What are the Grading Policies?

 

  Each project is graded according to:

         -The difficulty of the assignment.

         -Your understanding of the assignment.

         -Whether you used your time effectively.

         -Your commitment & effort.

         -Your Craftsmanship.

         -Your personal improvement.

 

 - I no longer use rubrics. I will be the rubric! I will tell you how to keep adjusting your

   work until you accomplish what you need to for the lesson. You will also be asked to

   explain your choices, work, and what you learned according to the lesson objective. 

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- I will not accept work as finished until it is at your personal best level, at which point you

   will receive an A.

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- However, there are some circumstances where, despite this policy, you might not get a

  final A for the grading period or semester. (More on this later).

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 -You will NOT be graded in comparison to anyone else's work, talent or ability. 

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 -You WILL be graded according to your own commitment, effort and willingness to

  improve.

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What are the deadline policies?

    Deadlines are going to be customized! I will have a list of the assignments and how long each should take. When you are ready to start a new assignment, we will look at the list and decide together how long it should take you. As time goes on, we will get a better sense of how long you need, and we will adjust deadlines accordingly. However, I expect you to work faster than the deadlines. If you finish an assignment early, turn it in and move on!  

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SO: ​

- Most students, both motivated and talented, should go MUCH FASTER than the official

   deadlines. 

- If the deadline passes, you are still expected to finish the assignment. Late work will be

  docked by one grade for each week it is late. 

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Those of you who will blast through all the deadlines (hopefully most of you)...just keep going! When you reach the end of a grading period you will get credit for everything you've done so far. 

                   

What Happens when you are off task?

If you are caught being off task...that means sleeping, watching videos, doing work for other classes, texting your friends, being on Instagram or TikTok, doing your makeup, etc...I will give you a zero in the grade book for whatever assignment you are currently working on (or the next one if you get multiple zeroes in a row). These zeroes are TEMPORARY. As soon as you turn in that work, you will get your real grade but it will be docked one full grade. 

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