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  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!)
In this situation, it would have been best to discuss the grading with the co-teacher before handing them back to students and recording the grades in the grade book. If the students were expecting their essays to be graded by a rubric, it is unfair that some classes were graded this way and some were not. It sounds like it is time to have an open and honest discussion with your co-teacher about grading. This can be a time for both of you to bring up and work out any concerns that either of you have.
 
     
     
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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 with this solution. Both of the teachers should have went over the grading scale together.
Rated On: June 30, 2015 10:24 pm
Rated By: Brittany Duce
 
     
     
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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 5:26 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: Good idea.
Rated On: October 23, 2017 3:17 am
Rated By: RaZyma
 
     
     
  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 would do this
Rated On: March 19, 2018 3:05 am
Rated By: aJaTyb