Teacher:
Mrs. Catalone Room Number: 406
Course Description:
Automated Accounting is designed to prepare students for office environments
and/or future studies that focus on, and necessitate the need for, computerized
accounting. This course will utilize
commercial accounting software. Students
will learn how computers are used to record, manage, and analyze financial
data. Emphasis will be placed on maintaining and analyzing automated records,
such as general ledgers, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll data,
and financial statements for all types of business organizations.
Class Materials: Each student is expected to have
·
A
folder and/or notebook to keep class work and corrected assignments in.
It is the STUDENTS
responsibility to keep graded assignments in case there are any questions at
the end of the quarter.
Grading:
Grades will be compiled from a multitude of assessment strategies. These include homework, tests, quizzes,
in-class problems, and participation.
Each of these assessment strategies will carry different point totals depending
on the importance and difficulty level of each.
Grades will be calculated on a straight points
basis: that is, taking the total points
possible throughout the quarter and dividing that by the total points earned.
**Current grades will be
posted each Monday. Be aware of your
grade and any missing assignments**
Classroom Expectations
Preparedness:
*
Keep lecture
notes, assignments, and handouts for class in your folder.
* It is your responsibility to come
prepared to class. Students will not be
permitted to return to lockers for forgotten books, assignments, etc.
Behavior:
* You are expected to be courteous in
class. You are to sit quietly during lectures and presentations and take
notes. Any inappropriate behavior on
your part will distract other students and deprive them of their right to
learn. Raise your hand to ask or answer
a question. Do not conduct private
discussions with other students. You are
to remain in your seat at all times unless permission is granted by the
instructor. Classroom disturbances will not be tolerated.
* Class begins as soon as the second bell rings.
Students are to be in their assigned seats, quiet and ready to begin
when the bell rings. Being in the hall
outside of the room or roaming around the room will not be tolerated.
* Students are not permitted to sleep
in class.
* Upon completion of class work,
students may work on other assignments.
* The student is expected to create an
atmosphere of learning. Therefore,
inappropriate comments about class work or other individuals will not be
accepted and will be dealt with as a disruption of class.
* Students are expected to be working
the entire class period. Students are
not permitted to stop working or line up before the bell rings until instructed
to do so by the teacher.
Special Course
Policies
Homework:
Homework is given regularly and is expected to be completed on
time. For late homework assignments
points will be deducted or a zero will be given depending on the
circumstances.
In-Class Projects:
Ample time will be given in class for most students to finish these projects. For each project, there will usually be an
in-class deadline (determined by the pace of the students). All students are expected to hand in work by
the in-class deadline. If there is some
reason why a project cannot be handed in on time, see me to make arrangements
to hand in the project. For late
projects points will be deducted or a zero will be given depending on the
circumstances. Late assignments are only
to be worked on when all other class work is done or on the student’s own
time.
Extra Help:
Extra help is available both before and after school for those students
who need it. In addition, students are
welcome and encouraged to set up additional meeting times with me. Help may also be obtained at the
facilitator’s office.
The Internet:
The St. Marys Area School District policy of
signing the Acceptable Use Form will be strictly enforced before students can
use the Internet. Also, during class
time, students may only use the Internet when it is scheduled during the course
or with special permission from the teacher.
Absenteeism:
Students absent from class for one class period or extended class
periods are responsible for contacting the teacher and making up any missed
work. It is not the teacher’s responsibility for contacting the student. A zero
will be factored in to a student’s grade immediately until work is made up.
Tardiness:
Students are to be in class before the bell rings. Any students who arrives
after the bell without a pass will be marked tardy.
Cheating and Plagiarism: Cheating
is regarded as a very serious matter and will not be tolerated. Cheating is simply defined as intentionally
attempting to deceive the teacher into believing that the work submitted by a
student is his or her own work when in reality it is not. Enabling or helping others to cheat is also
cheating, such as providing someone with complete work (or a completed file)
for the purpose of copying. Use of
technology devices to access and/or share information without permission is
cheating.
Plagiarism is regarded as cheating and as such will also not be
tolerated. It is simply defined as
stealing someone else’s copyrighted material and submitting that work as one’s
own. Plagiarism would include writings
or ideas taken from a copyrighted work of any form, most especially the
Internet, without receiving the formal and legal permission in order to use the
writings or ideas and/or citing the work with the proper citations.
Cheating will be dealt with on a case by case basis. Cheating or plagiarism will result in a zero
on the assignment for any parties’ involved as well as possible disciplinary
action.
Classroom Rules: Students will not be permitted to leave the classroom to go
to their lockers. Students needing to
leave the classroom for any other reason should try to do so before or after
class. However, if a student must leave
he/she must have their pass book in order to leave the classroom. Any student leaving the classroom without
their passbook will face disciplinary action.