The document discusses changes to the grading policy and graduation requirements. It outlines new rubrics for behavioral standards, attendance, punctuality, work completion, and cooperative work that will be reported quarterly. Grades will now be reported on an integer scale of 1 to 4 that corresponds to a letter grade, and grades will be calculated as the average of standard grades. Restrictions are tightening for re-assessment and flexible deadlines. Commencement honors will now recognize students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher as cum laude, 3.75 or higher as magna cum laude, and 4.0 as summa cum laude. A process will be developed by December to select graduation speakers to be chosen

1. Class Meetings 2014

2. Welcome back!
Today’s agenda:
○ Grading policy changes
○ Your questions!

3. Grading Policy Changes, etc.
College & Career Readiness Standards
● Behavioral standards reported quarterly.
● Incentives / consequences developed.
● Process w/ student, parent, community
input.
● Renaissance class, Mr. Clark
● Refer to handbook for rubrics

4. Grading Policy Changes, etc.
College & Career Readiness Standards
● Attendance & Punctuality Rubric

5. Grading Policy Changes, etc.
College & Career Readiness Standards
● Timely Work Completion Rubric

6. Grading Policy Changes, etc.
College & Career Readiness Standards
● Quality of Work Rubric

7. Grading Policy Changes, etc.
College & Career Readiness Standards
● Cooperative Work Rubric

8. Grades & Grade Reporting
● How we will help you learn -- your rights
● Integer scale
● Conversion to letter grade
● Jumprope
● GPA

9. Grades & Grade Reporting

10. Grades & Grade Reporting
Knowledge & Skill Performance Reporting

11. Grades & Grade Reporting
Grade calculation:
● Grade = Average of standard grades
● Grade = integer from 1 to 4
● Integer converted to letter grade*

12. Grades & Grade Reporting
Grade Reporting
● Grades reported using Jumprope gradebook

13. Grades & Grade Reporting
Reporting & GPA Calculation:
● Grades reported quarterly with eligibility
consequences.
● Grades are CUMULATIVE which means the
final grade is based on EVIDENCE from the
entire school year.
● Important sophomore, senior deadline: END
OF 1st SEMESTER

14. Grading Policy Changes
TIER 2 & TIER 3 Re-assessment and Flexible
Deadline Rules tighten restrictions on re-dos
and flexible deadlines.
● Using flexible deadlines impacts C&CR
scores.
● Teachers will use the “Incomplete” more
often.
● Teachers have discretion to reduce or
eliminate deadline flexibility.

15. Graduation changes
● Commencement honors this year:
○ Recognition of graduates… (Latin honors system)
■ Cum Laude (3.50+)
■ Magna Cum Laude (3.75+)
■ Summa Cum Laude (4.00+)
○ Graduation speaker(s) chosen through process
■ Through OCT: Take student, parent, community
input
■ By DEC: Process created
■ FEB: Process is board-approved
■ MAY: Speaker(s) chosen