A3.

RESPONSIBILITY AND
ENGAGEMENT
Students accept and demonstrate personal
responsibility for their education and are fully engaged
in all aspects of the learning process
 Get the most out of your
opportunities.
PARTICIPATE!

Attend class • Pay attention • Contribute to

discussions • Complete assignments • Get involved
Don’t miss the adventure of reading.
Books can take you anywhere.

Read whenever you can, whatever you can.

 Read whenever you can,
whatever you can.

It’s fun and it makes you smarter.

 A3.1. Participation.
Students demonstrate engagement by attending
classes regularly, being focused and attentive in class,
contributing to class discussions, completing
homework and other assignments and establishing
connectedness to their school and teachers by
involvement in school clubs and activities.
 Get the most out of your opportunities.
PARTICIPATE!

Attend class • Pay attention • Contribute to

discussions • Complete assignments • Get involved
The more you put into your education,
the more you’ll get out of it.

Go to Class.
Be on Time.
Pay Attention.
Participate.
 A3.2 Punctuality
Students demonstrate punctuality by meeting
deadlines and arriving to class and appointments
on time.
Show respect!
BE ON TIME
 Why didn’t you wake me up!
I was supposed to
be there at 9 !
Now, everyone will
Have to wait for me.

Being on time is important. Take responsibility.

Punctuality – a fancy word for
be where you are supposed to
be when you are supposed to
be

Take time seriously – it’s what the rest of your life is made of.
 We’re going to be late!
A person of
character is
punctual.

Being late is annoying, irresponsible,

inconsiderate and disrespectful.
Be where you are supposed to be
when you are supposed to be.

Being late is disrespectful and irresponsible.

 Be
on
time. PUNCTUALITY MATTERS
Come to class on time – Turn your work in on time
 A3.3. Proactive
A3.3. Proactive. Students demonstrate initiative by
starting and completing school work without direct
supervision or external pressure and by proactively
learning what they need to know to succeed in class
and graduate, including asking for help when they
need it and seeking additional resources to
overcome deficiencies in the learning environment
(e.g., overcrowded classes, disruptive students,
boring teacher and inadequate resources).
 If you want something better
– GO FOR IT!

Be proactive – decide what you want

and take action to make it happen.
There are risks
and costs to action…

But they are far less

than the long range
risks of comfortable
inaction.
-John F. Kennedy
 School isn’t
always fun,
but neither is life
If you want to
have fun in life.
TAKE
SCHOOL
SERIOUSLY
 You are
responsible
for your own
learning.

Don’t be shy about asking for help when you need it.
 Learning is your responsibility.
Don’t be shy about asking for help when you need it.
 You are not
limited by
your abilities.
You are limited
by your fears.

If you apply
yourself,
you can do what
you need to do
to have what
you want to have.
Stick with it. Do your best. It’s worth it.

School isn’t
always fun, but
getting a good
education will
really help you
later.
 Nothing worth gaining
was ever gained without effort.
-Theodore Roosevelt
Learning is not a
spectator sport.

Get in
the
game!
 Never hesitate to ask for
help when you need it.
Never hesitate to give help
when you can give it.
 You can’t win a race
you don’t start.

What are you waiting for?

INITIATIVE IS THE ENGINE OF SUCCESS
Successful people don’t wait
to be told what to do, how to do it
or when to start, they just start.
Don’t ask if it is going to be easy.
Ask if it’s going to be worth it.