No posted grades until interims

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Anonymous wrote:At our school, they barely even post-internships. I mean, they do sometimes, but not always. They don't use the grade book and only send some tests home. For example, one of my kids had an A in social studies on their interim. Every paper that came home had an A. At the end of the quarter, they had a B. I asked the teacher about it and was told it was because of assessments they can't send home. This seems kind of bad to me.

They can’t send the assessment home but that doesn’t mean that can’t send the grade home. If it’s going to be factored into the grading, students should know what’s being factored in.

Then the student can ask the teacher. Done. MoCo has the whiniest parents of any district I've ever lived in. It's absurd the amount of hand holding you expect from schools,admin, teachers, etc. instead of teaching your kids to advocate for themselves and hold themselves accountable for their own grades, actions, behaviors, etc. etc. etc. etc....

No, we expect teachers to do the job they are paid for, which includes communicating with students and their parents.

Well these days I'm happy if they just show up over 70% of the time. My kid's teacher for the past year is out at least 1 week per month.

Clearly there’s a health issue then since teachers don’t get that much leave (25 days so far if you aren’t exaggerating) and need approval to miss more than four days in a row. Teachers, like every other human being, can have chronic illnesses or have children of their own with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At our school, they barely even post-internships. I mean, they do sometimes, but not always. They don't use the grade book and only send some tests home. For example, one of my kids had an A in social studies on their interim. Every paper that came home had an A. At the end of the quarter, they had a B. I asked the teacher about it and was told it was because of assessments they can't send home. This seems kind of bad to me.

They can’t send the assessment home but that doesn’t mean that can’t send the grade home. If it’s going to be factored into the grading, students should know what’s being factored in.

You have a right under FERPA to see this work. They may ask you to come in to see it. If they refuse to send it home, then make them show it to you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At our school, they barely even post-internships. I mean, they do sometimes, but not always. They don't use the grade book and only send some tests home. For example, one of my kids had an A in social studies on their interim. Every paper that came home had an A. At the end of the quarter, they had a B. I asked the teacher about it and was told it was because of assessments they can't send home. This seems kind of bad to me.

They can’t send the assessment home but that doesn’t mean that can’t send the grade home. If it’s going to be factored into the grading, students should know what’s being factored in.

Then the student can ask the teacher. Done. MoCo has the whiniest parents of any district I've ever lived in. It's absurd the amount of hand holding you expect from schools,admin, teachers, etc. instead of teaching your kids to advocate for themselves and hold themselves accountable for their own grades, actions, behaviors, etc. etc. etc. etc....

No, we expect teachers to do the job they are paid for, which includes communicating with students and their parents.

If it’s an assessment, the student knows it’s being factored into grading. Guaranteed the teacher also explained this to the class beforehand. The parent is just complaining bc their kid probably lied to them. Teachers are doing their job. Doesn’t help when people who have no idea what’s going on chime in with comments like yours. Teachers aren’t expected to send home emails every time something is going to be graded either. Grow up and hold your own kid accountable and stop blaming other people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:At our school, they barely even post-internships. I mean, they do sometimes, but not always. They don't use the grade book and only send some tests home. For example, one of my kids had an A in social studies on their interim. Every paper that came home had an A. At the end of the quarter, they had a B. I asked the teacher about it and was told it was because of assessments they can't send home. This seems kind of bad to me.

They can’t send the assessment home but that doesn’t mean that can’t send the grade home. If it’s going to be factored into the grading, students should know what’s being factored in.

Then the student can ask the teacher. Done. MoCo has the whiniest parents of any district I've ever lived in. It's absurd the amount of hand holding you expect from schools,admin, teachers, etc. instead of teaching your kids to advocate for themselves and hold themselves accountable for their own grades, actions, behaviors, etc. etc. etc. etc....

No, we expect teachers to do the job they are paid for, which includes communicating with students and their parents.

If it’s an assessment, the student knows it’s being factored into grading. Guaranteed the teacher also explained this to the class beforehand. The parent is just complaining bc their kid probably lied to them. Teachers are doing their job. Doesn’t help when people who have no idea what’s going on chime in with comments like yours. Teachers aren’t expected to send home emails every time something is going to be graded either. Grow up and hold your own kid accountable and stop blaming other people.

Yesss! Stop using teachers scapegoats for your own issues. There’s a reason why the gradebook is accessible. That’s your communication.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At our school, they barely even post-internships. I mean, they do sometimes, but not always. They don't use the grade book and only send some tests home. For example, one of my kids had an A in social studies on their interim. Every paper that came home had an A. At the end of the quarter, they had a B. I asked the teacher about it and was told it was because of assessments they can't send home. This seems kind of bad to me.

They can’t send the assessment home but that doesn’t mean that can’t send the grade home. If it’s going to be factored into the grading, students should know what’s being factored in.

Then the student can ask the teacher. Done. MoCo has the whiniest parents of any district I've ever lived in. It's absurd the amount of hand holding you expect from schools,admin, teachers, etc. instead of teaching your kids to advocate for themselves and hold themselves accountable for their own grades, actions, behaviors, etc. etc. etc. etc....

No, we expect teachers to do the job they are paid for, which includes communicating with students and their parents.

If it’s an assessment, the student knows it’s being factored into grading. Guaranteed the teacher also explained this to the class beforehand. The parent is just complaining bc their kid probably lied to them. Teachers are doing their job. Doesn’t help when people who have no idea what’s going on chime in with comments like yours. Teachers aren’t expected to send home emails every time something is going to be graded either. Grow up and hold your own kid accountable and stop blaming other people.

Yesss! Stop using teachers scapegoats for your own issues. There’s a reason why the gradebook is accessible. That’s your communication.

Clearly you haven’t read the thread. Yes the grade book is accessible, but that’s not helpful if there aren’t grades in it. It also not helpful if students get grades with no idea what they got wrong so they can then work to improve.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At our school, they barely even post-internships. I mean, they do sometimes, but not always. They don't use the grade book and only send some tests home. For example, one of my kids had an A in social studies on their interim. Every paper that came home had an A. At the end of the quarter, they had a B. I asked the teacher about it and was told it was because of assessments they can't send home. This seems kind of bad to me.

They can’t send the assessment home but that doesn’t mean that can’t send the grade home. If it’s going to be factored into the grading, students should know what’s being factored in.

Then the student can ask the teacher. Done. MoCo has the whiniest parents of any district I've ever lived in. It's absurd the amount of hand holding you expect from schools,admin, teachers, etc. instead of teaching your kids to advocate for themselves and hold themselves accountable for their own grades, actions, behaviors, etc. etc. etc. etc....

No, we expect teachers to do the job they are paid for, which includes communicating with students and their parents.

If it’s an assessment, the student knows it’s being factored into grading. Guaranteed the teacher also explained this to the class beforehand. The parent is just complaining bc their kid probably lied to them. Teachers are doing their job. Doesn’t help when people who have no idea what’s going on chime in with comments like yours. Teachers aren’t expected to send home emails every time something is going to be graded either. Grow up and hold your own kid accountable and stop blaming other people.

Yesss! Stop using teachers scapegoats for your own issues. There’s a reason why the gradebook is accessible. That’s your communication.

Clearly you haven’t read the thread. Yes the grade book is accessible, but that’s not helpful if there aren’t grades in it. It also not helpful if students get grades with no idea what they got wrong so they can then work to improve.

Clearly you don’t know that teachers aren’t at your beck and call.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High school English teacher posted no grades this quarter until this morning when interims are due and then about 10 assignments posted. Are teachers allowed to do this?[/quote


Oh no, Im outraged. I'm calling the principal on your behalf. And then I'm scheduling a meeting with the teacher on your behalf and then I'm going to talk to your kid about their grades on your behalf.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:High school English teacher posted no grades this quarter until this morning when interims are due and then about 10 assignments posted. Are teachers allowed to do this?

They are not supposed to and I would recommend emailing the RT and assistant principal about this. Unfortunately, this is happening more often because teachers are stretched thin with all the tasks they are being assigned by administration. Teachers used to be able to focus their time on lesson development, grading and feedback. Now time is being wasted on useless meetings, documentation of documentation, and focusing a tremendous amount of attention on no show students and those that don't do anything. Teachers should be posting grades regularly but I see how some fall behind and have a hard time catching up.

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Sometimes some delay is understandable, but nothing at all in the gradebook as well as canvas (OP posted again saying there was nothing in canvas either) until interims? That is just too much and unacceptable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At our school, they barely even post-internships. I mean, they do sometimes, but not always. They don't use the grade book and only send some tests home. For example, one of my kids had an A in social studies on their interim. Every paper that came home had an A. At the end of the quarter, they had a B. I asked the teacher about it and was told it was because of assessments they can't send home. This seems kind of bad to me.

They can’t send the assessment home but that doesn’t mean that can’t send the grade home. If it’s going to be factored into the grading, students should know what’s being factored in.

Then the student can ask the teacher. Done. MoCo has the whiniest parents of any district I've ever lived in. It's absurd the amount of hand holding you expect from schools,admin, teachers, etc. instead of teaching your kids to advocate for themselves and hold themselves accountable for their own grades, actions, behaviors, etc. etc. etc. etc....

No, we expect teachers to do the job they are paid for, which includes communicating with students and their parents.

If it’s an assessment, the student knows it’s being factored into grading. Guaranteed the teacher also explained this to the class beforehand. The parent is just complaining bc their kid probably lied to them. Teachers are doing their job. Doesn’t help when people who have no idea what’s going on chime in with comments like yours. Teachers aren’t expected to send home emails every time something is going to be graded either. Grow up and hold your own kid accountable and stop blaming other people.

Yesss! Stop using teachers scapegoats for your own issues. There’s a reason why the gradebook is accessible. That’s your communication.

Clearly you haven’t read the thread. Yes the grade book is accessible, but that’s not helpful if there aren’t grades in it. It also not helpful if students get grades with no idea what they got wrong so they can then work to improve.

Clearly you don’t know that teachers aren’t at your beck and call.

Holding teachers accountable is appropriate. Part of their job is grading assignments in a timely manner and reviewing them with students.

[Anonymous]

Maybe you would like to volunteer for an experiment to grade 150 papers with feedback comments in 30 minutes while simultaneously eating your lunch because this is what we are tasked to do EVERYDAY thank you very much

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you would like to volunteer for an experiment to grade 150 papers with feedback comments in 30 minutes while simultaneously eating your lunch because this is what we are tasked to do EVERYDAY thank you very much

THANK YOU!

I now roll my eyes at the posts that say it’s a teacher’s job to deliver prompt feedback. If it’s my job, then my employer should be giving me time at work to do it. I get 30-45 minutes a day of “free time”, during which I need to:
Eat lunch
Grade papers (140 students)
Respond to emails
Update student reports
Plan for the next day
Actually visit the bathroom
… and “other duties as assigned”

So I end up grading every night and at least one full day every weekend. I resent giving up all my nights and weekends in order to fulfill such an important aspect of my job.

Want it done? Make it part of my work week. Won’t do that? I’ll follow all the other teachers out the door.

I’m done making this job my whole life simply because we expect teachers to give everything. Heck, there’s another thread on DCUM right now where posters are telling a govt worker she shouldn’t be forced to work outside hours. If she shouldn’t, why should I?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you would like to volunteer for an experiment to grade 150 papers with feedback comments in 30 minutes while simultaneously eating your lunch because this is what we are tasked to do EVERYDAY thank you very much

Then don’t do the assignments if you will not grade them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you would like to volunteer for an experiment to grade 150 papers with feedback comments in 30 minutes while simultaneously eating your lunch because this is what we are tasked to do EVERYDAY thank you very much

THANK YOU!

I now roll my eyes at the posts that say it’s a teacher’s job to deliver prompt feedback. If it’s my job, then my employer should be giving me time at work to do it. I get 30-45 minutes a day of “free time”, during which I need to:
Eat lunch
Grade papers (140 students)
Respond to emails
Update student reports
Plan for the next day
Actually visit the bathroom
… and “other duties as assigned”

So I end up grading every night and at least one full day every weekend. I resent giving up all my nights and weekends in order to fulfill such an important aspect of my job.

Want it done? Make it part of my work week. Won’t do that? I’ll follow all the other teachers out the door.

I’m done making this job my whole life simply because we expect teachers to give everything. Heck, there’s another thread on DCUM right now where posters are telling a govt worker she shouldn’t be forced to work outside hours. If she shouldn’t, why should I?

I left MCPS for Frederick County Public Schools. Come to the light side..I promise you the parents are a million times better than the insanely entitled parents in MoCo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you would like to volunteer for an experiment to grade 150 papers with feedback comments in 30 minutes while simultaneously eating your lunch because this is what we are tasked to do EVERYDAY thank you very much

Then don’t do the assignments if you will not grade them.

Don't have kids you won't raise yourself. Stop expecting schools to do it for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At our school, they barely even post-internships. I mean, they do sometimes, but not always. They don't use the grade book and only send some tests home. For example, one of my kids had an A in social studies on their interim. Every paper that came home had an A. At the end of the quarter, they had a B. I asked the teacher about it and was told it was because of assessments they can't send home. This seems kind of bad to me.

They can’t send the assessment home but that doesn’t mean that can’t send the grade home. If it’s going to be factored into the grading, students should know what’s being factored in.

Then the student can ask the teacher. Done. MoCo has the whiniest parents of any district I've ever lived in. It's absurd the amount of hand holding you expect from schools,admin, teachers, etc. instead of teaching your kids to advocate for themselves and hold themselves accountable for their own grades, actions, behaviors, etc. etc. etc. etc....

No, we expect teachers to do the job they are paid for, which includes communicating with students and their parents.

Well these days I'm happy if they just show up over 70% of the time. My kid's teacher for the past year is out at least 1 week per month.

Clearly there’s a health issue then since teachers don’t get that much leave (25 days so far if you aren’t exaggerating) and need approval to miss more than four days in a row. Teachers, like every other human being, can have chronic illnesses or have children of their own with them.

Don't think so.. I mean my kids teachers for the past two years were the same as the PP. They're constantly absent. I figured normal these days.