New work habits marks on MS/HS report cards

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher in FCPS. The email yesterday was the first I heard of this (as well as the first time hearing it from the other teachers I have talked to).

This is a ridiculous thing added to our to-do list that doesn't actually provide any new information to parents

Clicking another button on their automated report card is going to be REALLY HARD!

You have taught 3 full weeks of classes in the first quarter? 5?

Take teacher bashing to another thread so as not to distract from point here that this is worthless reporting.

[Anonymous]

I would have appreciated this for my child's 504 implementation. When my child went through high school it was pulling teeth to get anything listed on the plan done. But now they want to do it for everyone? It's like FCPS does not recognize that people actually need 504s because of a disability. I felt all years as if they didn't even understand that my child had a disability even though their testing showed them at 30% functioning level in many areas of functioning and they had a diagnosis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care what the work habits are - that is leftover babyish elementary crap. If my kid is getting As, he has good work habits period. We don’t need the extra feedback.

You couldn't be more wrong and naive if you tried

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were told about it at last week's TWD. It takes 2 minutes to auto fill down "S" for satisfactory and change the 3-5 kids to "N" (U? Whatever unsatisfactory is) who have a dozen missing assignments or who I have to redirect 14 times a period. I think it adds approximately 0 value though. If a kid is getting an "N", I've already communicated home about behaviors or recorded missing assignments in SIS.

I was surprised to learn it was new for some middle schools though. When I taught middle school it was always required.

Are you saying 2 minutes to complete for 150 students? Still 2 minutes too much, still worthless and doesn’t count the additional time to answer the questions the scoring will likely prompt from students and teachers.

Makes me wonder if it’s worth keeping at the ES level.

[Anonymous]

Sorry. This is dumb. How is the teacher to know what a high school kid's work habits are?

Not turning in homework? Not paying attention in class? Is this what they mean?
If it is a problem in class, then it deserves a comment--not a check in a box.

My two kids have very different work habits. DD comes home and gets it done. DS requires constant reminders. How is the teacher to know that?

I taught elementary school kids. Even there, it deserves a comment if it is a problem. Not a checked box.

[Anonymous]

I'm a high school teacher, and this is the first that we are hearing about it. Even if it is something that turns out to not be terribly time-consuming, should we really implement something new a week before the quarter ends? And to hear about it from an email to parents instead of something directed to staff is quite frustrating. I still haven't heard about it directly from anyone from Gatehouse or from my school's admin. team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry. This is dumb. How is the teacher to know what a high school kid's work habits are?

Not turning in homework? Not paying attention in class? Is this what they mean?
If it is a problem in class, then it deserves a comment--not a check in a box.

My two kids have very different work habits. DD comes home and gets it done. DS requires constant reminders. How is the teacher to know that?

I taught elementary school kids. Even there, it deserves a comment if it is a problem. Not a checked box.

We see that mirrored in class too. When given 15 minutes to read a passage/work on a problem set/start their homework, some kids dive in and some need constant reminders to stay on task. When an assignment is due, some kids turn it in unprompted and some need 3-4 reminders.

But i feel like this is generally communicated through SIS by entering missing/late work in a timely manner, and the teachers who don't do that won't be taking these comment codes seriously either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher in FCPS. The email yesterday was the first I heard of this (as well as the first time hearing it from the other teachers I have talked to).

This is a ridiculous thing added to our to-do list that doesn't actually provide any new information to parents

Clicking another button on their automated report card is going to be REALLY HARD!

You have taught 3 full weeks of classes in the first quarter? 5?

Take teacher bashing to another thread so as not to distract from point here that this is worthless reporting.

It's not worthless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry. This is dumb. How is the teacher to know what a high school kid's work habits are?

Not turning in homework? Not paying attention in class? Is this what they mean?
If it is a problem in class, then it deserves a comment--not a check in a box.

My two kids have very different work habits. DD comes home and gets it done. DS requires constant reminders. How is the teacher to know that?

I taught elementary school kids. Even there, it deserves a comment if it is a problem. Not a checked box.

Your work habits to know about FCPS stuff seems to be bad.

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/grading-and-reporting/secondary-school?utm_campaign+=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#accordion-section-91082

Go read!

[Anonymous]

I've always done this as it was required for us to put in work habits where I work. I literally just put S for everyone, autofill, and then change the D and F kids to N. I think the change is that now there's a third option? I don't know. I heard about this a week or so ago and haven't seen what the new options are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care what the work habits are - that is leftover babyish elementary crap. If my kid is getting As, he has good work habits period. We don’t need the extra feedback.

Ok well others need it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care what the work habits are - that is leftover babyish elementary crap. If my kid is getting As, he has good work habits period. We don’t need the extra feedback.

If mine is getting Bs or Cs and has poor work habits, I definitely want to know that — so I can help DC learn better study habits before college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care what the work habits are - that is leftover babyish elementary crap. If my kid is getting As, he has good work habits period. We don’t need the extra feedback.

If mine is getting Bs or Cs and has poor work habits, I definitely want to know that — so I can help DC learn better study habits before college.

A B or a C inherently means your child doesn’t have good study habits. You don’t need an additional comment to tell you that. Just look at the letter grade for God’s sake.

[Anonymous]

Do you know what I want? Actual feedback from the teacher instead of canned tidbits of things that are so generic that they could apply to every child. If you have feedback that you think I need to know, send me a message. If you don't, leave it blank and I will assume my child is doing fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care what the work habits are - that is leftover babyish elementary crap. If my kid is getting As, he has good work habits period. We don’t need the extra feedback.

If mine is getting Bs or Cs and has poor work habits, I definitely want to know that — so I can help DC learn better study habits before college.

A B or a C inherently means your child doesn’t have good study habits. You don’t need an additional comment to tell you that. Just look at the letter grade for God’s sake.

Not all students are A students. I agree, a C probably means a kid has poor work habits, but I have a child who has a mild learning disability and anxiety. My kid has good study habits, but gets mixed As and Bs, and it's fine.