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

Reports
Schools are required to maintain the fire drill and fire prevention forms at the campuses and turn
them in to the director of safe and secure schools at the end of the year.
L. GRADING POLICY/REQUIREMENTS
Policies described are minimum district policies. Individual buildings may have additional
requirements.
Numerical grades are not given in PK. Teachers will use daily observations, nine weeks
individualized testing, and portfolios to determine progress and mastery of the benchmark
targets/state guidelines. The report card will show parents the mastery of skills throughout the year.
The marks used on the report are as follows:
Academic areas –
2,3,4,5,6 - Indicates which nine weeks the skill was mastered
- Indicates that the skill was introduced and tested but the student has not yet mastered
the skill
Blank – Indicates that the skill has not yet been introduced or tested
Social Skills areas –
- Indicates satisfactory
X – Indicates experiencing difficulty
Students must be in attendance a minimum of 80 days each semester in order to receive credit for a
class. An attendance committee may grant exceptions for extenuating circumstances.
Students will be assessed at the end of each grading period to determine progress and skill mastery in
all areas addressed on the report card (including social skills). Documentation must be maintained
for areas of concern.
M. HOMEWORK POLICY
Grades EC/PK
A campus homework plan will be implemented at each campus to provide extra practice,
maintenance of skills or review of skills.
Homework assignments should not exceed fifteen minutes.
The teacher will follow-up on homework assignments and have a system in place to reward
completed assignments.
N. INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTION – RE-TEACHING/REASSESSMENT POLICY
Re-teaching and re-assessment is appropriate for all instructional objectives assessed as major grades
as recorded in the teacher’s gradebook regardless of the original assessment grade. It should be a
continuous and ongoing component of every course. All students will have the opportunity to reassess
one time within the specified two-week window for every major grade. The teacher is
required to provide this opportunity for all students scoring below 70% on a major grade.
The original and the re-assessment grade must be documented in the teacher’s grade book score
notes. Only the higher of the two grades will be placed in the grade book when averaging grades for
the reporting period.
Re-teaching for individual or small groups of students will occur during specified times, such as
class time or before or after school, in accordance with the campus Re-teach and Re-assessment
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