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

Teacher Handbook 2012-2013 73
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Schools are encouraged to incorporate fire safety/fire prevention lessons into the curriculum. At the
end of the year in the fire marshal’s report, schools are required to provide a percentage of students
who have had fire prevention instruction.
Curriculum guides are available from the Fire Prevention and Outreach section of the State Fire
Marshal’s Office at P.O. Box 149221, Austin, Tx 78714-9221 or online at
www.tdi.state.tx.us/fire/fmcurric.html.
Fire Drill
One fire drill must be conducted each month and a record of these drills kept.
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
Policies described are minimum district policies. Individual buildings may have additional
requirements.
Grade Reporting
Students will receive report cards at the end of each nine-week period. Report cards must be signed
by the parent and returned. If a student receives a grade below "70" or an “N” or “U” in any class on
the report card, the parents will be notified of the need for a conference with the teacher who issued
the failing grade. All conferences must be documented by the teacher.
1. At the end of the third week and sixth week of a grading period, the teachers will send
progress reports home on every child. Teachers will phone parents of those students who
do not return their signed progress reports. A teacher will phone parents of any child who
begins to fail after progress reports are sent home at the third week and sixth week. If the
parent cannot be contacted by phone after reasonable attempts, a letter must be sent
informing the parent of the child's progress. An error in notification will not necessarily
result in a grade change.
2. The teacher will keep accurate grades. Grade book will be printed each nine weeks.
3. 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 gradebook before the
end of the grade reporting period. The last nine weeks grade reporting period will end
before the last day of the nine weeks.
Excluding the final grading period, report cards will go home at the end of the week
following the end of the previous grading period.
4. Prior to the nine-week grade processing date, teachers may assign a student a grade of “R”
for the nine-week cycle average. The “R” will indicate that the student has a pending
reassessment of an exam which was recorded as a major grade. All grades of “R” should be
cleared based on a reassessment within ten instructional days following the grade
processing date.