Welcome to ITT Tech!

1. Welcome to ITT Tech! Instructor: Mrs. Pyle

2. Meet Mrs. Pyle! • You’re in good hands • Grew up in Brownwood, TX • Howard Payne University • Baylor University • 60 hours of Math credits! • Working on Master’s in Educational Leadership at HPU

3. Work History • La Vega ISD • Eagle Academy of Waco • Know as Premier High School • Waco ISD • Bill Logue Juvenile Justice Center • Writer! • www.LessonPlanet.com • Personal Tutor • Upgrade Waco • Therapy Group

4. Mrs. Pyle’s favorite things

5. Romeo

6. JayCee

7. Video Games!

8. How to be successful at itt tech!

9. How to be successful at ITT Tech • Come to Class On Time! • Turn in Assignments, Papers, and Projects On Time! • Your Group NEEDS YOU! • Stay in contact with Group members • Use cell phones, texts, or your ITT Email Account

10. Classroom Etiquette • Arrive on-time • If unable to do so, then don’t be loud or disruptive coming in • Dismissal • You are expected to stay the full time • Leaving early is disruptive • Your Group Needs You • If you must leave early, • Tell the Instructor, so we can get your homework • Tell your Group! Make arrangements with them!

11. Absences • Notify the Instructor through their preference • Email: Jpyle@itt-tech.edu • Check Easy Campus • Grade Report • Returned Work • Homework • Notes

12. Absences • 3 Absences in a Row = Dropped from the Class • Example 1 • Come Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Miss 6, 7, Come 8, 9, Miss 10, 11, Come for the Final • If you’ve missed 4 classes, you have missed 33% of the class! • Will you be prepared? • Example 2 • Come Week 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, and 12 • Miss Week 3,4 6, 7, 10, 11 • That’s 6 classes for 50%!

13. Absences • Please note: • Many of your classes will do the work during the class • The best way to get your work done, is to come to class • Make coming to class a priority

14. Classroom Etiquette • Talking in Class • Whisper when talking to another student • If you finish early, take a break, help other students • Cell Phones • Put them on vibrate during the class • DO NOT answer the phone in class • DO NOT have a conversation in the middle of the classroom • Take the call outside

15. Classroom Etiquette • Courtesy • Be responsible and courteous to other students during discussions • Give others the same respect that you expect them to give you • Stay on Topic during Discussions • Do not use offensive language • Your are training to be professionals

16. Classroom Etiquette • Recordings • It is against ITT Policy to make audio or video recordings of your instructor • Food and Drink • No Food or Drinks in the Classrooms or Labs • Food and Drink can be taken to the Student Commons Area • Smoking • DO NOT smoke by the Picnic Tables or near the doors • DO smoke by the Smoke Shack

17. Assignments • Staple any work or printouts to the Assignment page • Graded Assignments – Are returned graded by the next week • Exception – Written papers are proofread by the LRC staff, it may take 2 weeks before it is returned

18. Corrections (For Math Classes) • Do corrections on a separate sheet • Staple to the original Assignment • Half-Credit back

19. Questions?