Value refers to the importance of students' completing and getting graded on homework, and their understanding its worth. Teachers within subjects and grades are working together to design homework assignments, still keeping in mind overall work loads. This should provide more consistency among similar classes, e.g., all 6th grade reading, all 7th grade honors math, all 8th grade social studies. The process will be monitored through teachers' lesson plans, team leaders, and Mr. Sawyer. This will simplify monitoring by the school and parents.
Teachers can also assign homework on any and all other days .
Keeping quality, value, and time in balance still leaves teachers room to individualize assignments according their personal style. Make this a time to talk about what he or she is learning, help when needed, and evaluate progress. Remember this is your primary connection to your child's education, and your responsibility. Please give them positive feedback as well as negative, and realize we are all working toward the same goals. Each grade is divided up into teams, with a set of teachers, including a team leader.