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. 

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

   will receive an A.

- 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).

 

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

 -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 more like benchmarks in my class. I will assign a deadline for each assignment but they will be generous and give you lots of time. However, I expect you to work at your own pace much faster than the deadlines. If you finish an assignment, you must keep going on the next one regardless of when the one you finished is due. 

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SO: 

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- Please remember that these deadlines represent the BARE MINIMUM that I expect

  you to do. 

- Most students, both motivated and talented, should go MUCH FASTER THAN THIS. 

- These deadlines are in place only because my previous policy of no deadlines at all

  was taken advantage of too much. There was always a handful of students who tried to

  get away with doing almost nothing all year. This is to hold them, and everyone

  accountable.

- 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.