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To improve your knowledge and understanding of RCN UWC practices Attendance, Feedback , Grades. What? When? How? Who?. Attendance policy We care about our attendance!. Attend classes, commitments .. as promised!
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To improve your knowledge and understanding of RCN UWC practicesAttendance, Feedback, Grades What? When? How? Who?
Attendance policyWe care about our attendance! • Attend classes, commitments .. as promised! • If you need to miss classes (eg, special opportunity, funeral), askAlistair first- “Pre-Arranged absence”. • If you miss class(es) without Pre-Arranged – teacher marks you as “Absent”. • If you are sick, contact the teacher as soon as possible (before!) – teacher marks you as “Absent”- reported sick contact the Care Centre. • Classes missed recorded on RoP, transcript
Three monitor periods through year: • Sept. – Nov.; Nov. – March; March – June. • If you are Absent more than 10 classes within a period, Alistair may call meeting to consider reasons. Extenuating circumstances (eg, sickness) are taken into account. May result in “special measures”, or formal academic warning. • If unacceptable absences persist, the case is passed to the rektor John.
Feedback 1 • On-going: oral, comments on written work, • Feedback Week October; Mid-March Two-way discussion, may include questionnaire, on process of class and your learning. Student Teacher
Feedback 2 • Binary Feedback After each Feedback Week, teachers enter “OK” or “Not OK” for each student. Any student with 2+ “Not OKs” raised for discussion in teacher Meeting – recommendations for follow-up.
Grades at RCN(in relation to IB criteria) • Achieved: the standard of your work, based on evidence: written, oral. • Anticipated: the grade a teacher expects you will achieve in the IB finals. Used for university applications. • Predicted: the grade a teacher expects you will achieve in the IB finals. Entered into IB website & used by the IB as a way to check the grade examiners award, based on your exams.
When teachers enter grades Grades – a form of feedback w.r.t. IB criteria 4-satisfactory; 5-good; 6-very good; 7-excellent • March(1st yr): Achieved grade • May RoP (1st yr): Achieved & Anticipated • October(2nd yr): update Anticipated • November RoP (2nd yr): Achieved & Anticipated • March(2nd. yr): Predicted Grade to IB.