CTE Course Expectations

Waldport High school

 

Department: Career and Technical Education                        Course: Middle school Wood working

Teacher: Mr. Wood        

                                                                  

Course Description

Middle school wood shop is designed to teach the students and understanding of 6 different wood working machines that will be necessary to build their projects. . They will be challenged to build 3 of 5 projects including a mirror, a stool, a wall shelf, a set of book ends, and a toy helicopter. The skills learned here will used in the high school classes when they enter the high school. Every effort is given to accommodate all diverse learning needs. 

 

General information

Behavior – Students are expected to display good, acceptable behavior at all times. These include: being on time, showing respect to instructors as well as fellow students as well as all projects , having a positive attitude, showing encouragement. The following behaviors are serious enough to consider removal from class.

                Stealing – shop materials or form another student

                Horseplay – running, wrestling, any activity deemed dangerous

                Vandalism – Damage to any school tool or property or to another’s project

 

Safety – Safe work habits and attitudes are stressed at all times. Students are expected to follow all safety rules for the shop, consider others as well as themselves or forfeit the right to use the facility. Safety glasses, ear plugs, and aprons will be worn at all times – unless instructed otherwise. Students will take safety tests and must pass them with 100%. Students are expected to take the safety tests very seriously and to study the information before taking the tests. Test scores will be effected each time the test is not passed which will have an effect on the overall grade. A test passed on the second attempt will receive a 90% in the grade book, a test passed on the third time will receive an 80%, and so on. The test still must be passed with a 100% in order to use that tool.

 

Shop Policies – Clothing must be appropriate for the working environment.

Wood shop - closed toe shoes are a must – while wearing an apron most clothing styles are accepted.

Metal shop – Long pants and leather type shoes are required.  No tennis shoes with mesh.

                Long hair MUST be out of the eyes and secured in with a headband, hair tie, or rubber band.

Sweatshirts with hoods – ties must be either removed or tied together and placed inside the hood.

                No food but water bottles with lids are OK in the shop

Electronic devices (Phones, music devices, and electronic games) are only allowed in class AFTER ALL clean-up is completed and NOT during lecture time.

NO bathroom passes in the first OR last 10 min. of class. If students are caught abusing bathroom time by wondering the halls this privilege can be suspended for a period of time. There will be a sign out sheet when ever leaving the class where time in, time out and destination must be entered.

The class will not be dismissed until shop is cleaned up

 

 

Attendance

                Shop classes are project-based classes and attendance is very important. Students may have a total of 10 absences for the Trimester. If a student exceeds 10 absences, they must make up time during Friday school or he/she might receive an incomplete or possibly fail the course. Tardies will be entered if the student is not in the assigned seat at the first bell.

 

Clean up

                ALL students will assist in the chop clean-up process – sweeping, putting tools away, emptying trash and dust collector. NO student will be allowed to leave class until all tools are accounted for and room is clean.

Tardies

                A student will be marked tardy if he/she is not in assigned seat and quiet when the bell rings.

 

Grading               

                At the end of the Trimester, the grade will be calculated on the following possible points:

                                          Safety tests               30% - all required safety tests

                                          Notebook                  30% - Class handouts and in-class work

                                          Project/s                   40% - required project/s

                Notebook grade will be determined by calculating the percent of papers turned in

 

The following scale will determine the over-all grade:

                                          A= 90% to 100%

                                          B = 80% to 89%

                                          C = 70% to 79%

                                          D = 60% to 69%

                                          F = 0% to 59%

                There will be opportunities to earn extra credit after ALL required projects are completed