Teacher Putting in Grades Every 2-3 Weeks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

As a parent, it really bugs me when teachers don't ask kids for their homework and don't tell them it's missing, and then accuse them of being "late" weeks later.

As a teacher, I can't believe that you believed that one out of your DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

As a parent, it really bugs me when teachers don't ask kids for their homework and don't tell them it's missing, and then accuse them of being "late" weeks later.

You mean the kids have to actually remember to turn in their assigned work! The horror!

Mommy should go with them and turn the working.

Why does 5he teacher have to ask for it? Most of mine had a basket for assignments. It was on us to turn them in.

The point that many are missing is that parents don’t know things are missing or students are not doing well unless grades are entered. Parents are trying to be engaged and help students become better a time management and executive skills. If teachers are grading things or noting them as missing right before interims or right before end of quarter then no one has time to improve or change tactics.

6th-9th grade is when kids should really be working on these skills buts it’s really hard to get right when the whole process is like the Wild West. And it’s made worse when MS kids are getting quizzes out of 3,4,5 points that are essentially either A or F, or A,C,F.

Don't kids keep track of their assignments anymore, does everyone rely on the teacher putting things online? Do parents ask their kids what homework they have? That was a nightly question in our house.

Maybe go back to pen and paper. Get your kid an agenda and teach them how to use it. Review it nightly.

[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.

She’s not a really good student OP. She’s not turning in her work timely. But I bet you can turn this into a lesson that turns her behavior around. Don’t bash the teacher (even if warranted). Turn it back on her. If she had turned in her work she wouldn’t be worried. She would have her grade. Next time do better. If she needs a way to remember to turn it in, work with her. My SN kid needed strategies to remember to turn in work and we were able to develop a system that worked all through school. 6th grade is when they have to be independent and it sounds like you can really get her on her way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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

The kid's "job" is to write down a list of assignments, do them and then check them off once turned in. If they do that, they won't have missing assignments at the end of the term.

If only that were true. My kids have had multiple occurrences of things showing as submitted it yet teacher losing the paper. There are also group assignments where only one perso can turn in so if that person doesn’t do so, everyone else doesn’t realize it until the the teacher notes it as missing. We’ve also had assignments that were not even due yet show up as 0 or 50%. It makes it so neither Students nor parents trust what is listed in Parentvue or Studentvue. Sometimes Canvas is better

I'm a teacher and I always have a few students who try to blame their missing assignments on me. Sorry... I am human and it might be possible for me to lose a paper once in a blue moon, but multiple papers from the same student, uh no. It is a very convenient excuse for mom and dad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

The kid's "job" is to write down a list of assignments, do them and then check them off once turned in. If they do that, they won't have missing assignments at the end of the term.

If only that were true. My kids have had multiple occurrences of things showing as submitted it yet teacher losing the paper. There are also group assignments where only one perso can turn in so if that person doesn’t do so, everyone else doesn’t realize it until the the teacher notes it as missing. We’ve also had assignments that were not even due yet show up as 0 or 50%. It makes it so neither Students nor parents trust what is listed in Parentvue or Studentvue. Sometimes Canvas is better

I'm a teacher and I always have a few students who try to blame their missing assignments on me. Sorry... I am human and it might be possible for me to lose a paper once in a blue moon, but multiple papers from the same student, uh no. It is a very convenient excuse for mom and dad.

Yea I thought so too and tried to give some teacher’s grace. Tried to help kid do the same. Even sent an email myself to ask the teacher if there was something the kid was doing wrong in the submission process or just not turning it in. Once we had a PTC with one teacher, I was clear it wasn’t the kid. Everything started getting real clear once I started having the kid take a photo of the submitted assignments and then when asking about any problems attaching the photo plus copy his counselor and the resource teacher.

As far as how delayed grading can be, until this past Friday the last grade my kid had recorded in two classes was 11/15.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

The kid's "job" is to write down a list of assignments, do them and then check them off once turned in. If they do that, they won't have missing assignments at the end of the term.

If only that were true. My kids have had multiple occurrences of things showing as submitted it yet teacher losing the paper. There are also group assignments where only one perso can turn in so if that person doesn’t do so, everyone else doesn’t realize it until the the teacher notes it as missing. We’ve also had assignments that were not even due yet show up as 0 or 50%. It makes it so neither Students nor parents trust what is listed in Parentvue or Studentvue. Sometimes Canvas is better

I'm a teacher and I always have a few students who try to blame their missing assignments on me. Sorry... I am human and it might be possible for me to lose a paper once in a blue moon, but multiple papers from the same student, uh no. It is a very convenient excuse for mom and dad.

Yea I thought so too and tried to give some teacher’s grace. Tried to help kid do the same. Even sent an email myself to ask the teacher if there was something the kid was doing wrong in the submission process or just not turning it in. Once we had a PTC with one teacher, I was clear it wasn’t the kid. Everything started getting real clear once I started having the kid take a photo of the submitted assignments and then when asking about any problems attaching the photo plus copy his counselor and the resource teacher.

As far as how delayed grading can be, until this past Friday the last grade my kid had recorded in two classes was 11/15.

No, I’m not believing this. Nobody loses papers that often. And what does a photo of an assignment prove? Only that it existed, not that it was turned in. How do you take a pic of it “submitted” anyway?

I once had a family escalate a “lost paper” to my admin. The best part? The allegedly submitted assignment was digital. No record on Canvas (the system even said the assignment wasn’t turned in), no record in my email or Google drive as a shared file, etc. And somehow the child wasn’t able to share it with me again.

Kids lie far more than teachers lose papers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

The kid's "job" is to write down a list of assignments, do them and then check them off once turned in. If they do that, they won't have missing assignments at the end of the term.

If only that were true. My kids have had multiple occurrences of things showing as submitted it yet teacher losing the paper. There are also group assignments where only one perso can turn in so if that person doesn’t do so, everyone else doesn’t realize it until the the teacher notes it as missing. We’ve also had assignments that were not even due yet show up as 0 or 50%. It makes it so neither Students nor parents trust what is listed in Parentvue or Studentvue. Sometimes Canvas is better

I'm a teacher and I always have a few students who try to blame their missing assignments on me. Sorry... I am human and it might be possible for me to lose a paper once in a blue moon, but multiple papers from the same student, uh no. It is a very convenient excuse for mom and dad.

Yea I thought so too and tried to give some teacher’s grace. Tried to help kid do the same. Even sent an email myself to ask the teacher if there was something the kid was doing wrong in the submission process or just not turning it in. Once we had a PTC with one teacher, I was clear it wasn’t the kid. Everything started getting real clear once I started having the kid take a photo of the submitted assignments and then when asking about any problems attaching the photo plus copy his counselor and the resource teacher.

As far as how delayed grading can be, until this past Friday the last grade my kid had recorded in two classes was 11/15.

No, I’m not believing this. Nobody loses papers that often. And what does a photo of an assignment prove? Only that it existed, not that it was turned in. How do you take a pic of it “submitted” anyway?

I once had a family escalate a “lost paper” to my admin. The best part? The allegedly submitted assignment was digital. No record on Canvas (the system even said the assignment wasn’t turned in), no record in my email or Google drive as a shared file, etc. And somehow the child wasn’t able to share it with me again.

Kids lie far more than teachers lose papers.

What do you think happened? Kids are just stuffing them in their backpack and not turning them in? These isn’t an elementary schooler I’m talking about. Some of this was class work that was turned in on paper. Obviously you can take photos of quizzes and test. Some of the electronically submitted files that when the teacher searched for miraculously they came back indicating they have the file. No where did I say that kids don’t lie, which is why I started with the problem being my kid. But it’s also okay for you to admit that sometimes there are bad or at least disorganized teachers.

And while I certainly understand that teachers are stressed what do you want my kid and myself to do? I’m advocating for teachers to get their planning time back, I’m trying to be an engaged parent, my kid is trying to be an engaged student. But if the kid is getting little to no feedback on assignments and getting grades every 3-4 weeks, how do you expect students to do well or improve? How do you expect them to stay motivated? What does it say when grading times comes and I watch the kids grade bounce from an A to a C to a B and back to an A in one or two days. Or worse, just out of reach of an A. Meanwhile for kids who never turn in anything or who are getting F’s, schools are spending an insane amount of everyone’s time trying to figure out why or make sure they’ve had 5 phone calls.

Teachers have a union with a voice at the table. Ya’ll need to make clear that the current way of things is frustrating teachers, parents and students and either sometimes is done or everyone needs to agree to let this collapse so we can implement something new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

As a parent, it really bugs me when teachers don't ask kids for their homework and don't tell them it's missing, and then accuse them of being "late" weeks later.

As a teacher, I can't believe that you believed that one out of your DC.

As a teacher, you should catch up on your late paperwork and Canvas reporting instead of posting on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

The kid's "job" is to write down a list of assignments, do them and then check them off once turned in. If they do that, they won't have missing assignments at the end of the term.

If only that were true. My kids have had multiple occurrences of things showing as submitted it yet teacher losing the paper. There are also group assignments where only one perso can turn in so if that person doesn’t do so, everyone else doesn’t realize it until the the teacher notes it as missing. We’ve also had assignments that were not even due yet show up as 0 or 50%. It makes it so neither Students nor parents trust what is listed in Parentvue or Studentvue. Sometimes Canvas is better

I'm a teacher and I always have a few students who try to blame their missing assignments on me. Sorry... I am human and it might be possible for me to lose a paper once in a blue moon, but multiple papers from the same student, uh no. It is a very convenient excuse for mom and dad.

How many weeks do you wait before reporting the missing paper? You are the adult in the room. Parents aren't allowed in the classroom to check on what's happening. We can't see your private files.

It's your job to report missing work to the child and parent immediately, if you are going to grade it as part of their long term academic record.

You're the professional. The kids have to manage 7 teachers all doing their own thing.

[Anonymous]

What I'm getting is that there are lot of insecure adults who base their self esteem on comparing themselves to children, holding the kids accountable while having no standards for themselves, despite being paid to be there and serve as educators. Too incompetent to be an overbearing bad manager at a failing business, you settle for being an overbearing bad manager of a classroom.
Congratulations 🎉 You have better executive functioning skills than a 12 year old stuck in room with 20 to 30 rowdy kids and no organized process for submitting work. Do you want a cookie?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

True but grade inflation is rampant in McPS. If your kid has an actual D in a class, she’s doing something wrong (even if teacher is delayed in grading.)

[Anonymous]

It’s the teacher’s job to let 150 students and their parents when the students don’t hand in their work? No, it’s on the student.

[Anonymous]

Clearly many of you have no idea what its like to have kid with ADHD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

As a parent, it really bugs me when teachers don't ask kids for their homework and don't tell them it's missing, and then accuse them of being "late" weeks later.

As a teacher, I can't believe that you believed that one out of your DC.

As a teacher, you should catch up on your late paperwork and Canvas reporting instead of posting on DCUM.

DP. If it makes you happy, I worked 4 hours already today (Christmas Eve) and I’ll certainly work tomorrow.

So there you have it: I’m spending my entire break doing all the work I don’t have time to do at school.

Happy now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

As a parent, it really bugs me when teachers don't ask kids for their homework and don't tell them it's missing, and then accuse them of being "late" weeks later.

As a teacher, I can't believe that you believed that one out of your DC.

As a teacher, you should catch up on your late paperwork and Canvas reporting instead of posting on DCUM.

DP. If it makes you happy, I worked 4 hours already today (Christmas Eve) and I’ll certainly work tomorrow.

So there you have it: I’m spending my entire break doing all the work I don’t have time to do at school.

I’d be happier if you kept up with it earlier so we’d know.
Happy now?