SWFL teacher discusses how e-learning grades will be evaluated

Monday kicks off week three of e-learning and Southwest Florida students are hard at work at home, completing all kinds of tasks online.

But will all the hard work even count?

WINK News talked with third grade teacher Amy Pawlowski about the grading dilemma.

“Right now we can’t do what we typically do in the classroom; it is very, very difficult,” Pawlowski said.

Even teachers don’t know how e-learning work will truly factor in to students’ grades or GPA.

“We are having different meetings, waiting to hear from our administration on how they exactly want the grading to go,” Pawlowski said.

But what about fairness? How do teachers even know if they are truly grading the students’ work?

“You have some parents and they are home and maybe they are doing the test for them, they are giving way more support than they normally would and then you have the opposite – kids doing everything on their own and aren’t doing as well,” Pawlowski said.

The School District of Lee County said grades are based on completed work. Therefore, grades and attendance do impact course completion and promotion. During this unique time period, teachers will determine the authenticity of student work.