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Grading in the elementary school library is insane.
Aiming for four graded assignments per quarter for grades K-5 in a school of approximately 480 students means:
- I'm grading approximately 1,920 assignments every eight weeks AND
- Approximately 7,680 assignments each year.
Insane. As stated.
Anything to help this flow more smoothly is a welcome adversary. And my main ally is a box of custom-made rubber stamps.
I shared all about it on a guest blog post at Sharing the Shelves.
You can read it here.
Curious... Do you give Library Media grades in your school? Or perhaps contribute weight to the classroom grades?
I'd love to know more about how Library Media functions in schools nationwide.
I'm in MD too and I give grades K-5. But we only give grades on the 2nd & 4th quarter report cards. I've got 530 kids and it can get pretty overwhelming at times. Even though I try and space projects out so I'm not doing major projects in all classes. But due to days off, field trips, etc. they all seem to always overlap. I really like the idea of the stamps. If you have something saved on the computer do you print it out to send home?
ReplyDeleteI typically print out a B&W copy or, if web-based, send home a rubric with a link to the project homesite.
DeleteThanks for sharing, Stacey! Nice to know we're in the same boat!
It always makes me feel better knowing someone else is in the same boat as me. Some days I feel all I do is teach and then come home and grade.
DeleteDo you have an online grade book? We have one where parents can access it at all times.
Oh... nice! We're moving countywide to an online gradebook through Aspen, our record keeping system. For now, I keep them on GradeKeeper so that I can stay within the realm of acceptable use (etc.) for the county.
DeleteWe don't do grades on our own (thank goodness since I have about 915 kids and still growing!), but often classes I schedule in my flex time with teachers are part of a grade for them. Our art, music, and PE teachers give an S, N, or U grade for each student though, so I would not be surprised to see it eventually.
ReplyDeleteHolly, thanks for sharing. So glad to know your hard work is considered in the overall grade earned by the student on the assignment. That's definitely in line with what we're doing, even if not giving hard grades on a report card. 915 kids! I hope you have help! :)
DeleteYuck! I can't imagine keeping grades for all of my kids. There is barely enough time in my day as it is. I have a flexibly scheduled library with over 650 kids and feel blessed that I don't need to keep track of grades. BBBUUUTTT ... we are getting a new superintendent and NY is all about using data to "rate" our teachers ... so the day may be coming :(
ReplyDeleteSonya, You'll have plenty of us to pull ideas from if the time ever comes. No worry about that!
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