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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will parents ever be happy with grading?
They are now mad that some schools are no longer grading homework.
BUT they also get mad when homework is graded..
They get mad if something isn't graded but then they get mad if something is graded...
They get mad that Summative are not enough of the grade or they are too much of a grade.....
so what's the deal?  Will parents ever be happy with the grading?

Before they changed the grading policy that homework can't be no more than 10% of the grades, they will get mad because it was 25% worth of the grade, and test were only 50% 
Now test test are weighted way more because parents kept complaining, and they are kids who are great test takers and don't do any outside work so this helps them,
but kids who don't test well are not doing well in class because of this.... [/quote]

As long as we know what is to be graded AND, most importantly, it is graded and put in the gradebook ina reasonable time, I'm good. It's the latter part that is not happening. [/quote]

Posting as a teacher who grades thoroughly and promptly:

I give up my nights and weekends to give what parents are asking for on this thread. I hope parents realize that grading most often gets done on our own time. When I assign a task to 150 students, it can take me almost 10 uninterrupted hours to grade. There goes a Saturday.

I know someone will respond “but many professionals have to work outside their work hours.” That’s true, but that doesn’t make it okay. We currently have an education system in which one of the most important parts of our job (feedback on student work) **HAS** to be done outside of work hours. Every week. It’s one of the reasons so many of us are quitting.[/quote]

If you got a higher salary it would feel better. But teacher get paid peanuts compared to other jobs. And it’s a lot more work. Former FCPS teacher here.[/quote]

Your salary doesn’t rise as quickly as some professions but you get paid more than peanuts and you have a pension and wayyyyy more time off than anyone else. [/quote]

New hires don't get a state pension. They have a 401k like private sector (called a 457 plan). FCPS contributes a max of 2.5% if employees contribute the max of 4%.

There is still a county level supplemental pension (funded through a 3.2% payroll deduction), but it's not the gravy train people make it out to be. The formula is (Avg of highest 5)(years of service)(0.008).  Someone who works a full 30 years and maxes out at $90k will get $21k per year.  (Most people don't make it 30 years.)  Nice, but not enough to live on.[/quote]

DP. I would also challenge the idea that teachers get way more time off. I work 6 full days a week. (The 6th is a weekend day catching up on grading. This is every weekend and it is a full 8-9 hours.)

I do get 8 weeks off during the summer, but it’s unpaid. I have to find summer employment every year to supplement my teaching salary, so I really enjoy one week’s vacation each summer.[/quote]

and you get two weeks in December, spring break, all holidays, snow days, etc.... your summer might be "unpaid" (even though you still have benefit coverage) but you get way more time off than other professionals.[/quote]

And teachers get paid less than other professionals.

If teachers have such a good deal, why don’t more people teach? That’s what DCUM can never answer.[/quote]

Million dollar question for sure. Our school can barely get subs these days[/quote]There are plenty of teachers.  Thats why the pay isn’t higher.  [/quote]

False[/quote]

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