Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has a teacher who has not graded anything since the first week of school.

So their interim grade was blank?

No the interim grade was based on the work the first week of school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has a teacher who has not graded anything since the first week of school.

So their interim grade was blank?

Yes, my second grader has no single grade showing up, I don’t know if it’s synergy or the teacher.

Anonymous wrote:My school takes away my two planning periods a day. One is used for useless meetings to disseminate info that would more efficiently conveyed by email if they dared to put those directives in writing. The other is taken by covering classes because there aren’t subs. The expectation is that teachers will do this unpaid at home, but also complete recommendations, forms for IEPs or 504s, and plan for multiple preps. If a teacher falls behind in grading, it probably isn’t laziness. It’s probably triage.

This is why. There just isn't enough time in the day. 45 minutes a day is what teachers 'hopefully' have. In that 45 minutes, teachers have to: plan, set up Canvas/make copies, complete IEP/504 reports, grade, make phone calls to parents of students who are failing (this could end up taking all 45 minutes, it isn't just Hi, your kid is failing, bye), respond to emails/messages (check Canvas, Google, Outlook, Remind, Synergy)... The list goes on and on. I got an email from a parent - my kid has an A in class but didn't not get Consistently for their class participation. Why did you mark my kid late? (well he came to class late...) Every time I have to respond to an email like that it takes away from all of the things on my list.

OP - if you want it to change don't blame the teacher, blame MCPS and the system. Teachers have been supplementing the education system with all of the unpaid labor and unreimbursed supplies. We can't continue like this. Advocate for ensuring we have time in our day to not only plan the lessons but grade and provide feedback. Until we get that, assignments will go ungraded. And I will add that Synergy is horrible this year. I push the sync button in Canvas and wait and wait and wait and wait. Maybe grades will appear in Synergy, but maybe not. Since, I pushed the Sync button, I assume that the grades actually sync'd. It isn't until a kid asks why isn't it showing up, that I realize oh, they didn't actually sync. Join the thread to advocate for a new grading program. But again this is not the teachers fault. It just compounds the time spent on trying to get the grades in Synergy, which reduces the time we actually have to grade.

Anonymous wrote:DC has a teacher who has not graded anything since the first week of school.

So their interim grade was blank?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teachers that do this are lazy and disorganized. You can speak to the assistant principal about it if you want to talk to anyone who can kick their asses.

Even though I agree they need a kick in the butt, I'd be concerned they'd take it out on my kid.

Which I think many do.

I'm the person who suggested speaking to the AP. in our experience this did happen in MS but never in HS - the taking it out on the kid stuff.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teachers that do this are lazy and disorganized. You can speak to the assistant principal about it if you want to talk to anyone who can kick their asses.

Even though I agree they need a kick in the butt, I'd be concerned they'd take it out on my kid.

And when that happens I tell my kid to let me know and then I’ll step in. My instruction for my kid is 1) Give a little grace. Ask the teacher about the work item and grade and if the know when they’ll be returning them. 2) If you still don’t get it back timely send an email noting that you’re following up again. 3) If you still don’t get a grade send another email and this time copy your counselor and me as your parent. We’ve only made it to part three one time and started getting grades soon thereafter. Sure this teacher had to keep being proded throughout the year but the kid learned a lesson about life and still got a good grade.

Anonymous wrote:My school takes away my two planning periods a day. One is used for useless meetings to disseminate info that would more efficiently conveyed by email if they dared to put those directives in writing. The other is taken by covering classes because there aren’t subs. The expectation is that teachers will do this unpaid at home, but also complete recommendations, forms for IEPs or 504s, and plan for multiple preps. If a teacher falls behind in grading, it probably isn’t laziness. It’s probably triage.

True, alas.

My school takes away my two planning periods a day. One is used for useless meetings to disseminate info that would more efficiently conveyed by email if they dared to put those directives in writing. The other is taken by covering classes because there aren’t subs. The expectation is that teachers will do this unpaid at home, but also complete recommendations, forms for IEPs or 504s, and plan for multiple preps. If a teacher falls behind in grading, it probably isn’t laziness. It’s probably triage.

Anonymous wrote:My DS (10th grade) just got an essay graded after 3.5 weeks. He got a number score in the grade book, not a single word about it- no rubric or anything. So frustrating.

That's the worst. I think there should be more transparency required and accountability for writing work.

My DS (10th grade) just got an essay graded after 3.5 weeks. He got a number score in the grade book, not a single word about it- no rubric or anything. So frustrating.

DC has a teacher who has not graded anything since the first week of school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teachers that do this are lazy and disorganized. You can speak to the assistant principal about it if you want to talk to anyone who can kick their asses.

Even though I agree they need a kick in the butt, I'd be concerned they'd take it out on my kid.

Which I think many do.

Anonymous wrote:Admin also try to get double overtime out of teachers without paying them. I remember I was pushed and worked 70-80 hrs per week grading and subbing nonstop. I was a good employee and did as I was told and wrote in 40 hrs per week on my time sheet. I was non renewed. Teachers in the US are simply not valued in the money making complex we call education.

This is so sad. I hate that this is the reality for our educators. You guys deserve. better. I wish I could help as a parent.

Anonymous wrote:The teachers that do this are lazy and disorganized. You can speak to the assistant principal about it if you want to talk to anyone who can kick their asses.

Even though I agree they need a kick in the butt, I'd be concerned they'd take it out on my kid.

In high school, it should be up to the student to address issues with teachers. Parents should be secondary.