Grading Do's and Don'ts!

DO!

Pray about it :) This seems like the typical response for a lot of things BUT...prayer is powerful and God can help clear your mind and help you to accurately focus on what you are evaluating.

DON'T! 

Grade when you are tired. Or if you get tired when you're grading take a break! Switch up the order of how you grade. Instead of always starting alphabetically, switch up the order and grade from the bottom up. We are human and as we get to the end of our grades we sometimes grade easier.

DO! 

Check that what you are grading is authentic work that demonstrates the skills you are working on in class. Don't give kids busy work :) I'm totally guilty of this!

DON'T!

Grade based off of your "memory." Participation grades are always a pain for me, but I'm working on taking an extra 30 seconds at the end of each class to mark how the students participated during that class and using that data for grades.

Encouragement To Press On!

Isaiah 41:10

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Dear Teachers Everywhere...

Letter of Encouragement

Class Dojo- Yea or Nay?

Benefits of Class Dojo:

Communication between school and home

Immediate Feedback

Instant Access

Unity between parents, students, and teachers





Concerns/Doubts:

Labels students

Need to stop asking "how motivated are my students¨ and instead as ¨How are my students motivated¨ -For the Love of Learning Blogger

It feels like a giant game of tag - Catching students being good or bad

Habits!

• Habits make up 40 % of our everyday life! (Free To Focus- Gretchen Rubin)
•  They free us and energize us to make other decisions. Ex: You don't force yourself to brush your teeth every day, or maybe you do ;) 
• What habits have you made or what habits do others have that you wish you had? Ex: Daniel in the Bible 
• What works for YOU? 
• Strategies: 1. Monitor- How often do you do things? -Make convenient bad habits more inconvenient. 
• SMART Goals
• Rewards - Rewards within themselves. Ex: Company that rewards workers who go to the gym 75 times during the year with a free gym membership the next year. 
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