ADVISOR/ADVISEE PROGRAM. The Homeroom/Advisor-Advisee program will be implemented as follows: Homeroom will be 6 minutes per day. When the faculty or administration decides to address an issue through the advisor/advisee program, homeroom will be extended. The extension of homeroom periods will be no more than 2 hours per month, except during standardized testing. Where possible, the homeroom/advisor-advisee will be held in the classroom in which the teacher normally teaches. Advisors will be responsible for … ♦ taking daily attendance and reporting information accurately to the discipline/attendance office ♦ communicating information to students through daily announcements ♦ understanding the master schedule and communicating important information about scheduling to students ♦ communicating information about college and career choices to students, particularly information prepared for dissemination by the guidance department In addition, for teachers who are comfortable, the advisor will act as a caring adult for students who are faced with difficult personal choices. When issues are addressed through the advisor/advisee program for which teachers are not comfortable, support will be offered through the guidance department. For agreeing to this additional responsibility, the following conditions of employment will exist:
ADVISOR/ADVISEE PROGRAM. All full-time high school faculty will be responsible to serve as an advisor to approximately 25-35 students each year. The students will be assigned by the administration and will meet with their advisor for five (5) minutes every day for the purposes of tracking attendance, gathering data and conducting civic affairs. This five
