From counselors at lists.onenet.net Tue Dec 1 11:32:07 2020 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 17:32:07 +0000 Subject: [Counselors] Grading policy Message-ID: We are looking at changing our grading policy. Do you have a set grading policy for your district? Does each teacher have a say in how their grading is done? Examples: Tests 60% and Homework 40%. 18 grades per semester. No grade over 20% of the total grade. Sharla Sharp, NBCT Covington-Douglas Schools School Counselor School Psychometrist 400 East Maine Street Covington, OK 73730 (580) 864-7452 www.c-d.k12.ok.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From counselors at lists.onenet.net Tue Dec 1 11:40:33 2020 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 11:40:33 -0600 Subject: [Counselors] Grading policy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Although it is not written into policy, our teachers are encouraged to take a minimum of two grades each week. They are at liberty to weight their assignments to their specifications. The semester test can't exceed 1/7 of the total points for the semester. Our grades are cumulative throughout the semester. On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 11:32 AM OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board wrote: > We are looking at changing our grading policy. Do you have a set grading > policy for your district? Does each teacher have a say in how their grading > is done? Examples: Tests 60% and Homework 40%. 18 grades per semester. No > grade over 20% of the total grade. > > Sharla Sharp, NBCT > Covington-Douglas Schools > > School Counselor > > School Psychometrist > 400 East Maine Street > Covington, OK 73730 > (580) 864-7452 > > www.c- d.k12.ok.us > > > _______________________________________________ > Counselors mailing list > Counselors at lists.onenet.net > https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/counselors -- *Carolyn White* *Counselor* *Idabel High School* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From counselors at lists.onenet.net Wed Dec 2 06:50:15 2020 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 06:50:15 -0600 Subject: [Counselors] drivers license letter Message-ID: Is there a special drivers license letter we need to use for the current 9th graders since they got an exemption for the 8th grade reading test requirement? Parents are asking me for a letter to take to their permit appointments and I was thinking we were supposed to get a different one to use for this specific group of students. Virus-free. www.avg.com <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From counselors at lists.onenet.net Wed Dec 2 08:13:06 2020 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 08:13:06 -0600 Subject: [Counselors] drivers license letter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The first paragraph of this FAQ update from the State Dept. on the 8th grade proficiency requirements says that we can show that all 8th graders were proficient due to the cancellation of the state assessments last spring. At least, that is how I interpreted it. On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 7:45 AM OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board wrote: > Is there a special drivers license letter we need to use for the current > 9th graders since they got an exemption for the 8th grade reading test > requirement? Parents are asking me for a letter to take to their permit > appointments and I was thinking we were supposed to get a different one to > use for this specific group of students. > > > > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > > <#m_5966960861486712952_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > _______________________________________________ > Counselors mailing list > Counselors at lists.onenet.net > https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/counselors -- Falon Wilson Counselor Chelsea High School 401 Redbud Lane Chelsea, OK 74016 918-789-2533 fwilson at chelseadragons.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From counselors at lists.onenet.net Thu Dec 3 10:25:21 2020 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 10:25:21 -0600 Subject: [Counselors] drivers license letter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Above the signature line under documentation of reading proficiency, I typed the following statement: *TESTING WAIVED DUE TO COVID 19 SPRING TESTING CANCELATION * I haven't had any returned with that statement on the form. On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 7:45 AM OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board wrote: > Is there a special drivers license letter we need to use for the current > 9th graders since they got an exemption for the 8th grade reading test > requirement? Parents are asking me for a letter to take to their permit > appointments and I was thinking we were supposed to get a different one to > use for this specific group of students. > > > > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > > <#m_7447666267240346197_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > _______________________________________________ > Counselors mailing list > Counselors at lists.onenet.net > https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/counselors -- Francine Novosad, Guidance Counselor Kremlin-Hilllsdale Public Schools Kremlin, OK 580-874-3061 __________________________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this transmission may contain privileged and confidential information, including student information protected by federal and state privacy laws. It is intended only for the use of the person(s) named above. 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As for percentages for tests, > assignments, whatever.. or just taking total points for all assignments for > the other 80% of their total grade is up to the teacher. > > -- > Thank you, > > Amber Harp > High School Counselor > Alternative Education Director > Graduation & Yearbook Sponsor > > Little Axe High School > 2000 168th Ave NE, Norman OK 73071 Phone: 405-329-1612 Fax: 405- > _______________________________________________ > Counselors mailing list > Counselors at lists.onenet.net > https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/counselors -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From counselors at lists.onenet.net Fri Dec 4 14:09:26 2020 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 20:09:26 +0000 Subject: [Counselors] Grading Policy Message-ID: Our teachers have to put in 2 grades per week and semester test is 1/7 of the final grade. We have the same as well - minimum of 2 grades per week. The only difference is our semester exams are cumulative for every class and are a *required* 20% of the student's grade. We made this transition with semester exams when EOIs went away as a way to hold our students accountable. It has worked well, and it also serves to help prepare them for college cumulative exams. We have the exact same policy-2 grades per week (at least), semester tests can count up to 20%, and all other scores are determined by the teacher. Our teachers are required to have 2 grades a week. The final cannot be worth more than 20% of their overall grade. As for percentages for tests, assignments, whatever.. or just taking total points for all assignments for the other 80% of their total grade is up to the teacher. We are looking at changing our grading policy. Do you have a set grading policy for your district? Does each teacher have a say in how their grading is done? Examples: Tests 60% and Homework 40%. 18 grades per semester. No grade over 20% of the total grade. Sharla Sharp, NBCT Covington-Douglas Schools School Counselor School Psychometrist 400 East Maine Street Covington, OK 73730 (580) 864-7452 www.c-d.k12.ok.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From counselors at lists.onenet.net Sun Dec 6 18:18:21 2020 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 00:18:21 +0000 Subject: [Counselors] January Desk Retreats Message-ID: I wanted to clarify the desk retreats that we are having. Because we are not able to have our fun get together retreats,☹, we are having desk retreats. One of our desk retreats will be with you-our counselors that have attended a face to face retreat since 2009 and one will be with “new” counselors. You are more than welcome to join both of them, just because it says “new” counselors, that doesn’t mean you cannot attend. It was great to have some of our “veteran counselors” join us this past Wednesday as they shared great information. We will have monthly desk retreats for both groups. We have decided to keep them separate because you all have built a relationship by attending our retreats and through our counselor discussion board.😊 Hopefully next school year (I know I can’t believe I’m talking about 2021-22) we can have our face to face retreats again and they can join us. Again, you are more than welcome to join us even though it may say “new”, you all have great knowledge and information that you can add to the conversations. Here are the links for the next 2 desk retreats: Second New Counselor Q & A When: Jan 13, 2021 10:00 AM Central Time Register in advance for this meeting: https://onenet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYlcOyprjwjEtM78OlyYHbPhdOo8CcCVzc6 Desk Retreat – Time together You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Jan 21, 2021 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://onenet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldeirqjojHNwOQWKXchgWsiRswAtMLUIB I wanted to let you know that I will be out of the office this week. I will be having rotator cuff surgery on my right arm early Monday morning☹ I appreciate your prayers. I will return to the office December 14, please contact Annette, along at osrhe.edu, if you have any questions😊 Take care and have a great week! Lisa Nelson Director of Student Preparation Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education https://okhighered.org/student-prep/ Office:405.225.9257 Mobile: 580.614.1328 “Every day is a new beginning. 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<33ed9b5e199749a4a3fc8a50792468fc@osrhe.edu> Message-ID: Fellow Counselors, I understand that this is local policy but if you would be willing to share how your district is handling any or all of these situations it would be appreciated. Thanks!! We have a lot of kids who decided to go virtual but have not completed their courses on Edginuity. They are at various stages from only logging in a few times, to part way through the courses. We are trying to decide if we should give them all an "F" for that class as their final semester grade, or if we should give them an "incomplete"? We don't use "incomplete" for our in person classes. Also, we are trying to figure out what to do with them next semester. Should we leave them in the first semester of the class until they finish, or go ahead and enroll them in the next semester, even though they have done very little in the first semester. If they were in person, they would move on and then repeat it next year, but the virtual seems to be a different situation. Also, I'm curious at what point are other schools dropping students? We have some who enrolled but we are struggling to get them to do anything and some we can't even make contact with them. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From counselors at lists.onenet.net Mon Dec 14 10:42:42 2020 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 16:42:42 +0000 Subject: [Counselors] Virtual Student Questions Message-ID: Fellow Counselors, We are hoping that your school board has met before this time and have addressed policy regarding the unusual circumstances that Covid has created. I created this counselor discussion board to ask questions and to help you create a professional learning community with other counselors. I know the issues addressed in this email are complicated, please remember these are just examples of what other schools are doing. You must follow your Local Policy. Hang in there and don’t forget breathe! Lisa 😊 Question for counselors: Would be willing to share how your district is handling any or all of these situations it would be appreciated. Thanks!! We have a lot of kids who decided to go virtual but have not completed their courses on Edginuity. They are at various stages from only logging in a few times, to part way through the courses. We are trying to decide if we should give them all an "F" for that class as their final semester grade, or if we should give them an "incomplete"? We don't use "incomplete" for our in person classes. Also, we are trying to figure out what to do with them next semester. Should we leave them in the first semester of the class until they finish, or go ahead and enroll them in the next semester, even though they have done very little in the first semester. If they were in person, they would move on and then repeat it next year, but the virtual seems to be a different situation. Also, I'm curious at what point are other schools dropping students? We have some who enrolled but we are struggling to get them to do anything and some we can't even make contact with them. We are keeping ours as close to the in person policy as possible. So, if they don't complete the course we are looking at the "Course Grade" (we use Edmentum) which factors in zeros and putting that grade on the transcript. We are also continuing them on to 2nd semester courses, we may drop some of their electives and put them in a 1st semester credit recovery if needed. We are also struggling with when to drop students as well, we do not have a set policy on that. We are suggesting those students come back face to face in January, some have agreed and some are still going to remain virtual. All of our students are virtual and we are having the same issue. We are bringing kids back to campus if they have "F"s in any class. We have called all parents and offered this option to them. If they do not take advantage of this opportunity and do not get in to complete the work, then they will get the F. We are, of course, looking case by case. Example: we have a student that has lost both parents, or any students that have become homeless or other extenuating circumstances. If they have not logged in in ten days we drop them. It's like being absent ten days in a row. We give them an F for the semester. Then allow them to stay at their current progress for next semester. Then if they get caught up and get complete we will drop the F and give them the new grade. Like they redid a class. It gives them incentive to go ahead and complete it and solves the problem of enrolling them in a second semester class that they have no idea what is going on. It would be an F in our system. Sometimes the students don't understand the difference between their Overall grade (completed work only) and Actual grade (includes pacing). They may be looking at their Overall grade thinking they are okay. We have always used the Actual grade for reporting purposes. There have been times that I have given an extension, but only an extra week or two. I think if you allow them to complete the course at their own pace, there will need to be a discussion with the student, parents, and admin regarding the students’ progress toward their graduation timeline. We have a lot of kids who decided to go virtual but have not completed their courses on Edginuity. They are at various stages from only logging in a few times, to part way through the courses. We are trying to decide if we should give them all an "F" for that class as their final semester grade, or if we should give them an "incomplete"? We don't use "incomplete" for our in person classes. Also, we are trying to figure out what to do with them next semester. Should we leave them in the first semester of the class until they finish, or go ahead and enroll them in the next semester, even though they have done very little in the first semester. If they were in person, they would move on and then repeat it next year, but the virtual seems to be a different situation. Also, I'm curious at what point are other schools dropping students? We have some who enrolled but we are struggling to get them to do anything and some we can't even make contact with them. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From counselors at lists.onenet.net Tue Dec 15 10:33:45 2020 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:33:45 +0000 Subject: [Counselors] FW: Virtual Student Questions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: One thing that we have considered is setting a passing amount of completion for the course (such as 60 or 70 %) and then using a ratio to compare work done to work required, it gives us a score that takes into consideration the quality of work as well as that amount completed for a grade. Obviously there won't be A's with this system, unless they complete all the assignments, but it gives a recourse for a passing grade to students who have fallen behind. We also average with the overall score. On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 10:52 AM OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board > wrote: Fellow Counselors, We are hoping that your school board has met before this time and have addressed policy regarding the unusual circumstances that Covid has created. I created this counselor discussion board to ask questions and to help you create a professional learning community with other counselors. I know the issues addressed in this email are complicated, please remember these are just examples of what other schools are doing. You must follow your Local Policy. Hang in there and don’t forget breathe! Lisa 😊 Question for counselors: Would be willing to share how your district is handling any or all of these situations it would be appreciated. Thanks!! We have a lot of kids who decided to go virtual but have not completed their courses on Edginuity. They are at various stages from only logging in a few times, to part way through the courses. We are trying to decide if we should give them all an "F" for that class as their final semester grade, or if we should give them an "incomplete"? We don't use "incomplete" for our in person classes. Also, we are trying to figure out what to do with them next semester. Should we leave them in the first semester of the class until they finish, or go ahead and enroll them in the next semester, even though they have done very little in the first semester. If they were in person, they would move on and then repeat it next year, but the virtual seems to be a different situation. Also, I'm curious at what point are other schools dropping students? We have some who enrolled but we are struggling to get them to do anything and some we can't even make contact with them. We are keeping ours as close to the in person policy as possible. So, if they don't complete the course we are looking at the "Course Grade" (we use Edmentum) which factors in zeros and putting that grade on the transcript. We are also continuing them on to 2nd semester courses, we may drop some of their electives and put them in a 1st semester credit recovery if needed. We are also struggling with when to drop students as well, we do not have a set policy on that. We are suggesting those students come back face to face in January, some have agreed and some are still going to remain virtual. All of our students are virtual and we are having the same issue. We are bringing kids back to campus if they have "F"s in any class. We have called all parents and offered this option to them. If they do not take advantage of this opportunity and do not get in to complete the work, then they will get the F. We are, of course, looking case by case. Example: we have a student that has lost both parents, or any students that have become homeless or other extenuating circumstances. If they have not logged in in ten days we drop them. It's like being absent ten days in a row. We give them an F for the semester. Then allow them to stay at their current progress for next semester. Then if they get caught up and get complete we will drop the F and give them the new grade. Like they redid a class. It gives them incentive to go ahead and complete it and solves the problem of enrolling them in a second semester class that they have no idea what is going on. It would be an F in our system. Sometimes the students don't understand the difference between their Overall grade (completed work only) and Actual grade (includes pacing). They may be looking at their Overall grade thinking they are okay. We have always used the Actual grade for reporting purposes. There have been times that I have given an extension, but only an extra week or two. I think if you allow them to complete the course at their own pace, there will need to be a discussion with the student, parents, and admin regarding the students’ progress toward their graduation timeline. We have a lot of kids who decided to go virtual but have not completed their courses on Edginuity. They are at various stages from only logging in a few times, to part way through the courses. We are trying to decide if we should give them all an "F" for that class as their final semester grade, or if we should give them an "incomplete"? We don't use "incomplete" for our in person classes. Also, we are trying to figure out what to do with them next semester. Should we leave them in the first semester of the class until they finish, or go ahead and enroll them in the next semester, even though they have done very little in the first semester. If they were in person, they would move on and then repeat it next year, but the virtual seems to be a different situation. Also, I'm curious at what point are other schools dropping students? We have some who enrolled but we are struggling to get them to do anything and some we can't even make contact with them. _______________________________________________ Counselors mailing list Counselors at lists.onenet.net https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/counselors -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From counselors at lists.onenet.net Thu Dec 17 07:30:42 2020 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 13:30:42 +0000 Subject: [Counselors] Thank you! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I just want to say thank you for all of your kind words and prayers for me during my surgery and recovery time. I had rotator cuff surgery and repair of a torn tendon in my bicep (don’t ask me how that happened) Monday, December 7. I am doing well. I get my staples out today-Yay! I peck on my computer with my left hand, which takes a while or I’ll use my phone and speak out the email that is why I’m a little slow at replying. I will be in a sling for 5 more weeks ☹ I have a feeling this sling and I will be fighting real soon!! I know I won’t win the battle but I’m sure I’ll keep trying! I pray that you and your family have a peaceful and restful Christmas break. I know it is very hard to leave work at work, but please take time for YOU during this break. You have all worked very hard and it has been a very stressful 2020! You know that you have to recharge so go and rest! Take time to sit and listen to what our Lord and Savior has to tell you. He wants to have a conversation with you because He loves you very much! Lean on Him, you won’t regret it! 😊😊 Thank you for ALL that YOU DO!! Merry Christmas from my family to yours! (Yes grandbaby #4 will arrive in May, another girl 😊) [cid:image001.jpg at 01D6D3EE.469F98F0] [Text, Words, Message, Type, Card, Font] Lots of Love, Hugs and Prayers for You!! Lisa Nelson Director of Student Preparation Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education https://okhighered.org/student-prep/ Office:405.225.9257 Mobile: 580.614.1328 “Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath, smile and start again.” ~Author unknown -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 607063 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 97180 bytes Desc: image004.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We look forward to seeing you in 2021😊 Love, hugs and prayers, Lisa Nelson Director of Student Preparation Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education https://okhighered.org/student-prep/ Office:405.225.9257 Mobile: 580.614.1328 “Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath, smile and start again.” ~Author unknown -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: