Welcome to ITT Tech!

Instructor:

Mrs. Pyle

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

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

MRS. PYLE’S FAVORITE THINGS

Romeo

JayCee

Video Games!

HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT ITT TECH!

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

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!

Absences

• Notify the Instructor through their preference • Email: Jpyle@itt-tech.edu • Check Easy Campus• Grade Report

– Returned Work– Homework– Notes

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%!

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

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

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

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

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

Corrections (For Math Classes)

• Do corrections on a separate sheet • Staple to the original Assignment • Half-Credit back

QUESTIONS?