Correcting

ateam

Is anyone else correcting this year?

What's the story with expenses? Do they need to be vouched?

rainbowtrout

It says on the expenses form that you are supposed to keep all your receipts and that a certain number of claims are audited. Having said that i've never kept a receipt or sent one in and never been audited. I think that if you don't go over the top on claims which are obviously outrageous they are not going to come knocking on your door.

dublintuition

Is correction particularly well paid? I don't believe it is, but I would imagine it gives you a good insight to your subject

spurious

It's worth doing once or twice to see the national standard and what is being looked for.
It's not worth it in monetary terms. In terms of the life-shortening effects of doing it, it's probably on a par with 120 smokes a day for a year.

dublintuition

spurious wrote: »

It's worth doing once or twice to see the national standard and what is being looked for.
It's not worth it in monetary terms. In terms of the life-shortening effects of doing it, it's probably on a par with 120 smokes a day for a year.

I would have thought so alright

ateam

spurious wrote: »

It's worth doing once or twice to see the national standard and what is being looked for.
It's not worth it in monetary terms. In terms of the life-shortening effects of doing it, it's probably on a par with 120 smokes a day for a year.

Some people hate it, some people don't mind it. There is a lot of paper work and red tape with correcting, that's probably the most annoying part.

gaeilgegrinds

I find it ok in truth. Get up uber early, correct all morning and then nap. Up and about, eat, exercise and do another two hours in the evening. But any distractions and I'm gone!

Nead21

..... then recorrect due to changes made to the marking scheme...soul destroying!!

agree with spurious though, defo worth doing once or twice, especially if you are a new teacher.

gaeilgegrinds

Don't talk to me about recorrecting...

rainbowtrout

don't mention the R word!!!! :eek:


had to redo the first 100 TWICE last summer. :mad:

ateam

rainbowtrout wrote: »

don't mention the R word!!!! :eek:


had to redo the first 100 TWICE last summer. :mad:

Was it a major change in the marking scheme?

I remember last year hearing about changes to the marking scheme and that we had to go over previous scripts - I only checked scripts that were close to 40%. They don't pay you enough to recorrect whole batches.

The supervisor only checks a small percentage of your scripts as well.

rainbowtrout

The first change was big enough I think, affected a good few questions, second one only affected one question, still a pain to go back through them.

ateam

rainbowtrout wrote: »

The first change was big enough I think, affected a good few questions, second one only affected one question, still a pain to go back through them.

Don't bother the next time! Especially if it's JC.

rainbowtrout

ateam wrote: »

Don't bother the next time! Especially if it's JC.

It's not it Higher Level LC. And there were so many changes that grades were going to change. You can't not do it.

gaeilgegrinds

I've always redone them, JC or LC, only the parts that change obviously. I'd be afraid that they'd be sent back to me!

spurious

For many kids the JC is still their final exam. I always recorrected them all, unless instructed otherwise.