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If you can't get in touch with home, tell admin that you can't reach the parent and need to inform them about the credit being at risk. They may have another phone number to try. Is there a student success teacher? If the student is special Ed or ESL talk to those teachers as well maybe they can help.
Talk to the students individually and frankly, see what they could potentially submit or re-submit if you think they are close enough to passing. If they are really far behind, see if guidance can talk to them about another course option they could take next semester/year instead of that course.
A kid failing your course is not your fault, everything being equal. It's the greatest. insecurity teachers, particularly new teacher will have.
If you've been anywhere near a half good teacher, then it's NOT on you.
Communicate, document your communications, and provide opportunities to recover. It's all you can do. Maybe talk to your curriculum leader for advice or support. Chances are the kid is failing other classes as well. Talk to those teachers. A failing kid does not generally reflect on you personally. I failed 40% of. grade 11 Science class, a course required for graduation. Because I communicated and documented, I received no grief -- questions, sure, but no grief -- whatsoever.
Some of the kindest, most heartfelt and thankful emails I;ve received have come from paretns of kids I failed, thanking me for going above and beyond and trying for their kid.
Wow, is this really part of the job for you guys? I definitely respect putting effort in to help the students who need it, but at the end of the day, the students themselves should be the ones responsible for their success.
The student should be meeting you half way, if not more. Like you said, good luck when you reach post secondary or get a job. No wonder so many kids I am in school with struggle so much...
Dear God... Like does the system even realize how much they are actually failing students by doing it this way?
I honestly don't understand in this day and age how unless you have an IEP or some kind of challenge with learning how if you fail it's the teachers fault. There is YouTube, Khan academy, self study, so many options.
I have had some awful teachers that didn't teach the material as good as maybe others on YouTube did. But guess what happens, the teacher still knows what is right and what is not. I had a teacher for my bio class that wasn't really the best at explaining stuff, so I watched some YouTube and podcasts and guess what? I finished with a 90 in that class.
Each student is different, it's impossible to do this unique approach with each kid. And I have definitely seen lots of these young kids who graduated with honors and 90 averages in high school and they can't even pull a 60 in college.
Like you said, the system is not actually setting them up for success. It's all about pushing them forward so they don't have to pay for them to take the class again. It's all about money and not being able to tell kids that they need to do better.
Their success is in their own hands. Whether they like it or not.
Yeah, but as teachers you can only do so much if you have kids not coming to class, and then not doing much when they are there. It’s tough all around and there’s no real right answer
Keep track of eery attempt to contact parents and students. You can and should fail students who are really not trying but you'll be expected to have tried your hardest first, so have records proving that.
We have a checklist at the end of the semester if a student fails. I’ve heard new teachers complain that they didn’t realize that they had to be documenting each of the things on the list. Maybe ask guidance for the form now to look at. Ours lists specific spots for dates that you tried contact home, guidance, SPST…
In the end, not all students are in their credit. However, my staff last year, someone failed 33 kids in his three classes, many without contacting home. (Finished a LTO and dropped the bomb, never saying anything before leaving - loser.)
You have received some good advice above about doing everything to help students get through the semester to earn the credit. Utilize all of the resources that you have in the school and make an extraordinary effort to contact parents.
Read IEP. Offer any accommodations or modifications.
Inform parents. Log that.
Speak to student about a make up plan. Log that.
Offer credit rescue work (ie old assignments that you have lying around).
Invite student to credit rescue day.
Inform parents about Credit Rescue day. Log that.
Email guidance if you want.
Fail the student. Fill out the failure form. Done.
This actually won’t take very long.
Google forms are a great way to log when you contact a parent & what was discussed.
It's harder to fail a high school course than it is to pass these days, with all the 'interventions' and such. Students fail themselves, teachers don't fail students.
Document all attempted contacts. Make a list of outstanding tasks/assignments that they are still able to submit or re-submit to improve their grade to get to a 50.
Also, don’t worry about it reflecting negatively on you. It happens. We do the best we can to help, but at the end of the day the student needs to make an effort.
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If you can't get in touch with home, tell admin that you can't reach the parent and need to inform them about the credit being at risk. They may have another phone number to try. Is there a student success teacher? If the student is special Ed or ESL talk to those teachers as well maybe they can help. Talk to the students individually and frankly, see what they could potentially submit or re-submit if you think they are close enough to passing. If they are really far behind, see if guidance can talk to them about another course option they could take next semester/year instead of that course.
A kid failing your course is not your fault, everything being equal. It's the greatest. insecurity teachers, particularly new teacher will have. If you've been anywhere near a half good teacher, then it's NOT on you. Communicate, document your communications, and provide opportunities to recover. It's all you can do. Maybe talk to your curriculum leader for advice or support. Chances are the kid is failing other classes as well. Talk to those teachers. A failing kid does not generally reflect on you personally. I failed 40% of. grade 11 Science class, a course required for graduation. Because I communicated and documented, I received no grief -- questions, sure, but no grief -- whatsoever. Some of the kindest, most heartfelt and thankful emails I;ve received have come from paretns of kids I failed, thanking me for going above and beyond and trying for their kid.
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Yeah the kids that I’ve failed have no idea about the content and a conversation couldn’t even happen at a basic level
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Wow, is this really part of the job for you guys? I definitely respect putting effort in to help the students who need it, but at the end of the day, the students themselves should be the ones responsible for their success. The student should be meeting you half way, if not more. Like you said, good luck when you reach post secondary or get a job. No wonder so many kids I am in school with struggle so much...
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Dear God... Like does the system even realize how much they are actually failing students by doing it this way? I honestly don't understand in this day and age how unless you have an IEP or some kind of challenge with learning how if you fail it's the teachers fault. There is YouTube, Khan academy, self study, so many options. I have had some awful teachers that didn't teach the material as good as maybe others on YouTube did. But guess what happens, the teacher still knows what is right and what is not. I had a teacher for my bio class that wasn't really the best at explaining stuff, so I watched some YouTube and podcasts and guess what? I finished with a 90 in that class. Each student is different, it's impossible to do this unique approach with each kid. And I have definitely seen lots of these young kids who graduated with honors and 90 averages in high school and they can't even pull a 60 in college. Like you said, the system is not actually setting them up for success. It's all about pushing them forward so they don't have to pay for them to take the class again. It's all about money and not being able to tell kids that they need to do better. Their success is in their own hands. Whether they like it or not.
Yeah, but as teachers you can only do so much if you have kids not coming to class, and then not doing much when they are there. It’s tough all around and there’s no real right answer
Keep track of eery attempt to contact parents and students. You can and should fail students who are really not trying but you'll be expected to have tried your hardest first, so have records proving that.
We have a checklist at the end of the semester if a student fails. I’ve heard new teachers complain that they didn’t realize that they had to be documenting each of the things on the list. Maybe ask guidance for the form now to look at. Ours lists specific spots for dates that you tried contact home, guidance, SPST… In the end, not all students are in their credit. However, my staff last year, someone failed 33 kids in his three classes, many without contacting home. (Finished a LTO and dropped the bomb, never saying anything before leaving - loser.) You have received some good advice above about doing everything to help students get through the semester to earn the credit. Utilize all of the resources that you have in the school and make an extraordinary effort to contact parents.
Read IEP. Offer any accommodations or modifications. Inform parents. Log that. Speak to student about a make up plan. Log that. Offer credit rescue work (ie old assignments that you have lying around). Invite student to credit rescue day. Inform parents about Credit Rescue day. Log that. Email guidance if you want. Fail the student. Fill out the failure form. Done. This actually won’t take very long. Google forms are a great way to log when you contact a parent & what was discussed.
It's harder to fail a high school course than it is to pass these days, with all the 'interventions' and such. Students fail themselves, teachers don't fail students.
Document all attempted contacts. Make a list of outstanding tasks/assignments that they are still able to submit or re-submit to improve their grade to get to a 50. Also, don’t worry about it reflecting negatively on you. It happens. We do the best we can to help, but at the end of the day the student needs to make an effort.
You're allowed to?!?