There is a
lot of behind-the-scenes work involved in teaching that you may not be aware
of: planning and preparing for lessons, grading work, entering grades,
providing feedback to students, paperwork, creating reports, analyzing student
data, communicating with parents, documenting behavioral and academic
interventions, meetings with parents, meetings with other teachers, meetings
with administrators, trainings, supervision duty, helping students, managing
online learning tools, and the list goes on. Just like you have deadlines from
your teachers, I also have deadlines from by my bosses (who do not accept late
work). I have to prioritize tasks in the limited time I have every day. Please
respect and understand that your late work will not be graded as soon as you
submit it. It may not even be graded until a couple weeks after you submit it.
Many of the things on the list above, and working with students (which I spend
the bulk of my time doing) take priority over grading late work. It will get
graded, but please respect that things like being prepared to teach your class
every day, comforting a crying student, or returning the call of a concerned
parent take priority over grading work that could
have been completed on time in the first place, but was not. If having 0s in
the gradebook makes you uncomfortable, good. That means you care about your
performance. But in the future, turning your work in on time will prevent the
discomfort you feel right now.
With love,
Mrs. Cobb
