Mr Guillermo Muñoz

Secondary Mathematics

Room #: 140.3

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 979-364-2824 Ext:3103

Conference Period: 1:47-2:41pm

HOWDY!

I am so excited to get to know you: students, parents, faculty. I feel it is important for you to know the kind of teacher you are entrusting the education of your child with. As the newest member of the team that includes the student, the parents, and all the wonderful staff, I earnestly look forward to working with each of you on the team dedicated to providing your student education!

I think my work to become a teacher started all the way back in my toddler years! At the age of 5, I was diagnosed on the Autism spectrum with Semantic Pragmatic Disorder (today called Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder). Untreated, this would have likely prevented me from being able to talk. This was especially tough on my family, as we were living overseas in Peru at the time, isolated from the American education system and its supports. My mom was a Christian missionary and a teacher, and my dad was a missionary and Bible translator with extensive linguistics knowledge, and so they were both perfectly situated to organize therapy for my speech, reading, writing, and behavior counseling. My mom organized an extensive, daily therapy schedule in which she, my dad, my older sister, and a neighbor kid all participated. This beneficially impacted my language proficiency throughout the rest of my life to this day, and though I still have some social abnormalities (for example, it takes me an inordinate amount of time and effort to learn new faces), I am pretty fluent, thanks to God and family.

Much later, in 2015, my tenth grade and eleventh grade years, I got my first taste of tutoring when volunteering at the Lincoln Recreational Center in College Station, TX. For the first time, I experienced students who needed help with schoolwork getting a little moral boost when I would tutor them and explain a concept they had not understood before my assistance. Students like me. I had a great string of teachers in high school, both overseas and here in Texas.

I am a man who has been fortunate enough to have people who want to pour their time, effort, and thought into building me up where I was weak, and showing me where I didn’t know I was strong. And when I truly began to see, in high school, that there were unending numbers of students in our community that needed those kinds of people, I decided as early as my senior year of high school (2016) that I wanted to be a teacher, and give students a mentor like the ones I got.

I attended the greatest university in the world: Texas A&M University, originally in the class of 2021. Things in my personal life, and COVID, delayed that graduation date until 2024. But I made it happen, and I hold a degree in Physics with a minor in secondary education. I acquired a certificate to teach Physical Sciences 6-12 in 2024, and later added a Mathematics certification for 7-12. I did my clinical teaching semester in College Station, and have been a substitute teacher for a year since then.

This is the next chapter of my life, and I look forward to sharing it with you all. I've been here for only a few months, and already I am LOVING this campus. I look forward to welcoming you all into my classroom like you have welcomed me!

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF SCHOOL AS WE TEACHERS MAKE SURE THE SYSTEM WORKS

I am checking my emails constantly throughout the day. However, I will typically only have time to respond to emails during:

The morning prep time (7:00-7:30)

Midday (around noon)

During my Conference period (1:47-2:41), and

After School (until around 5oclock)

Late Work Policy 

The failure to turn in work is the single most significant cause of academic difficulty. It is our goal to ensure that all students do all of their assigned work each day.

Homework will be accounted for by six-week periods by each teacher. The following constitute late work: 

1. Not having all assigned work at the beginning of class 
2. Not doing high-quality work 
3. Not completing make-up work on time 

Late Daily Work Policy 

1st and 2nd time late - can turn in the next class period with a 30-point deduction. 

For the third time and every time thereafter for the next six weeks, the student receives a zero for assigned work. 

Teachers are encouraged to contact parents by phone and/or when a student consistently fails to submit work on time. The late work accounting period will start over every six weeks. Work submitted incorrectly by a student to avoid the late policy will be treated as late. The teacher‘s discretion will determine the course of action in this situation. 

Teachers will try to work with students who have made an honest attempt to complete their work. If a student completes the work but makes several mistakes, it may be more appropriate to require the student to come in during tutorials for assistance. 

Teachers will be as consistent as possible with students who do not turn in their work on time or whose work is incomplete. The guideline will be that a student should have completed 75% of the required work correctly to qualify the work as being complete. 

The On-Campus Suspension Center is not a place where students may be sent to complete missed work. 

Late Major Work Procedure (Written Work Policy) 

1 Day Late -  up to 30 Point Deduction 

2 Days Late – up to 40 Point Deduction 

3 Days Late - up to 50 Point Deduction 

After 3 Days Late, a Grade of Zero Will Be Given 

**Courses in which students sign a contract of expectations will be considered to supersede all standard policies and procedures. Teachers will keep a copy of the signed contract for the whole school year. 

Late Work (When Absent) 

Students are to be punctual and regular in attendance. Absence, however, does sometimes occur. When it does, it is the student’s responsibility to find out what work has been missed. 

It is recommended that the student have someone in each of their classes to call to find out what work has been missed and what assignments are required for the next day in attendance. The teachers, at their convenience, will be willing to help students make up work. 

Students should understand that missing school may significantly impact their academic success. 

Immediately upon return to school from an absence, the student should make arrangements with each teacher to complete make-up work promptly. 

The burden of responsibility for completing make-up work rests entirely upon the student. A student has as many days to complete make-up work as they were absent, plus one additional day. Students may be required to attend tutorials as a part of their make-up work. Work not completed within the allotted time will receive a zero. 

If work is due on the day a student is absent, it will be due upon the student's return to class. Students who participate in field trips or school-sponsored trips should submit their assignments before leaving, unless the teacher grants permission to submit work upon their return. 

Late Work (Make-Up Tests) 

The following procedure will be used when scheduling make-up tests. 

1. All students who miss a test will be allowed to take the test when they return to school. 
2. The student must initiate the request for a make-up test upon returning to school. The teacher will decide on review time. 
3. The convenience of the teacher will always be respected in scheduling all make-up tests. 
4. Failure to report for a make-up test will result in the student being given the original grade. 
5. Make-up of minor tests and quizzes will be left to the discretion of the teacher. 
6. Semester examinations will not be made up unless the parents make arrangements with the principal and teacher before the testing period. 
7. Class time will not be used for making up tests. Students will make arrangements with the teacher before or after school to do all make-up testing. 

 CISD Academic Dishonesty Policy

Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:

• Cheating: Copying from another student, using unauthorized materials, or receiving assistance during an exam, quiz, or assignment.
• Plagiarism: Using someone else's work, ideas, or words without proper credit or citation.
• Fabrication: Falsifying information, data, or citations.
• Collusion: Helping or allowing another student to commit academic dishonesty.
• Unauthorized Collaboration: Working with others on assignments without teacher approval.

Procedures & Consequences