Reply to Does FCPS have any requirements for instructors regarding posting grades in timely fashion

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Does FCPS have any requirements for instructors regarding posting grades in timely fashion"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a long-standing problem in FCPS with terrible consequences for students. But most teachers, particularly those who post here, will be incredibly defensive about it. They, quite frankly, do not seem to think that grading is important enough to prioritize over other tasks. And administrators must agree because there is never any change.

I'd lodge concerns, in writing, to the counselor and principle, but do not expect any change.  [/quote]

Which task should we drop so we can grade? Should I drop planning lessons? That means I won’t be ready when your child shows up in my classroom on Monday. Should I drop logging and analyzing student data? That means I’ll have no idea how well your child is doing over them. Maybe I should drop parking lot duty and cafeteria duty, even though my contract dictates that I am responsible for fulfilling them. Maybe I should drop answering the tsunami of parent and student emails I get each day, or I should refuse to go to IEP meetings.

I get less than an hour of work time each day. I usually have over 5 hours of work to do. There’s the math and that’s the reason grading takes a while.

If you want more timely feedback, then join teachers in the fight for more reasonable workloads. I’ve worked 6 hours already today, on a Saturday. I’m nowhere near done.

The teachers here who refuse to work on weekends have the right idea. They are forcing an appropriate work/life balance while I’ll burn out and quit.[/quote]

Proving the OPs point. Sorry your job sucks. But that doesn’t change the fact that grading isn’t happening and childrens education is suffering because of it. [/quote]

If teachers’ jobs suck, if teachers are suffering, then “children’s education suffering” does seem a likely outcome.  Do you expect teachers to suffer even more for the “sake of the kids?”  Oh no no.  This is a job, my friend.  Those of us who have been beaten down by the likes of you and yours have no incentive to try and martyr ourselves for ungrateful folks who *expect* us to do sacrifice our own personal lives as a matter of course.  [/quote]

+1, I’m not working more hours than I already am for “the sake of the kids.”  If they are suffering that is the parents problem. I’m working 50 hours a week and that’s my limit. No it’s in the parents to find the solution or pressure FCPS to find one.[/quote]

Yes. Parents should be pushing for teachers to have better working conditions so they can do their jobs effectively. This is why teachers want collective bargaining. Class Sizes and Planning time are the two main topics. With collective bargaining teachers can set the limits or be paid accordingly for extra students/work. Teachers can get control back of their planning time. Which both will trickle down to benefit students. [/quote]

Yup. There is also major discrepancy on class size throughout the county. In my own school alone, Our grade has about 8 extra kids than other classes. So my work load is going to be higher and I get paid the same amount as someone with less students. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics