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Anonymous wrote:I don't think teachers should be punished for late grades, but I do agree that they should prioritize getting things back to students earlier. If a student gets a C on a test but doesn't find out about it until weeks later, that seems like a missed opportunity to actually ask questions on what they got wrong and try to fix their errors of thinking before the next batch of assignments/tests. Perhaps there should be fewer assignments or less cr*p for teachers to focus on so that they could focus on providing feedback, one of the major mechanisms of student learning.

This is reasonable, but there are only so many hours in a day, and class coverage is taking priority.

This was sent to us at our school recently:

Class Coverage
Cooperation is expected. Many hands make light work.

It is not optional.

Content specialists deliver coverage slips daily.

Staff are not to discuss, complain, or negotiate with the secretaries.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think teachers should be punished for late grades, but I do agree that they should prioritize getting things back to students earlier. If a student gets a C on a test but doesn't find out about it until weeks later, that seems like a missed opportunity to actually ask questions on what they got wrong and try to fix their errors of thinking before the next batch of assignments/tests. Perhaps there should be fewer assignments or less cr*p for teachers to focus on so that they could focus on providing feedback, one of the major mechanisms of student learning.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's extremely deleterious for students' progress to not have their work back and be able to understand corrections in a timely manner. Beyond the quarter grading issue, it's a question of learning: they're learning so much at such speed in high school, that coming back to an essay or math unit from last month will seriously impact their memorization of facts and methods.

Most of my child's high school teachers grade in a timely manner. He's a senior, so he's had LOTS of high school teachers. There is absolutely NO excuse for late grading and MCPS should not allow it at all.

This is quite offensive. I’ll do my best to get essays graded in a timely manner, but I will not prioritize work over my own health or my own family any more than I already do. You get 13-15 hours a weekend ALREADY from me, and I refuse to give more. Frankly, to hear you demand that there is “no excuse” when things are late? Try to have a bit of compassion. I get very little time AT work to DO work.

I hope you are thanking those teachers for their timely feedback. They sacrificed time with their own families to give that feedback to your child.

PP you replied.
You need to rid yourself of the idea that grading quickly is above and beyond. It's an essential part of teaching.
If you don't get the time during your workday, then you add in hours like everyone else working in other jobs.
If you think teachers don't get paid enough to work outside of their regular day, then welcome to the state of the world, where essential jobs are never paid or respected enough: I completely agree that teachers should be paid way more than they are, and command more respect.
My husband has an MD and a Phd and uses both in cancer research at NIH. He's paid 100K for this critical work, after way more years of education than what you did.

Why? Because it's a labor of love. It's a calling. Those who save the world are rarely recognized or thanked for it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's extremely deleterious for students' progress to not have their work back and be able to understand corrections in a timely manner. Beyond the quarter grading issue, it's a question of learning: they're learning so much at such speed in high school, that coming back to an essay or math unit from last month will seriously impact their memorization of facts and methods.

Most of my child's high school teachers grade in a timely manner. He's a senior, so he's had LOTS of high school teachers. There is absolutely NO excuse for late grading and MCPS should not allow it at all.

This is quite offensive. I’ll do my best to get essays graded in a timely manner, but I will not prioritize work over my own health or my own family any more than I already do. You get 13-15 hours a weekend ALREADY from me, and I refuse to give more. Frankly, to hear you demand that there is “no excuse” when things are late? Try to have a bit of compassion. I get very little time AT work to DO work.

I hope you are thanking those teachers for their timely feedback. They sacrificed time with their own families to give that feedback to your child.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think teachers should be punished for late grades, but I do agree that they should prioritize getting things back to students earlier. If a student gets a C on a test but doesn't find out about it until weeks later, that seems like a missed opportunity to actually ask questions on what they got wrong and try to fix their errors of thinking before the next batch of assignments/tests. Perhaps there should be fewer assignments or less cr*p for teachers to focus on so that they could focus on providing feedback, one of the major mechanisms of student learning.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's extremely deleterious for students' progress to not have their work back and be able to understand corrections in a timely manner. Beyond the quarter grading issue, it's a question of learning: they're learning so much at such speed in high school, that coming back to an essay or math unit from last month will seriously impact their memorization of facts and methods.

Most of my child's high school teachers grade in a timely manner. He's a senior, so he's had LOTS of high school teachers. There is absolutely NO excuse for late grading and MCPS should not allow it at all.

This is quite offensive. I’ll do my best to get essays graded in a timely manner, but I will not prioritize work over my own health or my own family any more than I already do. You get 13-15 hours a weekend ALREADY from me, and I refuse to give more. Frankly, to hear you demand that there is “no excuse” when things are late? Try to have a bit of compassion. I get very little time AT work to DO work.

I hope you are thanking those teachers for their timely feedback. They sacrificed time with their own families to give that feedback to your child.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think teachers should be punished for late grades, but I do agree that they should prioritize getting things back to students earlier. If a student gets a C on a test but doesn't find out about it until weeks later, that seems like a missed opportunity to actually ask questions on what they got wrong and try to fix their errors of thinking before the next batch of assignments/tests. Perhaps there should be fewer assignments or less cr*p for teachers to focus on so that they could focus on providing feedback, one of the major mechanisms of student learning.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's extremely deleterious for students' progress to not have their work back and be able to understand corrections in a timely manner. Beyond the quarter grading issue, it's a question of learning: they're learning so much at such speed in high school, that coming back to an essay or math unit from last month will seriously impact their memorization of facts and methods.

Most of my child's high school teachers grade in a timely manner. He's a senior, so he's had LOTS of high school teachers. There is absolutely NO excuse for late grading and MCPS should not allow it at all.

This is quite offensive. I’ll do my best to get essays graded in a timely manner, but I will not prioritize work over my own health or my own family any more than I already do. You get 13-15 hours a weekend ALREADY from me, and I refuse to give more. Frankly, to hear you demand that there is “no excuse” when things are late? Try to have a bit of compassion. I get very little time AT work to DO work.

I hope you are thanking those teachers for their timely feedback. They sacrificed time with their own families to give that feedback to your child.

Anonymous wrote:
It's extremely deleterious for students' progress to not have their work back and be able to understand corrections in a timely manner. Beyond the quarter grading issue, it's a question of learning: they're learning so much at such speed in high school, that coming back to an essay or math unit from last month will seriously impact their memorization of facts and methods.

Most of my child's high school teachers grade in a timely manner. He's a senior, so he's had LOTS of high school teachers. There is absolutely NO excuse for late grading and MCPS should not allow it at all.

Anonymous wrote:
It's extremely deleterious for students' progress to not have their work back and be able to understand corrections in a timely manner. Beyond the quarter grading issue, it's a question of learning: they're learning so much at such speed in high school, that coming back to an essay or math unit from last month will seriously impact their memorization of facts and methods.

Most of my child's high school teachers grade in a timely manner. He's a senior, so he's had LOTS of high school teachers. There is absolutely NO excuse for late grading and MCPS should not allow it at all.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or perhaps the teacher cannot get all of the grading done during contracted school hours and their normal amount of extra time in the evenings and weekends.

Lol. Let me guess you’re a teacher?

Not that poster, but anyone with a pulse knows that MCPS can’t supply enough subs this year and teachers are forced to spend their planning periods “covering” absent teachers’ classes. Maybe you can sign up to sub?

NP here. I’m not a teacher, but honest question…do teachers need to plan lessons every year?, I was under the impression that once a teacher plans a lesson (at the start of their career) it’s pretty much a repeat lesson every year, so there’s really not much planning involved during the subsequent years. Im asking a genuine question, please no snarky comments!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or perhaps the teacher cannot get all of the grading done during contracted school hours and their normal amount of extra time in the evenings and weekends.

Lol. Let me guess you’re a teacher?

Not that poster, but anyone with a pulse knows that MCPS can’t supply enough subs this year and teachers are forced to spend their planning periods “covering” absent teachers’ classes. Maybe you can sign up to sub?

NP here. I’m not a teacher, but honest question…do teachers need to plan lessons every year?, I was under the impression that once a teacher plans a lesson (at the start of their career) it’s pretty much a repeat lesson every year, so there’s really not much planning involved during the subsequent years. Im asking a genuine question, please no snarky comments!