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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get it completely on the 150+ kids. I am a teacher.  I taught in FCPS for many years.

My frustration stems from math class more than anything. In this class, the teacher is doing a few practice problems with kids and then gives them class time to complete homework.  [b]The teacher never moves around the room to see how kids are doing and students who are lost have no idea that they are actually lost until they take a test. [/b]Test grades only come back in SIS (weeks later) and students are not seeing any graded problems and have no idea where they are going wrong.

I'm a bit frustrated with English too.  My kid spent days writing an essay and got no feedback other than a score in SIS.  On the other hand, this teacher has made my kid enjoy English for the first time in a number of years - so he's doing something really well!

I feel for the teachers.  I know they are overworked, underpaid, and worn out.  But this total lack of feedback is frustrating when a kid is falling down and has no understanding of where they are going wrong.  It puts a lot of onus on a KID if the only way to get any feedback is to make separate meetings with each teacher on a constant basis.  This seems like a lot to ask. [/quote]

This is just poor teaching and has nothing to do with FCPS as a whole.  I am an FCPS math teacher (home sick, just to clarify) and I am on my feet the entire 90 minutes checking in with students.  The lesson is 30 minutes, there are built in checks during the lesson so I can see who gets it/doesn't, the independent problem set has built in checks (answer banks, matching solutions, partner work where opposite problems have the same solution, something) and I am constantly pulling small groups of super struggling kids to work closely with me when I'm not wandering around answering questions.  When I see 2 or 3 kids make the same error I pause everyone and we go over it again on the board.

For better or for worse, kids who fail my tests know they are going to fail my tests when they walk into my room on test day.  There are no surprises.

If the teacher isn't providing written feedback then they have time to work with students during class to provide feedback.  If they aren't actively working with students then they have time to provide written feedback.  It is impossible to do both, well (within the time constraints we have).  It is lazy to do neither.[/quote]

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