Jenks High School Advisory Guidelines
Advisory Expectations & Guidelines
Advisory is designed to give students multiple ways both to feel more connected to JHS and to receive academic support. In addition, Advisory is meant to be a mechanism that protects “traditional” class instruction as much as possible. Many Advisory class periods will already have prescribed activities and/or lessons for students. All Advisory class periods should have something to keep students engaged and work toward the aforementioned goals of connecting students to JHS and giving them academic support.
Expectations for Advisors
With the preceding information in mind, advisors should invest time prior to each Advisory planning for the day’s activities. Proper planning will ensure that prescribed lessons and activities are implemented appropriately. Proper planning will also give students appropriate activities when there is no other “school-prescribed activities.” Listed below are appropriate Advisory activities.
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Assemblies
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Advisory Curriculum (Goal Setting, Bullying, Worth the Wait, College prep, Enrollment, etc.)
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Teacher Help/Tutoring
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Make-Up Tests
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Use of Media Center
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Curricular Club Meetings and Grade-Level Class Meetings
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Distribution of Information
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College Rep Visits
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Service Learning Projects
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Counseling Support Groups
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Study Time
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Community-Building Activities
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Mentoring
The items highlighted are the expected activities when there are no school-prescribed activities. One point of emphasis—advisors should instruct students to study in the classroom whenever there is downtime. During these times, advisors should have one-on-one conversations with students as part of the advisor’s mentoring relationship with the student. During these conversations, the advisor will check in about grades and have the student update his/her grade progress. Of course, the advisor will also talk with students about their goals and progress toward their goals as well.
General Guidelines
It is of the utmost importance that all advisors be consistent in following the Advisory guidelines. While there will be many activities occurring during Advisory, one of the top priorities of this time is for advisors to be available to their students for help/tutoring. Students are expected to have something to work on, a book to read, or to be participating in one of the above mentioned activities. Advisors are expected to establish an Advisory classroom environment which is conducive to enabling students to work on their assignments.
ATTENDANCE: Students may not leave Advisory on Tuesdays. They must stay with their Advisory teacher on Tuesdays. On Wednesdays, all students are required to report to Advisory for the first five minutes of class before attending any meetings and are to return for the last five minutes of Advisory. Please check attendance both at the beginning and the end of class. Any student who is tardy must have a pass. If not, they are to receive an unexcused tardy. Student who want to go to another classroom on Wednesdays must have prior written permission from that teacher.