MY DS will be getting a low grade in a class

[Anonymous]

MY Son will be getting D in Biology Honors because the teacher never updated the gradebook since November, how do we address this? He had no idea how he did on his test, or labs teacher didn't update his gradebook till grades were due, we just found out he got a low grade and we can't even check the gradebook because its down.

[Anonymous]

I feel your pain, but the only grade a college will see is the final grade. So focus on getting that grade up since you have half the year up.

5/7 of my dd's classes are like this. Have no idea what the grades will be. It's really sad.

[Anonymous]

Request a meeting with the teacher to discuss your student's performance in the class, and potential remedial help he may need. Clearly he's not getting the subject, so get to the bootn of what's preventing him. If he got a D, then he's likely in the bottom quarter of the class, and 3/4 th of class is doing better than him, without worrying about the mechanics of gradebook updates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel your pain, but the only grade a college will see is the final grade. So focus on getting that grade up since you have half the year up.

5/7 of my dd's classes are like this. Have no idea what the grades will be. It's really sad.

In college we do get to see what we got in a Exam, at least I did when I went.

[Anonymous]

Let me get this straight: you are blaming the teacher because your kid is getting a low-grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight: you are blaming the teacher because your kid is getting a low-grade?

Not completely but yes, the teacher was not providing timely feedback/information and that's unacceptable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight: you are blaming the teacher because your kid is getting a low-grade?

Way too many teachers in FCPS suck, don't grade on a timely basis, and don't provide meaningful feedback over the course of a quarter. It's sad because it wasn't always this way in FCPS, but the quality of teachers has gone way down and some of these people absolutely would not last more than a few weeks in a typical job.

The only thing that's suspect about OP's post is that it's now past the end of the second quarter so it seems like OP ought to have known there was an issue with the teacher and with her kid's performance prior to now (unless the teacher did their job in the first quarter and then just dropped the ball in Q2).

[Anonymous]

I always encourage students to email me if they want to know something about their grades they can't figure out themselves. (I'm pretty good about keeping grades up to date within a few days, but sometimes they want to know what they need to score on X to get Y for the quarter, or why X was worth Y points). Has your child emailed the teacher to ask about prior test scores? I'd have them CC you so you're looped in and have record the child asked, and then you can forward it to admin (not department chair, not counselor) if there is no satisfactory response.

The bottom line is there is no one lining up for these jobs. We have had a vacancy in my department all year (at a good school!), maternity leaves are going unfilled, new positions get 1-3 applicants that used to get 40. The teachers aren't getting fired, but they can maybe have some more oversight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight: you are blaming the teacher because your kid is getting a low-grade?

Way too many teachers in FCPS suck, don't grade on a timely basis, and don't provide meaningful feedback over the course of a quarter. It's sad because it wasn't always this way in FCPS, but the quality of teachers has gone way down and some of these people absolutely would not last more than a few weeks in a typical job.

The only thing that's suspect about OP's post is that it's now past the end of the second quarter so it seems like OP ought to have known there was an issue with the teacher and with her kid's performance prior to now (unless the teacher did their job in the first quarter and then just dropped the ball in Q2).

I'm sorry but this is just not accurate. My kid is a good student but has a very hard course load this year. It's a lot harder. And 2 of her teachers have not updated grades in weeks, one since the first quarter test in November. I have ZERO idea what the grade will be and neither does my child. Do I think DC failed? No. Because for some reason the HW is going in and DC is turning that in. Ditto the second class. But no quizzes. No tests. So if there was something bombed or less than ideal -it happens and has happened this year- there is no chance to make it up, do test corrections, etc. It is what it is.

And in my kid's case, the semester grades to matter for a specific activity and schools will be seeing them.

Lastly, I don't want to hear about it re: test corrections and the like. I don't like them and DC hasn't needed them before this year. But if they are allowed as a matter of policy, and other kids are taking advantage, then mine will too. But, it's absurd and a complete dereliction of duty to not grade things in a way that is meaningful or useful. In this case, they were not graded at all, for weeks, over the course of an entire quarter. You want to be treated like professionals? Act like it.

[Anonymous]

Is this in HS only? MS teachers have been pretty good. And is it certain schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this in HS only? MS teachers have been pretty good. And is it certain schools?

we had another trend on this and it was all high schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight: you are blaming the teacher because your kid is getting a low-grade?

Way too many teachers in FCPS suck, don't grade on a timely basis, and don't provide meaningful feedback over the course of a quarter. It's sad because it wasn't always this way in FCPS, but the quality of teachers has gone way down and some of these people absolutely would not last more than a few weeks in a typical job.

The only thing that's suspect about OP's post is that it's now past the end of the second quarter so it seems like OP ought to have known there was an issue with the teacher and with her kid's performance prior to now (unless the teacher did their job in the first quarter and then just dropped the ball in Q2).

I'm sorry but this is just not accurate. My kid is a good student but has a very hard course load this year. It's a lot harder. And 2 of her teachers have not updated grades in weeks, one since the first quarter test in November. I have ZERO idea what the grade will be and neither does my child. Do I think DC failed? No. Because for some reason the HW is going in and DC is turning that in. Ditto the second class. But no quizzes. No tests. So if there was something bombed or less than ideal -it happens and has happened this year- there is no chance to make it up, do test corrections, etc. It is what it is.

And in my kid's case, the semester grades to matter for a specific activity and schools will be seeing them.

Lastly, I don't want to hear about it re: test corrections and the like. I don't like them and DC hasn't needed them before this year. But if they are allowed as a matter of policy, and other kids are taking advantage, then mine will too. But, it's absurd and a complete dereliction of duty to not grade things in a way that is meaningful or useful. In this case, they were not graded at all, for weeks, over the course of an entire quarter. You want to be treated like professionals? Act like it.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Oh... were you serious? Because you are not the teacher's supervisor. And the teacher really doesn't care what you think about her.
But I hope your little rant felt good.
Maybe channel some of that energy on your super bright snowflake who is earning a D. smh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight: you are blaming the teacher because your kid is getting a low-grade?

Not completely but yes, the teacher was not providing timely feedback/information and that's unacceptable.

So you are saying that your student also did not receive his test scores? If so, then go to the administration with that — but you might want to be sure that is really the case (that the teacher dropped the ball), and not that your student just failed to tell you.

[Anonymous]

I would not suggest escalating to administration and making mess out of this issue. More than this teacher and their grading updates, you should be worried about your son's study approach and getting to the root of what he's not getting in this Biology H class.

[Anonymous]

Something doesn't make sense here, OP. You're talking about "his test" in the singular. There should generally be more than one test and probably several quizzes in a quarter. Did you actually check SIS yourself throughout the quarter or are you just hearing this from your DC?

If you checked yourself, why didn't you contact the teacher earlier to ask for a status update?

If you're just hearing from your DC that the gradebook was never updated and didn't have a chance to confirm this earlier yourself, chances are strong your child is not being forthcoming with you.