Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District

If the above are followed as principles and procedures for assigning homework, then there
need not be any specific guidelines concerning the maximum length of time students should
spend on homework.
5. Grade Reporting
The grade reporting periods are determined by the district. The grade reporting period ends
at the end of the school day on the last day of the grading period excluding final grading
period. Cycle grades will not be exported into the district’s electronic grade book before
the end of the grade reporting period.
Excluding the final grading period, report cards will go home at the end of the week
following the end of the previous grading period.
Report cards will be sent home each nine weeks. Parents must sign and return a copy to the
school. Parents of students making a failing grade in any subject must be notified and
offered the opportunity for a conference with the teacher who issued the failing grade. Error
in notification will not necessarily constitute a change of grade.
Parents or guardians will be contacted by the teacher at any time during the reporting period
that there is a clear indication the student is doing unsatisfactory work. In addition to the
nine weeks report card, a progress report will be sent home at the end of the third and sixth
week periods to the parents of all students. Schools will have two nine week grades each
worth 45% of the semester grade and the final exam grade will be the other 10%. Grades
will be averaged to determine a yearly grade for each course.
If a student, because of no fault of his own, cannot get in required work by the end of the
grading period, the teacher will give the student an “I” (Incomplete) until the work is
completed. The student must arrange with his teacher to complete his work within seven
calendar days. The student is responsible to submit the work in seven calendar days, and
the teacher is responsible to change the grade from “I” to a numeric grade using the District
Policy and following campus grade change procedures. If a numeric passing grade is not
updated within the seven day period the student will remain ineligible through the next
grading period.
6. Late Work
Teachers are expected to work with students to turn in late work. To align practices with the
belief that grades should reflect student mastery of skills and not student behaviors, students
should have ample opportunities to complete assignments. Teachers will employ RtI
interventions to ensure student success and demonstration of student mastery. Teachers
should use professional judgment to align strategies and equitable opportunities for students
to complete work considering extenuating circumstances, etc.
Interventions
Campuses will provide multiple intervention opportunities for students who have not
completed assignments by the due date. These opportunities may include but are not limited
to:
Lunch study sessions
Before/after school study sessions
Major Grades (examples of major grades are listed on 16-4)
If students do not submit work on time, teachers must begin intervention strategies to
assist students in completing the assignment. Strategies must be aligned to individual
campus strategies.
Students may submit late work with ten points deducted for each day after the due date.
After the third school day the highest grade will be a 70.
Teachers/departments have the option to extend the deadline or date to accept late work
beyond the third day for a maximum of 70 points possible.
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