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Course Calendar 2017–18
7. Responsibilities of Teachers and Students
Teachers and students assume a number of
responsibilities as they jointly engage in assessment and
evaluation practices that promote and support learning.
Teachers will:
•
discuss assessment and evaluation practices,
including grading procedures, with students at
the beginning of each course based on a course
information sheet or a written outline that is
distributed to students and parents
(p 6)
;
•
describe specific evaluation criteria to students prior
to each assessment and evaluate students based on
their achievement of these criteria;
•
use exemplars and samples of student work where
possible to model levels of achievement;
•
use a variety of assessment and evaluation methods
including observation, conversation and student
products
(p 39)
;
•
ensure that assessment and evaluation tasks are
based on both the content standards (curriculum
expectations and the performance standards
achievement chart categories and standards)
(p 16)
;
•
ensure that student learning is assessed and
evaluated in a balanced manner with respect to
the four achievement chart categories (knowledge
and understanding, thinking, communication and
application) and that achievement of particular
expectations is considered within the appropriate
categories
(p 17)
;
•
assess and evaluate student work with reference to
established criteria for levels of achievement that
are standard across the province, rather than by
comparison with work done by other students, or
through the ranking of student performance or with
reference to performance standards developed by
individual teachers for their own classrooms
(p 19)
;
•
use professional judgement to determine which
specific expectations should be used to evaluate
achievement of the overall expectations, and
which ones will be accounted for instruction and
assessment but not necessarily evaluated
(p 38)
;
•
provide students with opportunities to demonstrate
learning over time
(p 29)
;
•
provide regular, descriptive feedback to support
student self-knowledge and promote student success
(pp 29, 32, 34)
;
•
take steps to avoid and address late and missing
assignments (see Late and Missed Assignments);
•
emphasize the learning skills and work habits
including the importance of timeliness as a life skill.
Student’s Responsibilities
Students will:
•
demonstrate their learning by providing evidence
of their understanding, knowledge and skills within
established assessment and evaluation timelines
(p
42)
;
•
participate in the process of assessment and
evaluation to support their development as self-
directed learners and informed decision-makers
(p 42)
;
•
self-assess and self-evaluate when appropriate to
check, track and deepen their understanding.
•
meet assessment deadlines
(p 42)
(see Late and
Missed Assignments);
•
take the initiative to seek extra assistance when
needed and in a timely manner;
•
submit their own work (see Academic Honesty);
•
seek to improve their learning skills and work habits.
8. Deadlines, Late and Missed Assignments
Student’s Responsibilities
Students must understand that:
•
they are responsible for providing evidence of their
understanding of the overall expectations within
the time frame specified by the teacher, and in a
form approved by the teacher as meeting clearly
established deadlines is an accepted, reasonable and
important practice.
•
they are responsible for providing evidence of their
understanding of the overall expectations within the
time frame specified and in a form approved by the
teacher, as meeting clearly established deadlines is
an accepted, reasonable and important practice.
•
deadlines help students manage their time effectively
and help teachers acquire a picture of student
understanding over time.
•
late and missed assignments will be noted on the
report card as part of the evaluation of a student’s
development of learning skills and work habits and
may have other consequences
(p 43)
.
•
they will receive a zero for missing any deadline that
counts towards their overall mark, unless another
arrangement has been mutually established between
the student and the teacher in advance of the
deadline.
•
they will be required to make up class material if they
miss class to complete an assignment.
•
parents/guardians will be contacted when
assessments are not completed on time.