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HOMEWORK, GRADING AND ASSIGNMENTS POLICY
Phil & Jennie Gaglardi Academy

Rational

  • As part of establishing good foundations, students, at different stages, will be encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning through:
    • active listening
    • active organization
    • active responsibility
    • active accountability
  • This policy applies to senior students, Grades 8-12, but will have different expectations and outcomes as students move from Grades 8 through 12.
  • Graduates from Gaglardi Academy should demonstrate a preparedness for life beyond the classroom that provides a foundation for success in any field of endeavour.

General Exceptions

  • Where students have an IEP or are adapted or modified in any subject area.
  • Where classroom teachers approve or are aware of an extenuating circumstance.

Developing: Grades 8 and 9

Purpose:

  • to develop a learning process for students to plan and organize their own work and time.
    • to develop in students a sense of “ownership” and responsibility by learning to communicate with their classroom teacher and demonstrate an awareness of their responsibilities and commitments regarding homework expectations.

Policy for Teachers:

  • Students with incomplete “assignments” will receive one extended deadline and are required to attend Homework Club until the assignment is complete or the extended deadline has been reached. Teachers will send an email home to parents to notify them of their child's incomplete assignments, consequences and the deadline for completion.
  • Teachers will help students be accountable by tracking students with incomplete assignments and give them opportunity to remedy by assigning them to Homework Club. If teachers have to track down students, they are asked to reinforce the need for communication and follow-through.

At the end of Homework Club, any incomplete assignments are to be handed into the classroom
teacher for assessment and grading.

If the student does not hand in the assignment, complete or otherwise, the student will receive zero on the assignment.

Homework Club will be set up at lunchtime and after school.

Proficiency: Grade 10 Policy

Purpose:

  • to cement the learning process for students to plan and organize their own work and time.
  • to cement in students a sense of “ownership” and responsibility by learning to communicate with classroom teacher and demonstrate the awareness of their responsibilities and commitments.

Policy for Teachers:

Students with incomplete “assignments” will receive a very limited extended deadline and are
required to hand-in the completed assignment for assessment and grading by the new due date.
If the student does not hand in the assignment, complete or incomplete, the student will receive
zero on that assignment.

Teachers will NOT follow through with students, as it will be the responsibility of the student to
communicate and manage their own assignments and timetable.

If a student is failing a course because of incomplete or missing assignments, parents must be
emailed within a respectable time-frame where a remedy can have a substantial impact on the
outcome of the student's term or semester mark.

Accomplished: Grade 11 and 12

Purpose:

  • Students practice for life outside school.

Policy for Teachers:

Assignments are required to be handed in when they are due. Incomplete assignments will not be
accepted.

The teacher will not follow through with students.