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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From FCPS’ own website —> https://www.fcps.edu/academics/grading-and-reporting/secondary/grading-assignments-and-assessments

Quizzes, tests, examinations, essays, homework, or papers are evaluated and/or graded, returned, and reviewed promptly with the student. Teachers are expected to grade each assignment and post grade to the electronic gradebook within seven school days after the due date with the understanding that major projects/papers may require additional time to ensure quality feedback.  If more time is required to provide feedback, teachers will communicate notify students in advance of the project due date.[/quote]

And this would be completely reasonable if they gave us at least some of the time needed to do this, without taking all our planning time away, not to mention requiring hours of extra work outside of work hours for b.s. duties and training that they keep adding on because people at Gatehouse need to justify their jobs by adding on initiatives and reporting requirements, and policies that let students off the hook and put the onus on teachers to somehow compensate for what students should do but are failing to do.

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Don't do the other work. Do the grading. Tell them the truth: Because it directly and immediately supports kids. Dare them to fire you. They won't. [/quote]

You have no idea what it’s like to work in a public school. [b]I had to attend an IEP for a student after school last week that lasted 2 hours. [/b]I talked for less than one minute but was required to stay for the whole meeting.

You can’t as a teacher decide not to go to mandatory trainings. You can’t decide not to go to IEP meetings for students in special ed. There are “academy coaches” who give you more ridiculous work that is mandated. You have to document, document, document if you want to give a student an F that they are legitimately earning for not doing work, not coming to class, and/or failing tests then not taking advantage of help (you have to document when you plan to offer this help) and retakes. There is NOT a lot of autonomy when you are a teacher. [/quote]

I work in another district and this would never be required since it is after contracted hours. What does your contract say about this?[/quote]

Nothing. It all falls under “other assigned duties”. The principal can hold after school meetings, the county can require you to do curriculum night or back to school in the evenings, and special Ed can certainly require you to do meetings after hours. No pay for any of it. Hopefully this is something collective bargaining takes a stab at.[/quote]

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