LET'S TALK ABOUT MID-TERM GRADES

A blogger posted this under an earlier topic: (let's give mid-term grades their own heading)

The effectiveness of mid-term grades might be a good thing to blog about. I know that some people didn’t like that surprise. In general we don’t want to be surprised. We like providing input on all decisions regarding the classroom. Administrators are not in the classroom. Their vision might not be our vision. And we don’t want people in suits seeing visions. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

I’ll tell you what my opinion is of mid-term grades. Students, if they are going to have problems, usually have problems well before the mid-term point. I don’t think publishing mid-term grades increases student achievement. If anything, students get tired near the end of the term and calculate how low they can perform on final exams to still get that B or C they want. I believe that time could be better used.

If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands. If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands. If you’re happy and you know it, and your feet will surely show it, If your happy and you know it clap your hands. We know where I am going next. The beloved does not feel loved when they hear comments that pertain to the unbeloved.

August 22, 2008 4:59 AM

2008-2009 PJCFA LEADERSHIP

2008-2009 PJCFA Leadership

Paige Anderson, 484-2167, pnanderson@pjc.edu
Chief Negotiator; Executive Board
Cindy App, 484-1016, capp@pjc.edu
Membership Chairman; Executive Board; Negotiating Team
Jennifer Brahier, 484-1126, jbrahier@pjc.edu
Sunshine Chairman
Rich Cacace, 484-2052, rcacace@pjc.edu
Executive Board
Michelle Haggard, 484-2209, mhaggard@pjc.edu
Webmaster for www.pjcfa.org
Richard Irvine, 484-2508, rirvine@pjc.edu
Executive Board
Janet Levins, 484-1115, jlevins@pjc.edu
Treasurer
Todd Neuman, 484-1431, tneuman@pjc.edu
Grievance Chairman; Executive Board
Patricia Reppenhagen, 484-2553, preppenhagen@pjc.edu
Negotiating Team
Julie Ruengert, 484-2399, jruengert@pjc.edu
Secretary
Kathleen Shelton, 484-2178, kshelton@pjc.edu Hospitality & Special Events Chairman; Executive Board
Lisa Sims, 484-2535, lhsims@pjc.edu
Senator and UFF Distance Learning Task Force
Carol Stinson, 484-2207, cstinson@pjc.edu
UFF Nursing Task Force
Charlotte Sweeney, 484-2007, csweeney@pjc.edu
President; Negotiating Team
Blaine Wall, 484-1352, kbwall@pjc.edu
Vice President; Negotiating Team

Cindy App is in the process of reorganizing chapter representatives. That listing will be posted soon.

Please do not hesitate to call any of us if we can be of assistance to you.

NEW TERM BEGINS

Was it really mid-June the last time that I posted? Cindy App has made me promise to post twice a week this term and I'll do my best to keep that promise. The blog worked well for keeping the faculty informed last year as we went through the Presidential search so let's hope that it will work well for keeping faculty informed about other news as well.

As you all know, budget cuts have hit every department and the LRC is no exception. My hours on the Reference Desk have increased substantially so if you do not receive a quick response to an email or I don't answer the phone, it's probably because I'm on the Reference Desk. My release time for PJCFA is scheduled as follows: Mondays and Wednesdays 2-3pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-11am. If those times are not convenient, get in touch with me and we'll figure something out. Of course, I'm not the only PJCFA memebr who can help you. I'll create a separate posting now to remind you of who's on the Executive Board and serving memebrs in other ways.

Here's to a great term!