Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
If teachers feel the final grade for the year is accurate, do teachers even give a crap regarding the grades along the way. Parents do. Not sure teachers do. I think they only care how things look at the end. Teachers are, generally, going to fit class grades into an accepted overall grade distribution.

???
As a teacher this makes no sense to me. The only way we GET a grade at the end of the year is by grading along the way. The end result is what it is and yes, it reflects the work the child put in, for better or worse. I swear this is the same idea the kids have, that we just make up number for them. You and they seem to not understand that the grade comes from the amount of work they turned in that demonstrates accurate mastery of the skills. If it’s an 80% that means they could independently demonstrate mastery of the skills with 80% accuracy. It doesn’t mean “I came up with this number because I dislike you.”

When parents/students see teachers aren't doing their job -- they think all kinds of things. We really do. Work isn't returned, Things aren't graded. We don't know what's going on. If you don't want crazy parents, there needs to be evidence that there's some sense to it. Maybe you're making it all up.

Anonymous wrote:I haven't recorded grades since January 11 because I only saw each class once last week. I wonder if any parents are furious with me the way so many parents here are.

Students' grades won't change much anyway because they've had 210 points of grades this quarter (400+ points this semester), and they only have 15 points left to be recorded.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
If teachers feel the final grade for the year is accurate, do teachers even give a crap regarding the grades along the way. Parents do. Not sure teachers do. I think they only care how things look at the end. Teachers are, generally, going to fit class grades into an accepted overall grade distribution.

???
As a teacher this makes no sense to me. The only way we GET a grade at the end of the year is by grading along the way. The end result is what it is and yes, it reflects the work the child put in, for better or worse. I swear this is the same idea the kids have, that we just make up number for them. You and they seem to not understand that the grade comes from the amount of work they turned in that demonstrates accurate mastery of the skills. If it’s an 80% that means they could independently demonstrate mastery of the skills with 80% accuracy. It doesn’t mean “I came up with this number because I dislike you.”

When parents/students see teachers aren't doing their job -- they think all kinds of things. We really do. Work isn't returned, Things aren't graded. We don't know what's going on. If you don't want crazy parents, there needs to be evidence that there's some sense to it. Maybe you're making it all up.

Anonymous wrote:
If teachers feel the final grade for the year is accurate, do teachers even give a crap regarding the grades along the way. Parents do. Not sure teachers do. I think they only care how things look at the end. Teachers are, generally, going to fit class grades into an accepted overall grade distribution.

???
As a teacher this makes no sense to me. The only way we GET a grade at the end of the year is by grading along the way. The end result is what it is and yes, it reflects the work the child put in, for better or worse. I swear this is the same idea the kids have, that we just make up number for them. You and they seem to not understand that the grade comes from the amount of work they turned in that demonstrates accurate mastery of the skills. If it’s an 80% that means they could independently demonstrate mastery of the skills with 80% accuracy. It doesn’t mean “I came up with this number because I dislike you.”

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TODAY IS A PERFECT DAY TO UPDATE Gradebook.

English grade hasn't been updated since December 8th
History Since December 19th
Geosystems since Jan 8h

January 8 was 11 days ago, and of those 11 days, 5 were either weekends, holidays, or snow days. If that was an A Day, that class has only met on:

January 10
January 12
January 17 (late start day)

Therefore, that is not even close to a problem. There isn't a graded assignment every day.

My kid has grades not updated since the first week of the quarter. Is that a "problem"?

The response above is about the parent complaining the one grade hasn't been updated since January 8. It is NOT about grades not being updates since the beginning of the quarter.

Perhaps you should take a few deep breaths, drain the piss from your Cheerios, and reread.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't recorded grades since January 11 because I only saw each class once last week. I wonder if any parents are furious with me the way so many parents here are.

Students' grades won't change much anyway because they've had 210 points of grades this quarter (400+ points this semester), and they only have 15 points left to be recorded.

I don’t care if parents are upset. I follow the grading policy. They’d also be freaking out if I graded their kid for mastery on something I had barely introduced and practiced because I saw them one time last week.

Sometimes, my son has to do some classwork and it they never grade it why? What the point of making a 14 year old do extra work when its not being graded?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't recorded grades since January 11 because I only saw each class once last week. I wonder if any parents are furious with me the way so many parents here are.

Students' grades won't change much anyway because they've had 210 points of grades this quarter (400+ points this semester), and they only have 15 points left to be recorded.

I don’t care if parents are upset. I follow the grading policy. They’d also be freaking out if I graded their kid for mastery on something I had barely introduced and practiced because I saw them one time last week.

Anonymous wrote:I haven't recorded grades since January 11 because I only saw each class once last week. I wonder if any parents are furious with me the way so many parents here are.

Students' grades won't change much anyway because they've had 210 points of grades this quarter (400+ points this semester), and they only have 15 points left to be recorded.

Anonymous wrote:It’s infuriating. I’m checking at the end of every period to discover a teacher hasn’t put the grades in.

Every. Single. Period.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TODAY IS A PERFECT DAY TO UPDATE Gradebook.

English grade hasn't been updated since December 8th
History Since December 19th
Geosystems since Jan 8h

January 8 was 11 days ago, and of those 11 days, 5 were either weekends, holidays, or snow days. If that was an A Day, that class has only met on:

January 10
January 12
January 17 (late start day)

Therefore, that is not even close to a problem. There isn't a graded assignment every day.

My kid has grades not updated since the first week of the quarter. Is that a "problem"?

Anonymous wrote:If teachers feel the final grade for the year is accurate, do teachers even give a crap regarding the grades along the way. Parents do. Not sure teachers do. I think they only care how things look at the end. Teachers are, generally, going to fit class grades into an accepted overall grade distribution.

Anonymous wrote:History has bene updated!!!