Grading System?

[nafmeadmin]

Hi all!
I am trying to set up my grading percentages in powerschool…
I want to include daily participation, vocal assessments, concerts, *any other ideas?
Do you use a points system or percentages? How much is everything worth for you?
Thank you!

[nafmeadmin]

Hello,
I’m not sure what the grade level is here, but you might consider some sight-singing as a component in the grading. It could be assessed by level, or by improvement for students with less experience. Even if you only grade it occasionally, it would be a good motivator to keep students focused during the sight reading time in class.

Jeff

[nafmeadmin]

Hello,
Jeff has some great ideas. One other thing I do is use:

Google Voice: https://www.google.com/
Sign up for a Google account and check out all the stuff there. Under “more” follow the menu to “even more.”

You can evaluate students by having them call in to a central number (NOT your cell) that then forwards to your phone or email as a voice text. I will assign a passage from the literature in rehearsal and say “everyone call it in by tomorrow at 5 pm.” They call in and sing the passage into the phone, and then I can get a time date stamp and can evaluate if they sang it well, and the quality is not too bad. It’s like in the old days that we had kids step in a practice room and record themselves with a tape recorder, but now it can be done from school, from home, or where ever. And you don’t have to collect a bag of tapes, or have a line waiting for the practice room. I hope that helps. Be Well, Chris Peterson

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