Class Advisory

Transforming Your School Through the
Power of Class Advisory:
Systems and Strategies
By Mann Rentoy

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ED U C AT IO N IN IT IAT IV E

By Rafe Esquith
STeach Like
Your Hair is
on Fire

By Hal Urban
SLessons from
the Classroom
20 Things Good Teachers Do

Principle
STo educate a person in mind
and not in morals is to
educate a menace to society.
- Theodore Roosevelt

LOGO
Parents? Media?
Peers?
Environment?
School?
Who is forming our
children’s conscience?

Historically...
Pernicious
Environment
Insidious
Clandestine

Assault on Today’s Children
Video
GamesYour
student
Violence
in Media
PornographyMaterialism
Hedonism

STUDENTS WILL
FORGET MOST OF
WHAT YOU TEACH
THEM, BUT WILL
REMEMBER HOW YOU
MADE THEM FEEL IN
YOUR CLASS!

Teachers are not in
private practice. We
are in the helping and
caring profession, a
service profession to
help people enhance
the quality of their lives.

Principles
• An effective Class Adviser can have the
greatest impact on the formation of the
students.
• On his effectiveness (or ineffectiveness)
lies the “spirit” (or lack of it) of the Class.

Expectations
1. They have a full understanding and
sincere appreciation of the spirit of
the school

Expectations
2. Since they are the direct link of the school
with the parents and the students, they
can communicate with ease, orally and
in writing

Expectations
3. Since they coordinate all the activities of
the class, they have the intellectual
capacity and some managerial skills to
handle the many and various concerns
throughout the school year
• co-curriculars
• Linggo ng Wika
• Academic Contests
• Assemblies
• Student Seminars, etc., etc.)

Summary
• The Class Adviser
– has a full understanding and sincere
appreciation of the spirit of the school
– can communicate with ease, orally and in
writing
– Has the intellectual capacity and some
managerial skills

One hundred years
from now it will not
matter
What kind of car I drove,
What kind of house I lived in,
How much I had in the bank account,
Or what my clothes looked like.
But the world will be a better
place because I was important
in the life of a child.

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PREAMBLE:
An effective Class Adviser has
probably the greatest impact on
the formation of the students.

Kohlberg’s
Six Levels
of
Moral
Development

Level I
I don’t want
to get into trouble.

Level 3
I want
to please somebody.

Level 5
I am considerate
of other people.

Level 6
I have a personal
code of behavior and
I follow it.

Level 1: I don’t want to get in trouble.
Level 2: I want a reward.
Level 3: I want to please somebody.
Level 4: I follow the rules.
Level 5: I am considerate of other people.
Level 6: I have a personal code of behavior and I follow it.

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The Power of Vision
Vision without action is
merely a dream;
Action without vision
just passes the time;
Vision with action can
change the world.
- Joel Barker

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• A vision of where you want to go
• A plan to get there
• The persistence to see it through
Have…

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Key Questions
•What is the
vision for the
Class?

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Key Questions
•How will
students benefit
if the vision is
achieved?

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Key Questions
•What will be the
monitoring
process?

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Key Questions
•Do you believe
that the vision
will make a
positive
difference?

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Leadership
If a school is a vibrant, innovative,
child-centered place; if it has a
reputation for excellence in teaching;
if students are performing to the best
of their ability; one can almost always
point to the Principal’s leadership as
the key to success.
-U.S.Senate Resolution 359

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Leadership
If a CLASS is a vibrant, innovative,
child-centered place; if it has a
reputation for excellence; if students
are performing to the best of their
ability; one can almost always point to
the Class Adviser’s leadership as the
key to success.

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By Mann Rentoy

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In the effective Class, the Class
Adviser acts as a leader, and
effectively communicates the
goals to his students and their
parents.

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Time
Energy and Expectations
Actions and Attitude
Monitoring
The Class Adviser must develop a winning
TEAM through…

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Time with the TEAM
The First Day of Practice is Critical
“ What you do on the first days of school will
determine your success or failure for the rest of
the school year. You will either win or lose your
class on first days of school.”
Harry Wong

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Energy and . . .
“ It takes just as much energy to
achieve positive results as it does to
achieve negative results. So why
waste your energy to fail when the
same amount of energy can help you
and your students succeed?”
Harry Wong

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Expectations
“Students tend to learn as little or as
much as their teachers expect.
Teachers who set and communicate
high expectations to all their students
obtain greater academic performance
from these students than teachers
who set low expectations.”
U. S. Department of Education, What Works: Research About Teaching
and Learning, 1986.

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Actions and . . .
“ People, places, policies,
procedures, and programs must
work together to invite people to
realize their fullest potential.”
Harry Wong

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Attitude
“ There is absolutely no research
correlation between success and
family background, race, national
origin, financial status, or even
educational accomplishments. There
is but one correlation with success and
that is ATTITUDE.”
Harry Wong

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Monitoring
“ For teamwork to be effective, players cannot
operate under a different system than the one
spelled out by the coach.
Managers--coaches--work to improve the skills of
individuals, but more importantly they strive to
shift the system and raise the overall level of
performance.”
William E. Conway, The Quality Secret

Banker, $600
¨ Keeps records for five students in the class. This
student must be good at arithmetic and a person of
the highest integrity. The banker takes deposits and
checks from the bank customer and coordinates
accounts with the other bankers. In a class of 30,
five bankers will be needed.

Janitor, $650
¨ A janitor is given a specific area of the room to
keep spotless. One scrubs the sink daily. Two sweep
the room at least twice a day. Others wax cabinets
or scrub desks. They are highly paid to keep the
room dazzling.

Graders, $575
¨ There are two graders for grammar and spelling.
These are objective tests that come with answer
sheets. Teacher is left to check writing assignments
that only he is qualified to handle.
¨ Spelling graders take home Friday’s spelling tests
and return them graded on Monday morning.
Grammar graders collect homework in the morning
and return graded assignments after recess.

Messenger, $575
¨ Two students handle all errands to other classes or
the office. These students must be able to deliver
oral messages accurately and must know the school
staff.

Police Officer, $500
¨ A police officer has several duties. Each one patrols
a selected area of the room. The officer has a book
with the names of all the students in his jurisdiction.
If a student breaks any of the class rules, the officer
keeps a record of the infraction. The officer collects
all the fines that students pay for breaking rules.
There are usually 3 to 5 police officers.

Video Monitor, $575
¨ The video monitors keep the collection of videos
organized in the class library. They are responsible
for checking these out to students on Fridays and for
collecting video work and videos Monday morning.

Recycler, $500
¨ Two monitors recycle the class waste. Cans are
taken each day to recycling bin.

Attendance Monitor, $475
¨ This student must have outstanding attendance. The
monitor silently takes attendance each morning and
accepts notes from returning students to be kept on
file.

Clerks, $550
¨ There are usually about three students acting as
official clerks. These students pass out and collect
papers. They also keep materials organized and
know where everything in the closet is stored.

Librarian, $525
¨ This student is in charge of the class library (of
Newberry Medal winners used for book reports).
Students go to the librarian to return or check out
books.

Seat Rental
¨ Bel-Air Front of the room - $1,000
¨ Beverly Hills Middle of the room - $750
¨ Hollywood Next to the video library - $700
¨ Santa Monica Near the water fountain - $675
¨ Skid Row Back of the room - $550

Seat Rental
¨Shangri-La
¨ Rustan’s
¨ SM
¨Puregold
¨Liana’s

Bonus Money
Perfect Spelling Test (After 3 in a row, the amount
doubles)
$50
90% on any other test $50
100% on any other test $200
Completing a weekend video assignment $50
Perfect attendance for the month $100
Coming to school early for extra Math $100
Staying after school for Shakespeare $100
Joining the school orchestra $100
Joining the school chorus $100
Playing guitar with the teacher during recess and
lunch
$100
Being complimented by another teacher $200

Fines
Tardy (this doubles with each offense $50
Missing homework $50
Rudeness, such as not listening when
another student is speaking
$50
Messy desk (discovered in police raids) $100
Dishonesty $500

Video Library
SWeekend
Movies
STuesday
Films
SCurriculum
Videos
100 in a year

Teach Time Management: On
Friday before dismissal
S Friday, 4:00 p.m. – leave school
S Monday, 7:00 a.m. – back in school
S 63 hours to spend
S Sleep: 8 x 3 = 24
S Sunday family worship, etc. = 3 hours
S Time left to do whatever: 36!

Classroom
Culture
S 0 anxiety
S Level 6
Thinkers
S Support and
Respect
S Laughter/Hum
or
S Low Pressure,
High Support
Environment

Mann Rentoy of PAREF Southridge School

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1st Honors 7
2nd Honors 10
Principal’s List 5

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Recess/Lunch Time
Alternatives

Seating Arrangement & the
“No Clique” Policy

This is the Vision for your class:

š students very proud to be in your
class; students are very happy to be
in your class: they think the other
classes are pitiful compared to
yours

š students from other classes envy
your class; they’d want to be there

š parents are so satisfied and
confident with you because they
know their Class Adviser genuinely
cares for their children: they’re just
too eager to help you and support
you

š parents’ satisfaction comes
specially from the realization that
you are a role model for their child:
virtuous, upright, moral, high impact
teacher

š parents and students speak highly
of your professionalism, your
punctuality, your firmness but
fairness, your kindness, your positive
attitude: that you bring out the best
in the students

š they may have complaints and
issues, but your presence, your
attitude, your support all make the
problems look trivial and
insignificant

š your students support you through
and through; the last thing they’d
ever want is to upset you, offend
you or be in disfavor with you

š they may lose trust in some teachers,
in systems, in curriculum: but your
being their child’s Class Adviser makes
up for whatever shortcomings there
are. And they are still able to say: IT’S
STILL WORTHWHILE TO BE IN THIS
SCHOOL!

š you are the spirit of the class; the
soul of the Team; the magic behind
the great class that it is

š the team spirit is so strong: failure
of one student causes sadness for
the whole class; and success of one
student is great joy for the whole
class.

š there may be misunderstandings
among the students every now and
then, but they are ready to forgive
for the sake of Class Unity

šThis is the vision. This is what our
classes can become… regardless
of however our class may have
been last year, or in the previous
years.

šIf there is anything right now that
the school needs to become a
really great school, it is this: a set of
EFFECTIVE CLASS ADVISERS!

š Our role is to produce MEN and
WOMEN of CHARACTER: the Class
Advisers are the single, most
important factor for the school’s
success in this task: not the
academic subject teacher, not the
Guidance Counselor, not the
Principal.

š we teach them integrity when we
come to class PUNCTUALLY
everyday. 2 minutes before start of
the day, eager and ready. Not
dragging our feet.

š they learn integrity in the way we
carry ourselves: they know

This is the Vision for your class

LOGO
www.mannrentoy.com
mannrentoy@gmail.com
0908-864-84-91

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