Los Coyotes Middle School Extended Learning Opportunities ELO’s

Los Coyotes Middle School supports student learning outside of the daily classroom assignments. We refer to these as Extended Learning Opportunities or ELO’s. Each teacher will have expectations for students to complete work on their own during afternoon, evening, or weekend hours. The type of work assigned will vary by subject matter, teacher style, student abilities, and student interests. All students should expect to spend between 5-10 hours a week on ELO’s. The ELO may be in the form of a weekly packet, a daily assignment, a community project, a long term project, studying for a test, or a reading assignment. The ELO should support classroom activities and provide students with an opportunity to practice what they have learned, explore new areas of interest, support development of visual or performing arts, expand their research skills, and extend their hours of learning outside of the classroom on a daily basis. Each student will have a planner that will allow parents to track their child’s ELO progress.

Responsibilities Student Responsibilities:

• Each student should come prepared to school each day with assigned ELO’s completed.
• Each student must commit time to complete ELO’s on a daily basis.
• Each student must listen carefully and read guidelines thoroughly when ELO’s are assigned.
• Each student should ask for assistance from the teacher for clarification if they are still unclear
about the assignment.
• Each student should put forth his or her best effort when completing ELO’s.
• Each student should do his or her own work with the least amount of guidance from others as possible.
• Each student should do their fair share in any paired or group ELO so all students can benefit from the assignment.

Parent Responsibilities:

• Each parent should support and promote student completion of ELO’s.
• Each parent should provide resources necessary for student success of ELO’s including but not limited to a quiet work space, materials and resources required for the assignment, access to library and/or computer resources, and time blocked out from outside distractions or commitments.
• Each parent should check the student planner on a daily or weekly basis to monitor student ELO assignments and progress.
• Each parent should contact the teacher through the planner, phone call, or conference for any questions or concerns regarding student progress.

Teacher Responsibilities:

• Each teacher will provide meaningful and challenging ELO’s for each student.
• Each teacher will monitor the amount of ELO’s assigned with the student’s other teachers to maintain the 5-10 hours of work time each week.
• Each teacher will give clear, written and verbal directions, and evaluation criteria for each assigned ELO.
• Each teacher will keep students and parents informed of student progress regarding ELO’s through the use of the student planner, parent conferences, phone calls, and timely progress reports.