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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS HS teacher here,

I have to be out of the building by 4pm Friday. They gave us a checklist Monday of things that have to be done by Friday. Someone has to sign off on each one, and unfortunately it's not the same person for each thing so I'm at the mercy of other people's schedules. Textbooks are turned in to the librarian. Supplemental texts are turned in to department heads. Laptops and desktops have to be returned to the folks from OCTO, and the engineers have to do an inspection of the classroom. There's a debrief with the assistant principal regarding our final IMPACT component, TAS. There's also a meeting with the SPED supervisor to ensure all documents have been submitted. Finally, I have to supply a printout showing that all 4th quarter and final exam grades have been submitted. All of this while the other 100 teachers are trying to do the exact same thing.

It would make sense to have a week after all of the kids leave, but the reality is that central office knows that they don't show up the last two weeks of school. I had 4 out of 75 kids show up today. Attendance has been bad ever since the PARCC ended last month. [/quote]

Have any of you complaining about the teachers actually read this?  Do you have a suggestion about how they can accomplish all this while still teaching?  I agree that an adjusted level of teaching should occur until the end of school, but we have to acknowledge the reality of the teachers' situation.  My children are at charters and have been receiving lessons this last week, but the teachers also come back next week.  [/quote]

I read it, and I acknowledge that it sounds like a ton of work to close out the year. But ALL school systems have this problem, and I can guarantee you that there are school systems that have figured out how to allow teachers time to do this admin work while not short-changing students (and taxpayers) of a full week's worth of education. DCPS has to stand up and say that learning won't stop when the tests are over. This general attitude is why families who can jump ship from systems like DCPS still do so at the first opportunity: because no matter what anyone says, the education of kids still isn't coming first much of the time at DCPS.[/quote]

Very similar thread on the VA Schools board http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/564007.page[/quote]

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