The most common cause of grade difficulty in this type of class is missing deadlines. Too many students do not understand the importance of meeting assignment deadlines. An assignment is late if it is not ready when called for. All assignments will be called for. All assignments will be accepted late. Points will not be deducted from an assignment because it is late. Assignments not turned in by the deadline may cause a drop in citizenship.
Missing Deadlines will also affect a student's letter grade as part of the Work Place (Durable) Skills standard grading.
By district policy, students have 1 day for each day absent + 1 day to turn missed work in. This means if a student misses 3 consecutive school days for illness, they have 4 days to turn assignments missed in without being considered late.
When assignments are turned in late, or not at all, Citizenship grade points may be lost. Students who habitually turn assignments in late may find that they have a very poor Citizenship grade that is hard to repair. It is very important that assignments be turned in on time. Parents, help your students meet deadlines, please. It is an important life/work skill. Click Here to see the Citizenship Rubric
When late work is turned in students are required to send me an email from their school account with the name of the assignment and the period # in the subject line. This lets me know to go look at the assignment. Without the email the assignment will not be graded. Click here to see the Red Poster hanging in class.
The most important part of the late work issue is that students fall behind. When a student does not complete work in the allotted time, especially on projects that must be done in class because of materials, tools or other requirements, they end up having to make that time up before or after school. There is no way to use the same day during the next project/unit to work on 2 projects at the same time. Students will continue to be behind until the end of the term when there is no more time left to complete missing projects.