Melanie Whitfield

JAG Specialist for Wooster High School

Office: Career Center Office hours: 12:30-3:00PM woosterjag@gmail.com www.woosterjag.weebly.com

Course description

The Purpose of JAG Nevada is to assist students in earning a high school diploma with the skills to excel in the workforce
and/or postsecondary education. JAG stands for Jobs for Americas Graduates and is nationally accredited.

Course Objective

The objective of JAG is for students to master thirty-seven competencies. These competencies fall under six categories:
1. Career Development
2. Job Attainment
3. Job Survival
4. Basic Skills,
5. Leadership and Self-Development
6. Personal Skills
Once students have demonstrated appropriate gains in these areas, they will have garnered the necessary knowledge to
pursue gainful employment, enter post-secondary education, or technical education.

Students are expected to:

Conduct themselves as they would on a job.

Be respectful to themselves and to others.
Be prepared for class and all activities required by the course.
Participate in classroom, Career Association, service activities and all other activities.
Uphold school regulations such as dress code, cell phone policies, etc

General Requirements

Attendance: Attendance is necessary for success in this class. Be on time.

Participation: Students are expected to participate in class. This includes all in class and out-of-class activities
and class discussions.
Volunteer Hours: Students are expected to complete a minimum of ten (10) hours of community service
(volunteer activities with are not paid or required to satisfy outside of school programs) throughout the school
year. Minimum of five (5) per semester. Community service logs will be due at the end of the semester.
Guest Speakers: Career and community involvement are integral parts of the JAG Program: they enhance
learning by providing various experiences and exposure to different career paths. Students are expected to take
advantage of their resources and reach out to business leaders. Students are expected to advocate for
themselves and ask for speakers of various fields to come and talk to the class. It is expected that student
behavior will be courteous and respectful whenever guests are present. It will also be advantageous for students
to take good notes during speaking engagements as an assignment will follow each event. If students choose not
to be respectful to guest speakers, alternative research assignments will be assigned.
Field Trips: Field trips are a wonderful way for students to be exposed to different colleges and places of work.
Different companies take time out of their working schedule to show students around and answer questions.
 Students are expected to conduct themselves professionally and be respectful to the speakers as they are on
these field trips. They are also encouraged to bring questions as they explore the many different fields for post-
graduation. Students who choose not to conduct themselves professionally and respectfully will be given an
alternate research assignment and will not attend the next field trip.
Makeup Work: Students will be given the opportunity to complete make up work for assignments if the absence
was excused. The number of days missed + 1 day will be allowed to complete the work missed. It will be the
students responsibility to obtain and complete the makeup work on his/her own time. This includes projects
and quizzes.
Quizzes and Late Work: Students will be allowed to turn in late work for half credit; however, after one week
the work will not be accepted for credit. Quizzes must be made up within a one-week period.
Journals: Students will be expected to maintain a class journal for notes and activities. This will include
reflections and/or assignments everyday on a specific topic. A minimum of 5 sentences is required on each
topic.
Plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated. Consequences will include lowering the academic and citizenship
grades.

Cell Phones

There is a time and place for cell phones, but like the work force, cell phones/electronic devices will not be allowed
without permission and you will be responsible for your use of the cell phone.
First consequence: warning
Second consequence: I will hold your cell phone in my office until the end of the day
Third consequence: Phone to office/ lunch detention/ phone call home

Grading Categories

Class participation (class work, activities, homework) 40%

Quizzes and Projects 20%
Career Association 20%
Final Exam 20%

Grading Scale

100%-90% = A
89%-80% = B
79%-70% = C
69%-60% = D
59% and below = F

Procedure for Classroom Misbehavior

1st- Verbal Warning

2nd- Conference with student with detention
3rd Parent contact with detention
4th- Administration intervention
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Supplies required to be successful for JAG: Please, ask for help if you need these!

1. 1-inch binder (with dividers!) for handouts, work, papers, quizzes

2. A ream of lined paper
3. A full stock of pencils and pens
4. A notebook for daily writing activities

THESE AND YOUR SIGNED FORMS ARE DUE NEXT MONDAY, AUGUST 14TH (ONE WEEK EXACTLY). THIS
WIL BE YOUR FIRST SET OF POINTS, SO MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Other supplies that are not required for points, but will greatly improve your success in JAG as well as
career/college readiness include:

1. A planner/app for daily organization

2. A notepad/app for to-do lists and checklists
3. A flash drive for downloading useful files

Again, I cannot stress enough: if you need help getting any of these materials, please do not hesitate to ask.
Taking a zero for your materials needed is not worth it!

Bottom Line: Be Responsible. Be Respectful. Be Present.

JAG program: Jobs for Americas Graduates Syllabus Agreement

BY SIGNING THIS FORM, THE STUDENT AGREES TO ABIDE BY THE EXPECTATIONS OUTLINED IN THE
SYLLABUS. VIOLATIONS OF THIS CONTRACT WILL RESULT IN LOWERED CITIZENSHIP/ACADEMIC GRADES
AND POSSIBLE REMOVAL FROM WOOSTERS JAG PROGRAM.

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