TechTrain | FAQ - Rules for Students

Being On-Time

Lessons always start at the regular time, provided to you by TTA in the first lesson by joining email. We ask that students join 5 to 10 minutes early, so that TTA teachers can help students set up before class begins.

Being late to class may negatively affect your child's experience, and the experience of others.

Being Prepared

Students should come to class with their devices charger on-hand, classroom programs/tools opened, and hydration + bathroom needs met.

Students will be permitted to step away from class as needed, but interruptions may negatively impact your child’s experience, and the experience of others.

Dress for Class

Students should come to class dressed in comfortable tops (shirts or sweaters) and bottoms (shorts, long pants, skirts).

Please help to remind your child than when appearing online, they should consider they will be seen by their peers, just as they would in person.

Showing Respect

Mutual respect is an essential part of an effective education process. At TechTrain, students should show the same respect for teachers as they would in their primary schools. Students can show respect by:

Being considerate of the class rules
Maintaining a positive attitude towards class work
Being communicative with their teacher
Being kind and supportive of their peers

Speak one-at-a-Time

Classroom management is an essential part of effective online learning.

At TechTrain, we love to see our students excited, but we will also remind students to show restraint, and ensure their classmates can be heard as well.

How we ensure class conduct

Classroom management is an essential part of effective online learning. TechTrain teachers following our escalation policy, in order to support class rules:

1. Teachers will remind students of the conduct expectations. We all make mistakes, and many of our students are learning to learn online. Teachers should always begin by working with students, to support conduct expectations.

2. Students who have difficulty remembering or following conduct expectations may enter a break-out room with their teacher. A breakout room is a private 1-1 call, set up temporarily from the main Zoom session. In this call, the Teacher can speak directly with the student to better understand what challenges they may be facing, and to further explain the conduct expectations.

3.Students who have difficulty remembering or following conduct expectations, following a 1-1 discussion, may require the support of the parents. If we notice your child is struggling with class conduct, your teacher may contact you to share their observations, and collaborate on a solution.