Jun 26, 2014
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SHOW NOTES: This episode is part of our EDUCATORS’ EDEN™ series wherein we explore the paradise that the most passionate, creative and committed educators create for themselves, their students, peers, administrations and institutions! This specific episode is, “How to Handle Grade Disputes (I never got a ___ grade before)!”
In some cultures student grade disputes are rare, in some they are
nonexistent and in some they are frequent. The educator is not able
to control the social norms and cultural expectations of an entire
locale. Other than an educator selecting where they will teach,
they must accept the schema that is operational in that culture in
regards to educators and disputing their renderings (e.g., grades).
If an educator selects to teach in a locale where student grade
disputes occur, they must accept that there is nothing that
they will be able to do to prevent them. They are part of the
cultural expectation.
There are steps that the educator may take to be optimally prepared
for them and to remove all anxiety or concern on their
part.
1) You
were a student. What were your worst memories of poor grading and
feedback? Use those as models of what NOT to
do.
2) Grading is sharing and showing your work. For example, I provide
multiple modes of grading and feedback (voice notes, text detailed
feedback regarding each aspect of the rubric elements and written
embedded comments in substantive papers).
3) Consistently demonstrate and illustrate to your students your
joy and passion for your work.
NOTE: If you are teaching in an institution that has
unethical/criminal leadership that you are not able to educate in a
legal or ethical manner. You will have to relocate to an ethical
and legal organization to be able to do so.
Document everything that you can in writing. Keep records
organized.
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