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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I admit I don’t use the Z in my gradebook.  To my knowledge the Z is supposed to be a placeholder that says a student didn’t turn in an assignment but still can until the deadline.  I avoid that by not syncing my grades until the deadline passes.  If you did it the grade shows, if you didn’t its a zero.  I basically sync the grades from canvas to synergy every week using this because there is always an assignment that reached its deadline every week.  Longest you ever wait to see your grade is one week after you hopefully turned it in.  [/quote]

As a parent trying to help my kids learn to manage all the assignments across all their classes, the teachers that don’t post grades until after the deadline are the most frustrating. I can’t help my kids stay on top of assignments if I don’t even know they exist. Why only post the grade after the deadline, when there is no longer a chance to complete the assignment?[/quote]

I remind the students every single day during the daily agenda about upcoming due dates and deadlines.  By 9th grade they shouldn't need mommy to remind them that something should have been completed 7 days ago.  Are you going to go to work with your child every day when they grow up?[/quote]

Some kids really struggle with this, especially those with ADHD. They need much more support than MCPS provides. [/quote]

Unfortunately, MCPS cannot provide an unlimited well of support. Parents have unrealistic expectations. They expect their kid to have all As. Kids learn by messing up. You have to let them mess up and figure it out over time.[/quote]
Ex-teacher here.  I agree that an unlimited well of support isn't possible, and all A's is a ridiculous (and too common) expectation.  And kids learn a little by messing up and figuring it out.

But they learn even more by receiving explicit instruction, plus repeated opportunities for practice.  It's so much more efficient.  ADHD kids need more repetitions than NT kids, so this is even more important for them.

The over-focus on messing up and figuring it out is a holdover from the era of discovery learning, balanced literacy, constructivism, the over-use of Carol Dweck's work, and pedagogy built on philosophy at the expense of science.  I see it a lot in MCPS.  I wish the county would do better at supporting teachers to move away from this approach.  It'll take a total overhaul of how classrooms are run.  [/quote]

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