Teacher out for an emergency family issue- grades?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing…if any missing grade shakes out at a disadvantage to the student, the school can retroactively submit a grade correction. The primary concern is allowing the teacher the opportunity to deal with the family emergency.

Family will always come before work.

Schools often will not do it. We've asked and were refused and my child's grades suffered because of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing…if any missing grade shakes out at a disadvantage to the student, the school can retroactively submit a grade correction. The primary concern is allowing the teacher the opportunity to deal with the family emergency.

Family will always come before work.

As someone who had to pursue a grade correction due to an obvious typo, let me just say it was like pulling teeth and I wouldn’t count on the likelihood of this in the scenario described.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is suggesting that the teacher come back to finish her grading from September. Everyone is suggesting that it is the school administrators who are responsible for having a continuity plan when a teacher takes emergency leave. A continuity plan supports a teacher being able to leave and supports students getting their work graded, retakes available as articulated in the beginning of the quarter and material covered etc.

The school needs to do its job.

A continuity plan usually looks like a teacher who is already doing the work of 2 is now asked to do the work of 3. So grading gets delayed for even more classes because that overextended teacher is grading 200+ papers a night while intermittently crying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing…if any missing grade shakes out at a disadvantage to the student, the school can retroactively submit a grade correction. The primary concern is allowing the teacher the opportunity to deal with the family emergency.

Family will always come before work.

Schools often will not do it. We've asked and were refused and my child's grades suffered because of it.

+100. Very disappointed with the school. Teachers should deal with the family matter, first (no one said they should not), but the students are the ones who got punished due to incorrect grades while the school refused to do anything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing…if any missing grade shakes out at a disadvantage to the student, the school can retroactively submit a grade correction. The primary concern is allowing the teacher the opportunity to deal with the family emergency.

Family will always come before work.

Schools often will not do it. We've asked and were refused and my child's grades suffered because of it.

+100. Very disappointed with the school. Teachers should deal with the family matter, first (no one said they should not), but the students are the ones who got punished due to incorrect grades while the school refused to do anything.

I find it so interesting that we devalue/demean teachers while simultaneously acknowledging how remarkably important their jobs are.

[Anonymous]

What do people think about just getting rid of retakes? It seems like so much extra work for teachers and more stress for students that getting a B is no longer ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope the teacher is okay. (That’s missing in your post, OP.)

Truly. When is DCUM going to stop thinking of teachers as their hired help?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes- be patient. Have empathy. And enjoy your weekend while this teacher may not be able to.

With literally any other teacher that would be my impulse. I am Team Teacher all the way in most cases. This teacher is a HORRIBLE grader though- so slow. The assignment that isn’t graded yet is from early, early September. The kids have to hound her to please grade.

She might not have graded since September because her child has cancer or similar. Give the poor woman some grace.

Thank you. When my child was hospitalized multiple times one year unexpectantly my department head took over my grading and not one parent complained. And they had no idea why I was gone. I think this parent should relax.

Your department head took over grading which is a fine solution. In this situation , the department and MCPS is doing nothing,

This is what happens at all schools. I didn’t say it was timely or that retakes were offered (I highly doubt it). In the end, grades happened by the deadline and everyone moved on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing…if any missing grade shakes out at a disadvantage to the student, the school can retroactively submit a grade correction. The primary concern is allowing the teacher the opportunity to deal with the family emergency.

Family will always come before work.

As someone who had to pursue a grade correction due to an obvious typo, let me just say it was like pulling teeth and I wouldn’t count on the likelihood of this in the scenario described.

+1. Who would you even ask if the teacher is on sick leave?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do people think about just getting rid of retakes? It seems like so much extra work for teachers and more stress for students that getting a B is no longer ok.

That’s fine as long as they’re taken away for all students. The problem is that sometimes some classes get them and others don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do people think about just getting rid of retakes? It seems like so much extra work for teachers and more stress for students that getting a B is no longer ok.

There have been many instances in my kids' academic careers in which a test was developed for a team of teachers, but only the author's class covered the material. Retakes are made for such a situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes- be patient. Have empathy. And enjoy your weekend while this teacher may not be able to.

With literally any other teacher that would be my impulse. I am Team Teacher all the way in most cases. This teacher is a HORRIBLE grader though- so slow. The assignment that isn’t graded yet is from early, early September. The kids have to hound her to please grade.

Why don’t you try teaching and show them all how to do it better, lady?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing…if any missing grade shakes out at a disadvantage to the student, the school can retroactively submit a grade correction. The primary concern is allowing the teacher the opportunity to deal with the family emergency.

Family will always come before work.

As someone who had to pursue a grade correction due to an obvious typo, let me just say it was like pulling teeth and I wouldn’t count on the likelihood of this in the scenario described.

We had a situation one year during which a lab was ungraded at end of Q due to a medical concern of the teacher. The teacher spoke to the class about the situation, assured them that she would do a correction, and then did so.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hope the teacher is okay. (That’s missing in your post, OP.)

Truly. When is DCUM going to stop thinking of teachers as their hired help?

Never. DCUM is filled with entitled AHs who think the world revolves around them.

[Anonymous]

This is definitely on the admin team and not the teacher. Have some grace for this teacher. You have no idea what they may be going through right now and I promise, your child is not at the top of the list of their concerns. If the situation was reversed you know darn well your child or whoever in your family is impacted would be the most important thing to you.

That being said, the admin needs to respond to parents and treat these kids fairly. It's especially important in high school.