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1 Teacher: Mrs. Gudgeon Room: A 124 Independent Living Phone: cgudgeon@everettsd.org Course Objective: This course was designed to analyze strategies to manage multiple individual, family, career and community roles and responsibilities. Students will develop skills and knowledge needed to created a life plan for achieving individual, family and career goals. Students will gain knowledge in policies that support consumer rights, the impact of technology and demonstrate management of individual and family resources, including food, clothing, shelter, health care, recreation, and transportation. Students will concentrate on personality characteristics, goal setting, careers and further education/training. The Teacher: My name is Corie Gudgeon and currently I love teaching high school students life applicable skills! Along with my passion for teaching, I love spending time with my family and friends, running and the outdoors. Units of Instruction: Goal Setting, Careers, Consumerism, Budgeting/Finances/Banking, Credit, Taxes, Investing, Housing/Car Buying, Insurance, and if time permits, Food, Clothing and Textiles. Materials Needed: Students will need to have a section of their 3 ring binder for Independent Living. Paper and blue or black ink pens should be in class everyday along with class assignments. A flash or thumb drive is strongly recommended for this class. Essential Learning Objectives: This course offers various learning techniques. Students will be able to: Understand the meaning what is read Write clearly and effectively Communicate ideas clearly and effectively Analyze and evaluate the impact of real life Student Learning Guidelines and Expectations: 1. Please practice Trust, Honor, and Respect by respecting each other, the teacher, guests, and equipment. 2. Please respect each other, the teacher, guests, and equipment. 3. Always act appropriately (refraining from swearing/profanity) and acting safe. 4. Be on time and prepared for class. Electronic Devices should be away unless teacher permission. 5. Come equipped with a positive and enthusiastic attitude with appropriate language for class and school. 6. Water Only allowed in class. All other food or beverages will be asked to be put away. I will adhere to the expectations of the school stated in the Student Handbook. If the student fails to respect the expectations, they will be given a warning and then disciplinary actions will occur depending on severity of the offense, according to the school s policies.

2 Bathroom Policy: Students will need to ask permission to use the bathroom. Teacher expects students to use the bathroom before or after class unless it is a legitimate emergency or medical need. Make-up/Late work: Students are expected to make-up all work missed due to absences. It is the student s responsibility to check on missing work at appropriate times. He/she will have equal number of school days to make-up the work as for which they are absent. Makeup work will need to be turned into the turn-in basket with Absent written on top of the assignment. Late Work: All assignments should be completed in class and turned in on time. The class schedule allows ample time for completion of all work during class. If a student is absent from class, or has fallen behind, it is his/her responsibility to obtain make-up work at appropriate times from the teacher. Make-up Quizzes: If a student is absent on a quiz day the student will need to make an appointment with the teacher on the day they return to make up the quiz. Appointments for make-up quizzes times will only be before or after school (until 2:30 pm). Quizzes that are not make-up will greatly affect a student s grade. Grading and Assessment: This class will be based on a standards based 4.0 grading scale. The student s grade is based off meeting criteria at standard. The student will be given rubrics for each assessment well in advance so that they know what criteria they must meet at standard. Category Standards: Summative 70% (Projects) Category Formative: 20% (Quizzes/Daily Work) Category Formative:10% 21 st Century Skills 4.0 Grading Scale 4 Oustanding/Above (100%) 3.5 Satisfactory (85%) 3 Met Standard (75%) 2 An Attempt Made (50%) 1 No Attempt Made Extended Learning projects will be assigned during the semester. Two projects will need to be completed by the end of the semester. Students will be given a list of projects that fit the requirements. Course Schedule- Week of Topic School 1 Intro/Goals 2-3 Careers 4-5 Consumerism 6-10 Budgeting/Finances/Banking 11 Credit/Debt Analysis Investing and Taxes Housing Cars Buying and Insurance Foods*/Clothing and Textile Care Finals

3 Please Note- The above course schedule is subject to change based on lab availability. For example, the Foods may be plugged in throughout the semester depending on food lab availability. Attendance and Tardies: Students are expected to attend class regularly and be on time for class. Disciplinary Action will occur if a student is frequently tardy without a note. The teacher will follow the school s tardy procedures. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at Everett High School at (425) or via at cgudgeon@everettsd.org Thank you! Mrs. Corie Gudgeon Everett High School, Room A 124

4 Syllabus Acknowledgement (Please Return for Points) Everett High School Independent Living RETURN THIS PAGE COMPLETED TO MRS. GUDGEON Print Student Name Period: Dear Parents: I am excited and looking forward to working with your student. Please read the Course Syllabus including classroom expectations and grading policies with your student. During the semester, students may be viewing the following movies if time permits (The Ratings for each movie is below). Please mark with an X in the Yes or No box to whether or not you would like your student to view the videos. If not, students will be provided a supplemental assignment. The movies that may be shown if time permits will be from the following list and could include some of the following: Movie Rating Content Connection YES NO Bee Movie G Careers Mr. Holland s Opus The Devil Wears Prada PG PG-13 The Pursuit of Happyness PG-13 Values, Goals, Paychecks, Depository Institutions Catch Me If You Can PG-13 Depository Institutions, Identity Theft Mr. Deeds PG-13 Investing Confessions of a Shopaholic PG Credit Cards, Credit Reports, Careers, Decision Making The Money Pit PG Housing, Decision From Prada to Nada PG-13 Making Well-Being, Values, Needs, Wants, Goals, Receiving from Family and Friends Fun with Dick and Jane PG-13 Savings, Investing, Receiving The Ultimate Gift PG Giving, Receiving, Well- Being Thank you and best regards, Corie Gudgeon or cgudgeon@everettsd.org

5 My son or daughter learns best when: Course topics from the course topic list that may be sensitive for my son or daughter could be: Communication: My Phone number/ address is: My son/daughter s address is (if different from above): We have read and understand this invitation to learn as described in the syllabus. Our signatures show that we are setting a course for success in this class. Parent/Guardian Signature: Date Parent/Guardian Name Printed: Student Signature: Date Student Name Printed: