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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What has changed? Teachers used to have a few meetings every once in a while. Now I have IEP, 504, SST, IDP and retention meetings during my planning. We also have data meetings and meetings to prepay for other meetings. I also have to spend my planning times to enter all of the data into an antiquated data tracking system as well as send home progress reports every two weeks for my students who are below grade level (80% of our students fit this category). I also spend my planning time attending meetings with parents who make excuses for their child’s bad behavior insisting that little Larla doesn’t like to _____ (go to school, do her homework, go to bed, do schoolwork, etc). I also have my own IDP meeting, my pre and post observation conferences as well as write my SLO (6+ hours) and find artifacts that show I am meeting all of my professional responsibilities. Yeah, so grading comes now after my kids are in bed. I’ll log onto our online grading portal and it will either freeze or not save and hours of work will be wasted. I’m pretty sure my teachers didn’t have to do any of this BS. [/quote]

My mother was a middle school teacher, and she kept a grade book by hand and spent hours grading at home. Everything my kid brings in is graded for completion. Teachers spend no time looking at homework.[/quote]

My sons were at private school for several years and their teachers spent a few hours every day grading at home. One teacher was an early bird and woke up at 4:30am to grade with her coffee, another did it in the evenings.  Of course, they had zero IEPs, etc to deal with so it was much, much easier than what public school teachers have to manage (I am very sympathetic of them!!) But the pay is significantly less as well.

What I liked is that they read student work carefully. Everything was commented on or corrected. Grammar, spelling, comments like “wonderful sentence!” Or “good point!” And then at the end a several sentences with feedback.

All work, both HW and classwork, was graded and calculated toward their report cards. Report cards had meaning, and it gave parents a good snapshot as to what their child was struggling or succeeding with. It was quite honest!! Not for those who just want a pat on the back.

I did see students trying really hard. They did their best work, which is one thing I see missing at my son’s pubic school. Because their work isn’t looked at, they do it quickly and messily.

Public schools should pay teachers an extra hour to grade work, and only grade work. But alas, I don’t see that happening. [/quote]

We are also at a private and this has been our experience too. Everything gets reviewed and commented upon. Math homework is reviewed every day for correctness, ALL writing in language arts, science, history is reviewed and corrected/commented upon. I know OP is in public, so this isn't necessarily applicable to her question, but I thought its notable that it does still happen in certain places. I totally get why public school teachers don't have the time and systems to do this. I know they must be as frustrated by it as the parents.

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