I know it's a cliche in the recent educational philosophies but I came across a blog on feedback and felt strongly to write about it.
In my long practicum I had the "pleasure" of completing report cards for the mid-term reporting period. I had heard many great stories about how the elementary school report cards are so very lengthy with the teacher having to describe how each student is doing in each area of learning and their social interactions in the class and their overall well being, while high school report cards are just entering the percentage, allocating a working habit, and choosing a comment from a list of codes and that's that. Frankly I was happy to be teaching high school. Once reporting period came along, I was introduced to the system and was given a list of comments. As I sat there putting in grades and work habits I found it more and more difficult to find the right comment, or should I say a more fulfilling comment for each student. A one liner would just not do. I wanted to write sentences, nay paragraphs about some of the students. It was then that I was tempted to wish I was teaching elementary school. Many a time, we give a grade and a "good job" or "see me" on the students' assignments many of which go unnoticed or sometimes useless. There must be constant open communication between the teacher and the students with parents being involved as well. How practical is that? How can we make it practical? That is one that I will have to figure out as I step into the real world of teaching. Bi-weekly reports that are filled out by the teacher from a template and by the parents and student from a template that they are given, a regular forum/email thread back and forth to discuss progress of student are a couple of ways I'd like to send and receive feedback from
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8/5/2013 04:05:24 am
In response to your reflections, I give codes #23 and 118.
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