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SUPPLEMENTS/STIPENDS

Instructors at SCPA teaching more than seven classes may receive a supplement. Teachers who teach
Saturday preps may receive supplements. Department Heads and certain activity sponsors receive
stipends. Supplements are awarded at the end of each semester (January and June).

SUPPLIES
Basic supplies will be provided to instructors at the opening of school. Instructors needing additional
supplies should fill out the Supply Request form and leave it in the designated location in the office
for review by administration prior to approval. If the Florida legislature appropriates Florida Teacher
Lead funds, eligible instructors shall be entitled to their respective allocation.

SUSPENSIONS

In-school and out-of-school suspensions are designated by administrators. Out-of-School Suspension
(OSS) takes away the privilege of attending school for a certain number of days, outside the school.
No work missed during OSS may be made up for credit. In-School Suspension (ISS) takes away the
privilege of attending classes; student remains in school and may get credit for work completed
during ISS. In cases where a student receives OSS but completes Project Rock, his/her OSS is
treated as ISS in terms of attendance and make-up work.

TELEPHONES
Staff members will not be called to the phone during school hours unless it is an emergency.
Messages will be forwarded to the instructor’s electronic mail or placed in instructor mailbox. Please
check for such messages upon arrival in the morning, at lunchtime, and before leaving at the end of
the day. Use of the phone during instructional time should be for school business only.

TESTING

A variety of assessments should be utilized to evaluate student performance. In order to help
students prepare for the FSA and EOCs, instructors should expose students to a variety of test formats
(timed tests, multiple choice, short responses, extended responses and essays). Students should also
be exposed to the bubble sheet format. Questions that ask students to explain, contrast, compare,
justify, evaluate and convince need to be included. Pre-tests are mandatory to assess students’ prior
knowledge of subject. Post-tests are also mandatory to gauge the learning that has occurred.

TEXTBOOKS

An inventory of all classroom textbooks should be conducted at the beginning and the end of the
school year according to the department chairperson’s instructions. Books should be inventoried,
marked for the condition in which they are distributed and received using a Textbook Inventory form.

Instructors should keep records of textbook issuance. Students who have lost or damaged books and
the amount of total books and their condition shall be recorded within the student’s files throughout
the year. Student obligations for lost or damaged books should be turned in to the main office and
lost/damaged should be reported to the department chair by the designated date. Students with
outstanding textbook liabilities are not to be reissued a textbook until their prior liability is satisfied.
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