Dear Parents

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Children have a right to get their assignment graded on time. If you are overwhelmed complain to your admin that you need more help, or quite like everyone else that doesn’t get adequate support.

The right?

The RIGHT?

Tell me, where is this right enshrined?

No. Just, no.

Right to information and participation
Parents have the legal right, via the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 1974), to inspect their child’s educational records at the school, to have them explained if necessary, to request updates and corrections, and to have their child’s education records sent to another school in a timely manner if they wish to have their child transfer schools.

https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/the-greatschools-bill-of-education-rights-for-public-school-parents/

Their educational records referred to in this law DO NOT include their latest math test.

Of course they do. If I want to schedule a meeting the day after the test to review the results that’s my right.

If I had a parent do that I would grade it in front of them during the meeting, take a picture on my phone, log attachments of the test in contact log and send in an email, hand them the test and enter the grade later when I entered all of the others. All of this would probably take the entire meeting not allowing for much discussion. Meeting would be backed up to a class I have to leave to teach because I can only meet during contract hours. Oh that means you are taking leave from your job to attend as well. Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Children have a right to get their assignment graded on time. If you are overwhelmed complain to your admin that you need more help, or quite like everyone else that doesn’t get adequate support.

The right?

The RIGHT?

Tell me, where is this right enshrined?

No. Just, no.

Right to information and participation
Parents have the legal right, via the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 1974), to inspect their child’s educational records at the school, to have them explained if necessary, to request updates and corrections, and to have their child’s education records sent to another school in a timely manner if they wish to have their child transfer schools.

https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/the-greatschools-bill-of-education-rights-for-public-school-parents/

Their educational records referred to in this law DO NOT include their latest math test.

Of course they do. If I want to schedule a meeting the day after the test to review the results that’s my right.

If I had a parent do that I would grade it in front of them during the meeting, take a picture on my phone, log attachments of the test in contact log and send in an email, hand them the test and enter the grade later when I entered all of the others. All of this would probably take the entire meeting not allowing for much discussion. Meeting would be backed up to a class I have to leave to teach because I can only meet during contract hours. Oh that means you are taking leave from your job to attend as well. Enjoy!

Sounds perfect! Why don’t you do it more then?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Sorry. Teachers who can’t grade in the time frame required by the district need to figure it out. That’s crucial feedback for learning and not providing it is negligent.

I'm a very hard line on this as well.
Grade on time or you will be hearing from me.

-This is a recipe for teachers not giving many real assignments or meaningful feedback. It's easy to give crap that makes it easy to grade crap. Be careful what you wish for. Do you really want English and social studies teachers to grade on multiple choice or single correct answers rather than the the kinds of writing that prepares kids for college? For math teachers not to look at work just the answers? The teachers who get the work graded right away are sometimes super-organized people with relatively easier schedules but a lot of time they have cut corners that cost our kids in the long run. I am a parent that appreciates the teachers in FCPS who give my kids real work that prepares them and then take the time to do the real work of giving feedback. Your 'hard line' on grading is undermining quality education in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Children have a right to get their assignment graded on time. If you are overwhelmed complain to your admin that you need more help, or quite like everyone else that doesn’t get adequate support.

The right?

The RIGHT?

Tell me, where is this right enshrined?

No. Just, no.

Right to information and participation
Parents have the legal right, via the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 1974), to inspect their child’s educational records at the school, to have them explained if necessary, to request updates and corrections, and to have their child’s education records sent to another school in a timely manner if they wish to have their child transfer schools.

https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/the-greatschools-bill-of-education-rights-for-public-school-parents/

Their educational records referred to in this law DO NOT include their latest math test.

Of course they do. If I want to schedule a meeting the day after the test to review the results that’s my right.

If I had a parent do that I would grade it in front of them during the meeting, take a picture on my phone, log attachments of the test in contact log and send in an email, hand them the test and enter the grade later when I entered all of the others. All of this would probably take the entire meeting not allowing for much discussion. Meeting would be backed up to a class I have to leave to teach because I can only meet during contract hours. Oh that means you are taking leave from your job to attend as well. Enjoy!

That would work for me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Sorry. Teachers who can’t grade in the time frame required by the district need to figure it out. That’s crucial feedback for learning and not providing it is negligent.

I'm a very hard line on this as well.
Grade on time or you will be hearing from me.

-This is a recipe for teachers not giving many real assignments or meaningful feedback. It's easy to give crap that makes it easy to grade crap. Be careful what you wish for. Do you really want English and social studies teachers to grade on multiple choice or single correct answers rather than the the kinds of writing that prepares kids for college? For math teachers not to look at work just the answers? The teachers who get the work graded right away are sometimes super-organized people with relatively easier schedules but a lot of time they have cut corners that cost our kids in the long run. I am a parent that appreciates the teachers in FCPS who give my kids real work that prepares them and then take the time to do the real work of giving feedback. Your 'hard line' on grading is undermining quality education in my opinion.

All the quality educators quit when they were forced to be online, masked, jabbed, or underpaid.

[Anonymous]

Grades on time, please.

Fewer assignments are the way to go, if you so wish, since many assignments are unnecessary busywork anyway. Please give substantive work, less of it and grade it promptly.

Thank you. I appreciate all my kids' teachers who do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Sorry. Teachers who can’t grade in the time frame required by the district need to figure it out. That’s crucial feedback for learning and not providing it is negligent.

I'm a very hard line on this as well.
Grade on time or you will be hearing from me.

-This is a recipe for teachers not giving many real assignments or meaningful feedback. It's easy to give crap that makes it easy to grade crap. Be careful what you wish for. Do you really want English and social studies teachers to grade on multiple choice or single correct answers rather than the the kinds of writing that prepares kids for college? For math teachers not to look at work just the answers? The teachers who get the work graded right away are sometimes super-organized people with relatively easier schedules but a lot of time they have cut corners that cost our kids in the long run. I am a parent that appreciates the teachers in FCPS who give my kids real work that prepares them and then take the time to do the real work of giving feedback. Your 'hard line' on grading is undermining quality education in my opinion.

All the quality educators quit when they were forced to be online, masked, jabbed, or underpaid.

You are nuts. The resignations happened the year after that and the teachers overwhelmingly wanted vaccination. Pay actually isn't a huge part of it. You are crafting a biased narrative with no data.

[Anonymous]

If I got an email like that from a parent, I would respond with “noted” and forward the email to admin. I don’t allow parents to jerk me around. I could see how this might intimidate a newer teacher. But those of us tho have been in the trenches for a while just laugh this stuff off.

[Anonymous]

The problem is that we don't know our kids were having a problem with the homework, quizzes, etc. until it's too late. Maybe the schools need to hire people whose job it is just to grade the daily work/worksheets and quizzes. Or bring in honor roll high school students who need volunteer hours and let them grade the worksheets. The unit tests can be graded by the teachers.

But things need to be graded fairly quickly so we can help our kids if they are struggling. I don't trust the teachers to let me know.

[Anonymous]

My kid was in 3rd grade last year and I never saw a grade all year. I guess she was doing online tests but I couldn't see the results. And nothing got posted in Schoology. So I just had to rely on the iReady results to make sure she was staying on grade level. Her report card was all 3s and 4s with canned comments at the end.

I understand that teachers are busy, but it's pretty unsettling as a parent if you don't really have any insight into how your child is doing and what, if anything, they might need help on.

[Anonymous]

I checked out when the woman began her spiel placing judgement on parents’ grammar and spelling. As an educator, she should understand the multitude of reasons why someone’s grammar and spelling might be imperfect.

The print of the parent’s email was too small so I couldn’t even read it the woman wouldn’t read it aloud.

Unimpressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid was in 3rd grade last year and I never saw a grade all year. I guess she was doing online tests but I couldn't see the results. And nothing got posted in Schoology. So I just had to rely on the iReady results to make sure she was staying on grade level. Her report card was all 3s and 4s with canned comments at the end.

I understand that teachers are busy, but it's pretty unsettling as a parent if you don't really have any insight into how your child is doing and what, if anything, they might need help on.

I'm a parent. Isn't that what parent teacher conferences are for? I schedule one each quarter to discuss insights and look at scores that might need looking at. Worksheets come home in weekly folders.

What more do you want? I'm honestly confused, this is all 10x more than my parents got as a kid, when we got 1 report card at the semester and 1 at the end of the year and that was it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid was in 3rd grade last year and I never saw a grade all year. I guess she was doing online tests but I couldn't see the results. And nothing got posted in Schoology. So I just had to rely on the iReady results to make sure she was staying on grade level. Her report card was all 3s and 4s with canned comments at the end.

I understand that teachers are busy, but it's pretty unsettling as a parent if you don't really have any insight into how your child is doing and what, if anything, they might need help on.

If you log in to your child's account (their id number and password, which they should be able to tell you) you can see all their tests and graded work. It is in their account on Schoology.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid was in 3rd grade last year and I never saw a grade all year. I guess she was doing online tests but I couldn't see the results. And nothing got posted in Schoology. So I just had to rely on the iReady results to make sure she was staying on grade level. Her report card was all 3s and 4s with canned comments at the end.

I understand that teachers are busy, but it's pretty unsettling as a parent if you don't really have any insight into how your child is doing and what, if anything, they might need help on.

I'm a parent. Isn't that what parent teacher conferences are for? I schedule one each quarter to discuss insights and look at scores that might need looking at. Worksheets come home in weekly folders.

What more do you want? I'm honestly confused, this is all 10x more than my parents got as a kid, when we got 1 report card at the semester and 1 at the end of the year and that was it.

I'm the PP. I had one teacher conference at the beginning of the year and that was it. I've learned from this board that teachers really don't want to do quarterly conferences so I refrain from setting them up. Also, we only got a handful of worksheets sent home all year and they weren't graded. We didn't have a weekly folder.

Please don't assume everyone's experience is your experience? I'm really glad other parents get more insight but the point I was trying to make was that we aren't all so lucky. In the absence of information, some of us will assume the worst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid was in 3rd grade last year and I never saw a grade all year. I guess she was doing online tests but I couldn't see the results. And nothing got posted in Schoology. So I just had to rely on the iReady results to make sure she was staying on grade level. Her report card was all 3s and 4s with canned comments at the end.

I understand that teachers are busy, but it's pretty unsettling as a parent if you don't really have any insight into how your child is doing and what, if anything, they might need help on.

If you log in to your child's account (their id number and password, which they should be able to tell you) you can see all their tests and graded work. It is in their account on Schoology.

I'm the PP. It wasn't. The teacher didn't use Schoology. I checked throughout the year and it was empty. I checked the parent and kid account. Nothing.