that personal calls need to be made, we ask staff to find a quiet location away from the students to quickly and efficiently attend to the personal matter.
We also ask staff to make every effort to schedule personal business, such as doctor’s appointments, outside of school hours.
Faculty members are asked to keep Division Directors apprised of significant student problems through email or personal meetings. Referrals for tutoring or outside evaluation should not be discussed with parents until they have been approved by the Division Directors. When at all possible, the Division’s learning resource teacher should also be apprised of requests for tutoring or outside evaluation. In addition to excellence in the classroom, faculty members are expected to promote high standards of behavior and to act as role models for the students. Teachers’ private lives and political views are a private matter. In presenting controversial topics for student consideration, both sides of any issue should be examined. Teachers are also advised to consult their division director in before presenting material that some parents or students may deem to be controversial or offensive. In some cases, it may be prudent for the teacher or division director to give parents advance notice of the material. Division Heads must clear Guest lecturers scheduled to meet with students. The Division Director should also approve textbooks, audio-visual aids, and other potentially controversial material.
Duties of Homeroom Teachers
Any teacher in charge of a class bears primary responsibility for the class and the students in it. Attendance must be taken by the teacher and reported to the front desk by 8:30 a.m. Students absent from classes during the school day may participate in activities such as sports, field trips, plays if that participation has been approved by the Division Director or the Headmaster. The homeroom teacher is responsible for maintaining a neat and orderly classroom. All classrooms are to be kept as neat as possible during the day. Before dismissal in the afternoon, we ask each homeroom teacher to be put the classroom in proper order.
While all teachers are asked to maintain the student dress code, homeroom teachers bear this primary responsibility.
The halls, faculty room, and workrooms are community space for which everyone is responsible. Teachers are expected to do their part to promote general neatness and orderliness throughout the
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