Teacher Putting in Grades Every 2-3 Weeks

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Anonymous wrote:Taylor needs to put out policy that ALL teachers grade, enter scores and sync them one week before interims and one week before end of quarters. Taylor: ASAP!

No, grades need to be put in weekly. Teachers should send a weekly email to parents on assignments and what they are learning.

No, they shouldn't. Do you have any idea how many emails that would amount to, depending on the teaching assignment?

If the policy is to enter grades every two weeks, then that's how often they should be entered. Op could ask the principal how often grades are supposed to be updated.

Its not unreasonable to ask teachers to keep up with grading. This is why kids are failing. They aren't getting the support they need at school or home and parents are in a tuff spot if they don't know but are trying. Stop being lazy.

In this example, the parent is actually enabling the kid to be lazy. They know they don’t have to be on top of their assignments and grades, because their parent will come clean up after them. Kids need to feel the accountability.

We hold our kid accountable but we also check daily and its a nightmare as assignments are not in there, I email the teacher and they say its done and then two weeks later we find out its not. I don't know why my kid is being difficult as they are capable but they are and I'm not going to let them fail (and yes, there are consequences at our home).

If you aren't going to let them fail, and you are asking teachers to accept things late, you aren't holding them accountable. Holding a kid accountable would mean that kid feels the consequences of turning things in late or not at all. Your kid is being difficult because they know you will rescue them, or because you've turned grades into something that's your responsibility and not theirs.

Now is the time to back off and let them hit the actual consequences, because doing so in high school has much bigger impact.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Taylor needs to put out policy that ALL teachers grade, enter scores and sync them one week before interims and one week before end of quarters. Taylor: ASAP!

No, grades need to be put in weekly. Teachers should send a weekly email to parents on assignments and what they are learning.

No, they shouldn't. Do you have any idea how many emails that would amount to, depending on the teaching assignment?

If the policy is to enter grades every two weeks, then that's how often they should be entered. Op could ask the principal how often grades are supposed to be updated.

Its not unreasonable to ask teachers to keep up with grading. This is why kids are failing. They aren't getting the support they need at school or home and parents are in a tuff spot if they don't know but are trying. Stop being lazy.

In this example, the parent is actually enabling the kid to be lazy. They know they don’t have to be on top of their assignments and grades, because their parent will come clean up after them. Kids need to feel the accountability.

We hold our kid accountable but we also check daily and its a nightmare as assignments are not in there, I email the teacher and they say its done and then two weeks later we find out its not. I don't know why my kid is being difficult as they are capable but they are and I'm not going to let them fail (and yes, there are consequences at our home).

If you aren't going to let them fail, and you are asking teachers to accept things late, you aren't holding them accountable. Holding a kid accountable would mean that kid feels the consequences of turning things in late or not at all. Your kid is being difficult because they know you will rescue them, or because you've turned grades into something that's your responsibility and not theirs.

Now is the time to back off and let them hit the actual consequences, because doing so in high school has much bigger impact.

Bingo. Middle school is where they find this out. If they aren’t prepared to take ownership of their own learning by the time they leave middle school, high school is going to be very painful for your whole family.

Let they figure this out at their own pace. Support them, but they need to start to take the reins of their own responsibilities. If they want to get into a certain college or program, then they need to put in the work. Don’t check grades daily. They will not be updated. The update at the interim mark is your best clue to how students are doing. Best thing you can do is support and encourage your child at home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the "policy" is bi-weekely, why aren't teachers being held to follow this?

Taylor, do you know why *some* of your teachers are not enterng grades when they are required to.

Instead *some* teachers scores and sync grades on the last day they can. For ex, take Quarter 1 which ended Nov 1 - teachers were entering scores on Nov 4 for assignments completed more than two weeks before Nov 4. What if a student didn't do well on an assignment, if the assignment was graded on time, the student could get tutoring or worked with teacher or parent to better understand the assignment/content.

Principals and Taylor - DO SOMETHING

Yes Principals and Taylor,

Give teachers time to actually do work at work! Stop demanding that they spend their nights and weekends fulfilling essential tasks. If these tasks are so important, teachers should be given time to do them.

(PP, stop putting this on teachers. Grading gets done when we find time, which almost always comes at the expense of our own families and our own health.)

Amen. Looking forward to getting some sleep over the break.

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine dealing with this and your kid has ADHD so never know if they turned in stuff if not.

Then you need to address this in the IEP. I got a weekly grade report for my ADHD kid. That was far easier than for my other kids.

Kid in HS so let him handle it but the late grades make it very difficult. I know teachers overloaded but they are very happy to plug in that zero instead of doing the help required as documented in 504.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Taylor needs to put out policy that ALL teachers grade, enter scores and sync them one week before interims and one week before end of quarters. Taylor: ASAP!

No, grades need to be put in weekly. Teachers should send a weekly email to parents on assignments and what they are learning.

No, they shouldn't. Do you have any idea how many emails that would amount to, depending on the teaching assignment?

If the policy is to enter grades every two weeks, then that's how often they should be entered. Op could ask the principal how often grades are supposed to be updated.

Its not unreasonable to ask teachers to keep up with grading. This is why kids are failing. They aren't getting the support they need at school or home and parents are in a tuff spot if they don't know but are trying. Stop being lazy.

In this example, the parent is actually enabling the kid to be lazy. They know they don’t have to be on top of their assignments and grades, because their parent will come clean up after them. Kids need to feel the accountability.

We hold our kid accountable but we also check daily and its a nightmare as assignments are not in there, I email the teacher and they say its done and then two weeks later we find out its not. I don't know why my kid is being difficult as they are capable but they are and I'm not going to let them fail (and yes, there are consequences at our home).

If you aren't going to let them fail, and you are asking teachers to accept things late, you aren't holding them accountable. Holding a kid accountable would mean that kid feels the consequences of turning things in late or not at all. Your kid is being difficult because they know you will rescue them, or because you've turned grades into something that's your responsibility and not theirs.

Now is the time to back off and let them hit the actual consequences, because doing so in high school has much bigger impact.

You missed the point. I am trying to hold my own kid accountable by paying attention but when its not put in correctly, not put in at all or not graded I cannot do that. No, its not time to back off. You can be a lazy parent, but I'm not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor needs to put out policy that ALL teachers grade, enter scores and sync them one week before interims and one week before end of quarters. Taylor: ASAP!

No, grades need to be put in weekly. Teachers should send a weekly email to parents on assignments and what they are learning.

No, they shouldn't. Do you have any idea how many emails that would amount to, depending on the teaching assignment?

If the policy is to enter grades every two weeks, then that's how often they should be entered. Op could ask the principal how often grades are supposed to be updated.

Its not unreasonable to ask teachers to keep up with grading. This is why kids are failing. They aren't getting the support they need at school or home and parents are in a tuff spot if they don't know but are trying. Stop being lazy.

In this example, the parent is actually enabling the kid to be lazy. They know they don’t have to be on top of their assignments and grades, because their parent will come clean up after them. Kids need to feel the accountability.

We hold our kid accountable but we also check daily and its a nightmare as assignments are not in there, I email the teacher and they say its done and then two weeks later we find out its not. I don't know why my kid is being difficult as they are capable but they are and I'm not going to let them fail (and yes, there are consequences at our home).

If you aren't going to let them fail, and you are asking teachers to accept things late, you aren't holding them accountable. Holding a kid accountable would mean that kid feels the consequences of turning things in late or not at all. Your kid is being difficult because they know you will rescue them, or because you've turned grades into something that's your responsibility and not theirs.

Now is the time to back off and let them hit the actual consequences, because doing so in high school has much bigger impact.

+1

There are a lot of people who NEED to feel that natural pressure or they’ll never do what they need to do. So, having that in 6th is a good way to start when the stakes are low.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine dealing with this and your kid has ADHD so never know if they turned in stuff if not.

Then you need to address this in the IEP. I got a weekly grade report for my ADHD kid. That was far easier than for my other kids.

Kid in HS so let him handle it but the late grades make it very difficult. I know teachers overloaded but they are very happy to plug in that zero instead of doing the help required as documented in 504.

Not only do we have no time to plan or grade, we may also have 1/3 of our students with IEPs and 504s. We have to provide different accommodations for all of them simultaneously. As you can imagine, that’s a bit tricky when you have 150 students and no support.

It’s rather insulting that you think we are “very happy” to see a student struggle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor needs to put out policy that ALL teachers grade, enter scores and sync them one week before interims and one week before end of quarters. Taylor: ASAP!

No, grades need to be put in weekly. Teachers should send a weekly email to parents on assignments and what they are learning.

No, they shouldn't. Do you have any idea how many emails that would amount to, depending on the teaching assignment?

If the policy is to enter grades every two weeks, then that's how often they should be entered. Op could ask the principal how often grades are supposed to be updated.

Its not unreasonable to ask teachers to keep up with grading. This is why kids are failing. They aren't getting the support they need at school or home and parents are in a tuff spot if they don't know but are trying. Stop being lazy.

In this example, the parent is actually enabling the kid to be lazy. They know they don’t have to be on top of their assignments and grades, because their parent will come clean up after them. Kids need to feel the accountability.

We hold our kid accountable but we also check daily and its a nightmare as assignments are not in there, I email the teacher and they say its done and then two weeks later we find out its not. I don't know why my kid is being difficult as they are capable but they are and I'm not going to let them fail (and yes, there are consequences at our home).

If you aren't going to let them fail, and you are asking teachers to accept things late, you aren't holding them accountable. Holding a kid accountable would mean that kid feels the consequences of turning things in late or not at all. Your kid is being difficult because they know you will rescue them, or because you've turned grades into something that's your responsibility and not theirs.

Now is the time to back off and let them hit the actual consequences, because doing so in high school has much bigger impact.

You missed the point. I am trying to hold my own kid accountable by paying attention but when its not put in correctly, not put in at all or not graded I cannot do that. No, its not time to back off. You can be a lazy parent, but I'm not.

DP. I don’t know… in my day grades were only beginning to go online, sometimes. I personally think I benefitted from figuring out how to do it myself, without my parents on my case. My younger sister had parents on her case, and it did not serve her. This is something I worry about balancing with my own kids.

[Anonymous]

Hey- I'm impressed- they are going beyond the minimum so chill out. Think about how many students the teachers are responsible x the amount of required grades per quarter. Teachers are seriously doing the best they can. If they weren't- grades ould go in the day of required report card entry. What I teach? 2500 grades per quarter, 10000 graders per year, plus actual teaching/planning, etc... Seriously, chill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader has a Technology elective this quarter and the teacher is not posting grades for 2-3 weeks at a time. First month of the quarter there were no grades posted or entered. Then one day during at the beginning of December, weeks of grades show up and my daughter has 4 missing assignments that average her grade out to a D. She found the missing assignments and turned them in. She also asked the teacher the next day if she would be able to get credit and the teacher said that he would "grade them and put them in." Here we are three weeks later and there are no assignments for December listed or graded in the system and the missing assignments that my daughter turned in weeks ago are still showing as missing. Her grade is still a D. I'm concerned that the closer we get to report card time, we won't have clarity on where she stands with her grade since they're not being put in for weeks at a time. She's a really good student and does well in her classes, so she's also concerned about her grades. I've emailed the teacher with no response. The principal said that she would "handle it." But we're not getting any movement. Am I being unreasonable in wanting grades updated more than once every 3 weeks? This class is only 1 quarter long, so we only have until the end of January to resolve this.

Four missing assignments means that you need to work with her on executive management. That is the more important issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor needs to put out policy that ALL teachers grade, enter scores and sync them one week before interims and one week before end of quarters. Taylor: ASAP!

No, grades need to be put in weekly. Teachers should send a weekly email to parents on assignments and what they are learning.

No, they shouldn't. Do you have any idea how many emails that would amount to, depending on the teaching assignment?

If the policy is to enter grades every two weeks, then that's how often they should be entered. Op could ask the principal how often grades are supposed to be updated.

Its not unreasonable to ask teachers to keep up with grading. This is why kids are failing. They aren't getting the support they need at school or home and parents are in a tuff spot if they don't know but are trying. Stop being lazy.

In this example, the parent is actually enabling the kid to be lazy. They know they don’t have to be on top of their assignments and grades, because their parent will come clean up after them. Kids need to feel the accountability.

We hold our kid accountable but we also check daily and its a nightmare as assignments are not in there, I email the teacher and they say its done and then two weeks later we find out its not. I don't know why my kid is being difficult as they are capable but they are and I'm not going to let them fail (and yes, there are consequences at our home).

The accountability comes from being the one responsible. So, you’re not holding them accountable. That’s the part you need to understand so perhaps you can find a system where your kid is maintaining accountability and you are merely supporting them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader has a Technology elective this quarter and the teacher is not posting grades for 2-3 weeks at a time. First month of the quarter there were no grades posted or entered. Then one day during at the beginning of December, weeks of grades show up and my daughter has 4 missing assignments that average her grade out to a D. She found the missing assignments and turned them in. She also asked the teacher the next day if she would be able to get credit and the teacher said that he would "grade them and put them in." Here we are three weeks later and there are no assignments for December listed or graded in the system and the missing assignments that my daughter turned in weeks ago are still showing as missing. Her grade is still a D. I'm concerned that the closer we get to report card time, we won't have clarity on where she stands with her grade since they're not being put in for weeks at a time. She's a really good student and does well in her classes, so she's also concerned about her grades. I've emailed the teacher with no response. The principal said that she would "handle it." But we're not getting any movement. Am I being unreasonable in wanting grades updated more than once every 3 weeks? This class is only 1 quarter long, so we only have until the end of January to resolve this.

Four missing assignments means that you need to work with her on executive management. That is the more important issue.

+1 yes the overburdened teacher should submit grades more often but focus on what you can change OP. It’s very difficult to get a D in MCPS and your kid needs better skills on handing stuff in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader has a Technology elective this quarter and the teacher is not posting grades for 2-3 weeks at a time. First month of the quarter there were no grades posted or entered. Then one day during at the beginning of December, weeks of grades show up and my daughter has 4 missing assignments that average her grade out to a D. She found the missing assignments and turned them in. She also asked the teacher the next day if she would be able to get credit and the teacher said that he would "grade them and put them in." Here we are three weeks later and there are no assignments for December listed or graded in the system and the missing assignments that my daughter turned in weeks ago are still showing as missing. Her grade is still a D. I'm concerned that the closer we get to report card time, we won't have clarity on where she stands with her grade since they're not being put in for weeks at a time. She's a really good student and does well in her classes, so she's also concerned about her grades. I've emailed the teacher with no response. The principal said that she would "handle it." But we're not getting any movement. Am I being unreasonable in wanting grades updated more than once every 3 weeks? This class is only 1 quarter long, so we only have until the end of January to resolve this.

Four missing assignments means that you need to work with her on executive management. That is the more important issue.

+1 yes the overburdened teacher should submit grades more often but focus on what you can change OP. It’s very difficult to get a D in MCPS and your kid needs better skills on handing stuff in.

Different teachers handle grading differently. In our school it’s easy to get a c or d.

[Anonymous]

As a teacher, it really bugs me when kids turn in work late, then demand it get graded immediately.

[Anonymous]

Ignore the trolls saying that it's the kid's job to do the teacher's job for them.