HS teacher not grading papers for two straight semesters. Does FCPS have a policy on this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the teachers who aren't grading essays, why are you assigning them then? You are just wasting students' time if you aren't going to provide them with feedback.

We are hiring, and if you want to grade esssys you can apply to work with FCPS

Way to not answer my question. I am not suggesting that I would be a good teacher. I am asking the teachers who don't intend to grade assignments why they are assigning them. What is the value of having a student do work that they don't receive feedback on.

I assign short prompts then take a 5-second glance and check it off for completion. Any writing is better than no writing, and the majority of kids don't outright plagiarize so they gain some benefit to practice. It's completely absurd to ask that we provide feedback all the time. This isn't the 1800s in a schoolhouse.

This would be a completion grade. An automatic 100% on doing this assignment which gets a low percentage towards the final grade. It is graded. This isn't what OP is talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

An appeal from a burnt-out, ready-to-quit AP teacher here:

Nobody is making excuses for a teacher who hasn’t graded for 1/2 a year. Several posters have tried to explain what grading looks like for us. I am doing 20 hours of grading a week on top of a 40 hour work week. Every week. I’m home sick today, and I’m grading. I’m always grading. I went to my own kids’ concert last week and graded during the break between sets.

Perhaps if the angry parent on this thread could see that those of us grading are sacrificing hours of our own time DAILY to get comments back, we could get somewhere. Yes, I understand it’s my job… and I am doing it! Stop being nasty and just acknowledge that papers don’t grade themselves. And please don’t send me an email when I don’t get 150 in-class writing responses back within 48 hours. I can’t pause time to get it done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would love to hear feedback from FCPS high school teachers regarding the grading policy for teachers. Specifically, my DC is in an AP class at an FCPS high school and the teachers has not graded any writing assignments (including the written Portion of any unit tests) since October. My DC is given writing assignments and completes short answer and essay potions of unit tests…but the teacher does not grade them and enters nothing in the grade book for them. The teacher does grade most multiple choice quizzes and tests. However, has told my child that some quiz grades aren’t in the grade book because the teacher threw out the quizzes before entering the grade. Is this normal?

Is there any policy in FCPS that requires teachers to actually grade tests given or written work? This AP class will have a written component on the AP exam and DC has been given no feedback on any written assignments for the last two marking periods. I am not sure if the teachers is overwhelmed, or lazy, but it seems odd to have students put a lot of work into studying for tests and quizzes, and writing papers, to simply not grade them or throw them
Out without entering grades into the grade book. I’m just a little frustrated because DC is putting a lot of effort into this class and getting absolutely no feedback.

Did anyone answer this question about a Policy that requires teachers to grade work and post it or let the student know.

This is for my son's English Honors class. There is nothing in SIS, just a bunch of "not grade" work. My son has inquired several times about his grades and no answers. I sent her an email asking for an update last quarter as well, He is a Junior in HS and needs to keep close eye on his GPA.

#fcps

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

An appeal from a burnt-out, ready-to-quit AP teacher here:

Nobody is making excuses for a teacher who hasn’t graded for 1/2 a year. Several posters have tried to explain what grading looks like for us. I am doing 20 hours of grading a week on top of a 40 hour work week. Every week. I’m home sick today, and I’m grading. I’m always grading. I went to my own kids’ concert last week and graded during the break between sets.

Perhaps if the angry parent on this thread could see that those of us grading are sacrificing hours of our own time DAILY to get comments back, we could get somewhere. Yes, I understand it’s my job… and I am doing it! Stop being nasty and just acknowledge that papers don’t grade themselves. And please don’t send me an email when I don’t get 150 in-class writing responses back within 48 hours. I can’t pause time to get it done.

You are not the first teacher to teach. Do you have any idea what it’s like going through a system for 13 years and hearing the same story excusing bad teaching? Why are you defending this teacher if you are spending so much time grading?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

An appeal from a burnt-out, ready-to-quit AP teacher here:

Nobody is making excuses for a teacher who hasn’t graded for 1/2 a year. Several posters have tried to explain what grading looks like for us. I am doing 20 hours of grading a week on top of a 40 hour work week. Every week. I’m home sick today, and I’m grading. I’m always grading. I went to my own kids’ concert last week and graded during the break between sets.

Perhaps if the angry parent on this thread could see that those of us grading are sacrificing hours of our own time DAILY to get comments back, we could get somewhere. Yes, I understand it’s my job… and I am doing it! Stop being nasty and just acknowledge that papers don’t grade themselves. And please don’t send me an email when I don’t get 150 in-class writing responses back within 48 hours. I can’t pause time to get it done.

You are not the first teacher to teach. Do you have any idea what it’s like going through a system for 13 years and hearing the same story excusing bad teaching? Why are you defending this teacher if you are spending so much time grading?

Your assumption that this is a bad teacher tells me you’re probably not a teacher at all, just a pot-stirrer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

I’m not excusing the teacher in the OP, just contributing to the greater conversation on how it’s harder and harder to ‘figure it out’ like teachers before. The requirements are growing but the hours in the day are not. I say this not as a teacher but as a parent who sees seemingly self sufficient but not genius kids getting ignored due to all the other requirements a teacher must contend with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

An appeal from a burnt-out, ready-to-quit AP teacher here:

Nobody is making excuses for a teacher who hasn’t graded for 1/2 a year. Several posters have tried to explain what grading looks like for us. I am doing 20 hours of grading a week on top of a 40 hour work week. Every week. I’m home sick today, and I’m grading. I’m always grading. I went to my own kids’ concert last week and graded during the break between sets.

Perhaps if the angry parent on this thread could see that those of us grading are sacrificing hours of our own time DAILY to get comments back, we could get somewhere. Yes, I understand it’s my job… and I am doing it! Stop being nasty and just acknowledge that papers don’t grade themselves. And please don’t send me an email when I don’t get 150 in-class writing responses back within 48 hours. I can’t pause time to get it done.

You are not the first teacher to teach. Do you have any idea what it’s like going through a system for 13 years and hearing the same story excusing bad teaching? Why are you defending this teacher if you are spending so much time grading?

I’m the PP. I wrote “nobody is making excuses” and you interpreted that is “why are you defending this teacher.” It’s clear that you simply want to pick a fight. It looks like you got it. Satisfied? You have good teachers who are sacrificing tons of time with their own families to give you exactly what you want. We DO give back work. Regularly. We simply want you to see that all this work gets done on our own time; we are granted no time during our contract hours to get the bulk of the job done.

I’m within an inch of quitting. Nasty posters like you are not helping. I guarantee you that I AM the teacher you want your kid to have. Why chase me away with your nastiness?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

An appeal from a burnt-out, ready-to-quit AP teacher here:

Nobody is making excuses for a teacher who hasn’t graded for 1/2 a year. Several posters have tried to explain what grading looks like for us. I am doing 20 hours of grading a week on top of a 40 hour work week. Every week. I’m home sick today, and I’m grading. I’m always grading. I went to my own kids’ concert last week and graded during the break between sets.

Perhaps if the angry parent on this thread could see that those of us grading are sacrificing hours of our own time DAILY to get comments back, we could get somewhere. Yes, I understand it’s my job… and I am doing it! Stop being nasty and just acknowledge that papers don’t grade themselves. And please don’t send me an email when I don’t get 150 in-class writing responses back within 48 hours. I can’t pause time to get it done.

You are not the first teacher to teach. Do you have any idea what it’s like going through a system for 13 years and hearing the same story excusing bad teaching? Why are you defending this teacher if you are spending so much time grading?

Your assumption that this is a bad teacher tells me you’re probably not a teacher at all, just a pot-stirrer.

Someone that doesn't grade for half a year at the high school level? Yes they are a bad teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

An appeal from a burnt-out, ready-to-quit AP teacher here:

Nobody is making excuses for a teacher who hasn’t graded for 1/2 a year. Several posters have tried to explain what grading looks like for us. I am doing 20 hours of grading a week on top of a 40 hour work week. Every week. I’m home sick today, and I’m grading. I’m always grading. I went to my own kids’ concert last week and graded during the break between sets.

Perhaps if the angry parent on this thread could see that those of us grading are sacrificing hours of our own time DAILY to get comments back, we could get somewhere. Yes, I understand it’s my job… and I am doing it! Stop being nasty and just acknowledge that papers don’t grade themselves. And please don’t send me an email when I don’t get 150 in-class writing responses back within 48 hours. I can’t pause time to get it done.

You are not the first teacher to teach. Do you have any idea what it’s like going through a system for 13 years and hearing the same story excusing bad teaching? Why are you defending this teacher if you are spending so much time grading?

I’m the PP. I wrote “nobody is making excuses” and you interpreted that is “why are you defending this teacher.” It’s clear that you simply want to pick a fight. It looks like you got it. Satisfied? You have good teachers who are sacrificing tons of time with their own families to give you exactly what you want. We DO give back work. Regularly. We simply want you to see that all this work gets done on our own time; we are granted no time during our contract hours to get the bulk of the job done.

I’m within an inch of quitting. Nasty posters like you are not helping. I guarantee you that I AM the teacher you want your kid to have. Why chase me away with your nastiness?

No, I don't. You've posted on here all day. I don't even think you are a teacher in FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

An appeal from a burnt-out, ready-to-quit AP teacher here:

Nobody is making excuses for a teacher who hasn’t graded for 1/2 a year. Several posters have tried to explain what grading looks like for us. I am doing 20 hours of grading a week on top of a 40 hour work week. Every week. I’m home sick today, and I’m grading. I’m always grading. I went to my own kids’ concert last week and graded during the break between sets.

Perhaps if the angry parent on this thread could see that those of us grading are sacrificing hours of our own time DAILY to get comments back, we could get somewhere. Yes, I understand it’s my job… and I am doing it! Stop being nasty and just acknowledge that papers don’t grade themselves. And please don’t send me an email when I don’t get 150 in-class writing responses back within 48 hours. I can’t pause time to get it done.

You are not the first teacher to teach. Do you have any idea what it’s like going through a system for 13 years and hearing the same story excusing bad teaching? Why are you defending this teacher if you are spending so much time grading?

I’m the PP. I wrote “nobody is making excuses” and you interpreted that is “why are you defending this teacher.” It’s clear that you simply want to pick a fight. It looks like you got it. Satisfied? You have good teachers who are sacrificing tons of time with their own families to give you exactly what you want. We DO give back work. Regularly. We simply want you to see that all this work gets done on our own time; we are granted no time during our contract hours to get the bulk of the job done.

I’m within an inch of quitting. Nasty posters like you are not helping. I guarantee you that I AM the teacher you want your kid to have. Why chase me away with your nastiness?

No, I don't. You've posted on here all day. I don't even think you are a teacher in FCPS.

I’ve posted twice. It seems there are other teachers on here who would like to be treated with a small amount of respect.
And yes, I am a teacher, and I attended FCPS as a student. Can you try to be kind? What’s the point of picking on people who are on your side and trying to do the job you want us to do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

An appeal from a burnt-out, ready-to-quit AP teacher here:

Nobody is making excuses for a teacher who hasn’t graded for 1/2 a year. Several posters have tried to explain what grading looks like for us. I am doing 20 hours of grading a week on top of a 40 hour work week. Every week. I’m home sick today, and I’m grading. I’m always grading. I went to my own kids’ concert last week and graded during the break between sets.

Perhaps if the angry parent on this thread could see that those of us grading are sacrificing hours of our own time DAILY to get comments back, we could get somewhere. Yes, I understand it’s my job… and I am doing it! Stop being nasty and just acknowledge that papers don’t grade themselves. And please don’t send me an email when I don’t get 150 in-class writing responses back within 48 hours. I can’t pause time to get it done.

You are not the first teacher to teach. Do you have any idea what it’s like going through a system for 13 years and hearing the same story excusing bad teaching? Why are you defending this teacher if you are spending so much time grading?

I’m the PP. I wrote “nobody is making excuses” and you interpreted that is “why are you defending this teacher.” It’s clear that you simply want to pick a fight. It looks like you got it. Satisfied? You have good teachers who are sacrificing tons of time with their own families to give you exactly what you want. We DO give back work. Regularly. We simply want you to see that all this work gets done on our own time; we are granted no time during our contract hours to get the bulk of the job done.

I’m within an inch of quitting. Nasty posters like you are not helping. I guarantee you that I AM the teacher you want your kid to have. Why chase me away with your nastiness?

No, I don't. You've posted on here all day. I don't even think you are a teacher in FCPS.

I’ve posted twice. It seems there are other teachers on here who would like to be treated with a small amount of respect.
And yes, I am a teacher, and I attended FCPS as a student. Can you try to be kind? What’s the point of picking on people who are on your side and trying to do the job you want us to do?

What is the point of supporting a teacher who doesn't grade? Why do you support this teacher if they are making teachers look bad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

An appeal from a burnt-out, ready-to-quit AP teacher here:

Nobody is making excuses for a teacher who hasn’t graded for 1/2 a year. Several posters have tried to explain what grading looks like for us. I am doing 20 hours of grading a week on top of a 40 hour work week. Every week. I’m home sick today, and I’m grading. I’m always grading. I went to my own kids’ concert last week and graded during the break between sets.

Perhaps if the angry parent on this thread could see that those of us grading are sacrificing hours of our own time DAILY to get comments back, we could get somewhere. Yes, I understand it’s my job… and I am doing it! Stop being nasty and just acknowledge that papers don’t grade themselves. And please don’t send me an email when I don’t get 150 in-class writing responses back within 48 hours. I can’t pause time to get it done.

You are not the first teacher to teach. Do you have any idea what it’s like going through a system for 13 years and hearing the same story excusing bad teaching? Why are you defending this teacher if you are spending so much time grading?

I’m the PP. I wrote “nobody is making excuses” and you interpreted that is “why are you defending this teacher.” It’s clear that you simply want to pick a fight. It looks like you got it. Satisfied? You have good teachers who are sacrificing tons of time with their own families to give you exactly what you want. We DO give back work. Regularly. We simply want you to see that all this work gets done on our own time; we are granted no time during our contract hours to get the bulk of the job done.

I’m within an inch of quitting. Nasty posters like you are not helping. I guarantee you that I AM the teacher you want your kid to have. Why chase me away with your nastiness?

No, I don't. You've posted on here all day. I don't even think you are a teacher in FCPS.

I’ve posted twice. It seems there are other teachers on here who would like to be treated with a small amount of respect.
And yes, I am a teacher, and I attended FCPS as a student. Can you try to be kind? What’s the point of picking on people who are on your side and trying to do the job you want us to do?

What is the point of supporting a teacher who doesn't grade? Why do you support this teacher if they are making teachers look bad?

Now I know you’re just trying to extend this. I’ve stated twice now that I don’t support this, and that I’m merely trying to show how ALL grading is done outside school hours for many of us.

You refuse to listen and keep jumping back on this convenient misinterpretation of my words. You’re clearly angry and you want to remain that way. Good luck to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

An appeal from a burnt-out, ready-to-quit AP teacher here:

Nobody is making excuses for a teacher who hasn’t graded for 1/2 a year. Several posters have tried to explain what grading looks like for us. I am doing 20 hours of grading a week on top of a 40 hour work week. Every week. I’m home sick today, and I’m grading. I’m always grading. I went to my own kids’ concert last week and graded during the break between sets.

Perhaps if the angry parent on this thread could see that those of us grading are sacrificing hours of our own time DAILY to get comments back, we could get somewhere. Yes, I understand it’s my job… and I am doing it! Stop being nasty and just acknowledge that papers don’t grade themselves. And please don’t send me an email when I don’t get 150 in-class writing responses back within 48 hours. I can’t pause time to get it done.

You are not the first teacher to teach. Do you have any idea what it’s like going through a system for 13 years and hearing the same story excusing bad teaching? Why are you defending this teacher if you are spending so much time grading?

I’m the PP. I wrote “nobody is making excuses” and you interpreted that is “why are you defending this teacher.” It’s clear that you simply want to pick a fight. It looks like you got it. Satisfied? You have good teachers who are sacrificing tons of time with their own families to give you exactly what you want. We DO give back work. Regularly. We simply want you to see that all this work gets done on our own time; we are granted no time during our contract hours to get the bulk of the job done.

I’m within an inch of quitting. Nasty posters like you are not helping. I guarantee you that I AM the teacher you want your kid to have. Why chase me away with your nastiness?

No, I don't. You've posted on here all day. I don't even think you are a teacher in FCPS.

I’ve posted twice. It seems there are other teachers on here who would like to be treated with a small amount of respect.
And yes, I am a teacher, and I attended FCPS as a student. Can you try to be kind? What’s the point of picking on people who are on your side and trying to do the job you want us to do?

What is the point of supporting a teacher who doesn't grade? Why do you support this teacher if they are making teachers look bad?

NP: Because they are doing what I don't have the guts to do--make the job 40 hours so they have a life outside school. It isn't a case of "they could do it during the school day but are choosing other things". Arguably the three most critical parts of our job are teaching, lesson planning, and grading. Only 2 of those can be done in 40 hours. Which do you prefer I give up? Or are you saying the only good teachers are those that are willing to work 60 hours?

If more teachers don't learn how to draw a line, there will be an even greater educator shortage soon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All of this really is the result of efforts to achieve equity, even before it was called equity, as represented by scores.

The retakes, the leveled instruction, the IEP meetings, disparate levels and unprepared kids who were pushed through, inability to provide meaningful discipline, IDEA, bahavioral issues related to electronic device culture.

All of this has basically taken the responsibility of the parents and foisted it onto the teachers.

Now not every parent can be as responsible to their kids as some others and therefore there will always be different outcomes, but if the expectation is that someone needs to account for those gaps and it’s not parents, then it’s teachers and here we are.

OMG, the OP asked about a teacher grading nothing for half a year. It's absurd to wait this long for corrections. They mean nothing by this time. Teachers have graded things and provided feedback. This has been figured out by other teachers before you. The fact that you keep giving excuses for this teacher is alarming.

An appeal from a burnt-out, ready-to-quit AP teacher here:

Nobody is making excuses for a teacher who hasn’t graded for 1/2 a year. Several posters have tried to explain what grading looks like for us. I am doing 20 hours of grading a week on top of a 40 hour work week. Every week. I’m home sick today, and I’m grading. I’m always grading. I went to my own kids’ concert last week and graded during the break between sets.

Perhaps if the angry parent on this thread could see that those of us grading are sacrificing hours of our own time DAILY to get comments back, we could get somewhere. Yes, I understand it’s my job… and I am doing it! Stop being nasty and just acknowledge that papers don’t grade themselves. And please don’t send me an email when I don’t get 150 in-class writing responses back within 48 hours. I can’t pause time to get it done.

You are not the first teacher to teach. Do you have any idea what it’s like going through a system for 13 years and hearing the same story excusing bad teaching? Why are you defending this teacher if you are spending so much time grading?

I’m the PP. I wrote “nobody is making excuses” and you interpreted that is “why are you defending this teacher.” It’s clear that you simply want to pick a fight. It looks like you got it. Satisfied? You have good teachers who are sacrificing tons of time with their own families to give you exactly what you want. We DO give back work. Regularly. We simply want you to see that all this work gets done on our own time; we are granted no time during our contract hours to get the bulk of the job done.

I’m within an inch of quitting. Nasty posters like you are not helping. I guarantee you that I AM the teacher you want your kid to have. Why chase me away with your nastiness?

No, I don't. You've posted on here all day. I don't even think you are a teacher in FCPS.

I’ve posted twice. It seems there are other teachers on here who would like to be treated with a small amount of respect.
And yes, I am a teacher, and I attended FCPS as a student. Can you try to be kind? What’s the point of picking on people who are on your side and trying to do the job you want us to do?

What is the point of supporting a teacher who doesn't grade? Why do you support this teacher if they are making teachers look bad?

NP: Because they are doing what I don't have the guts to do--make the job 40 hours so they have a life outside school. It isn't a case of "they could do it during the school day but are choosing other things". Arguably the three most critical parts of our job are teaching, lesson planning, and grading. Only 2 of those can be done in 40 hours. Which do you prefer I give up? Or are you saying the only good teachers are those that are willing to work 60 hours?

If more teachers don't learn how to draw a line, there will be an even greater educator shortage soon.

+ a million. exactly