is no substitute. We encourage parents to see that their children are in school every day as long as they are healthy and fit for study. If a student, for any reason, misses 15% of any class in a given semester (about 10 fifty-minute periods), the case will be brought to the principal for review. The principal will take action, depending on the nature of the absences, after consultation with the parents, year head and other teachers involved. All students are normally expected to be on campus between 08:40 and 15:45. Students in G 9-12 may leave after they have completed their final class of the day, and a teacher does not require their presence. Students in G9-10, who have written permission from their parents, may sign out for lunch (usually period 6) on three days of the nine-day rotation. Students in G11 may sign out for lunch every day. Students in grade 12 may sign out when they have an unscheduled period subject to the conditions of senior privileges (see p. 35) 29
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