Course Syllabus Formats - Procedures - Samples

[Fill in name of class] Course Syllabus

Course Information: [fill with your information]
Course Title: in bold
Room number:
Meeting days and hours:

Course Description: [cut and paste from course catalog]

Instructor Information: [fill in this entire area with your information]
Name: in bold
Room Number-where to leave assignments or meet with teacher:
Phone Number/extension:
Contact time availability: [consulting time]
Email address:

Textbooks and Materials: [copy from course catalog]

Course Policies:

• All students will be required to come to class prepared with an organized notebook, updated planner/work log, and completed homework.
• All students will come to class prepared with a highlighter, pen, pencil, paper and appropriate unit packets.
• All students will be required to write in complete sentences, using correct conventions of punctuation and capitalization, for all assignments.
• All students will be required to write one or more multiple paragraph essays during each quarter.
• All students will be required to have parents and their consulting teacher sign and review weekly assignments and bimonthly grade checks.

Attendance/Tardiness Policy: This class meets [fill in # of meetings] week; attendance is critical. Parents are required to phone into the school the same day of class when a student is absent from any class and to pick up student work.

Class Participation:

• Students need to come to class prepared to engage in discussions and activities based on daily reading assignments.

Missed Exams or Assignments: [fill in with your requirements]

• Students and parents are responsible for contacting both the course and consulting teacher for any make up work.
• Students are required to submit all makeup work at the next class meeting.

Lab/School Safety:

• All students are required to wear their school ID badge at all times when on campus.

Grading and Progress Monitoring: [fill in with your ratio]

• 30% Class Participation, 40% Completed Assignments, 30% Projects/Tests
• AVCS Grading Policy:
  • 100% - 90% = A
  • 89% - 80% = B
  • 79% - 70% = C
  • 69% - 60% = D
  • 59 and below = Fail

Tutoring and Support Services:

• [Teacher name] is eager to accommodate the needs of students during consulting time, or by appointment. Please call [phone number] to arrange a convenient meeting time.

Academic Integrity:

• In the event that assignments or tests submitted are not the original works of the student, Antelope View Charter School policy states that:
  • 1. The student will receive an "F" on the assignment or test, regardless of its weighted value.
  • 2. A parent/student/teacher conference will take place with the Director, and the student will automatically be placed on academic probation.
  • 3. Further course of action may be taken.