Sometimes in my excitement about a course plan I’ve developed I totally forget to put a late policy in my syllabus. Even after 21 years of college teaching, I forgot to add a late policy to my course syllabus this past fall semester! [What was I thinking? Answer: I wasn’t!]
Why do you need a late policy in your syllabus?
1. Your students need to know up front how you will handle assignments they want to turn in late.
Your course syllabus is a bit like a contract you give your class. In it you tell them what the course is about, what you expect them to learn, how you expect them to demonstrate what they’ve learned.
I also use the syllabus as a way to advertise the course, to share my excitement for the course.
All aboard! We had a week or so to think about things other than our teaching. One of the great things about being a teacher is there are occasional times when we can truly feel we’ve completed our job. On the other hand, hear we go again!
Like being drawn back to the rollercoaster in an amusement park, we get back in the rickety car and slowly lurch our way back to the top of the ride.
School’s out for…….winter break!
One of the great things about being a college professor is the feeling you get when you turn in your semester’s grades. Before the advent of online grading, I would fill out a grade sheet in pen, check it over three times, and then walk it over to the Registrar’s office.
You’ve given out an assignment to your class, perhaps even one modeled on an example from this blog, and now you’re trying to figure out how to grade it. What goes into developing a letter-grade scale?
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