Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Co-Teacher's grading You a high school English teacher and have a co-teacher in two of your four classes. The co-teacher offers to grade the essays for both the regular and special education students in both classes so you can grade your other two classes. It's about a week later before you get the essays back and are able to record the grades and return them to students. While looking over them you notice your co-teacher was very lenient on the students and did not use the rubric that had been created. What is worse is that your students in the classes that are not co-taught are upset that their grades are so horrible in comparison--the students have obviously been talking to each other. How should you handle this situation with your co-teacher? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Grading should be by a rubric. You should even offer to grade a couple essays with the co-teacher to make sure there is consistency in how the papers are being graded. Just like you have to demonstrate high expectations for students, you must let your co-teacher know that you have high expectations in grading.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I agree. Rated On: October 4, 2015 5:28 am Rated By: dePyja                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I think this is a good and well thought out solution. Rated On: October 12, 2015 12:10 pm Rated By: Natalie Taylor