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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Northwood HS had 28 teachers out last Friday.
I’m guessing that most took a sick day to try and catch up on work which is pretty much impossible to do during the school day [/quote]

Yep. That was me yesterday.  I spent most of my Friday evening getting all of my special education reports done.  And then most of the weekend doing more paperwork that’s required.  It’s asinine that the priority is paperwork and not grading [/quote]

While I get it, it’s absolutely Frustrating for students and parents, not to mention produces so much anxiety.  The amount of grades that just show up in the last 1-2 wks of the quarter is ridiculous. We’ve given up any belief that what is listed in Synergy is correct. [/quote]

Unfortunately this happens because MCPS does not build in any time to grade and it has to all be done at home. Some teachers are able to give kids an independent assignment and then grade during class time but that is easier to pull off in some subjects than others. If we didn’t have all the random stuff to do such as special education quarterlies, PD, testing training, PSAT proctor training, college recommendations, SLO’s, department and committee meetings, being asked to sub, etc., we would be able to do a better job keeping up with grading and planning. All the above random stuff was just stuff for the month of October [/quote]

Which I can appreciate, but most of the things listed above are not random.  If teachers aren’t writing college recommendations then who would l?   If there is nonspecific Ed quarterlies then how do we evaluate how interventions are working and document progress towards goals?  PD for some folks is needed (though I do agree that some of it is ridiculous).  I feel like SLOs should be written at a team level not individual teacher level.

I do think being asked to sub needs to stop or greatly decrease.[/quote]

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