LW2018 wrote: » Do you think the NCCA will enforce both CBAs for 3rd years (2020-2021)? There are a number of subjects in my school who were unable to complete/begin their CBAs with the school closure. Will these classes have to complete both CBAs during their 3rd year do you think? This is an opportunity for the NCCA to look back I think and create one CBA per subject... maybe a combination of the two - say for language subjects, an oral presentation could be one of their portfolio pieces thus merging the two CBAs together ... a lot of ground to make up next year and will be challenging without having CBAs never mind potential of adding two in
TheDriver wrote: » Can I ask why the CBAs couldn't be done during the closure? In my school I see a good number of CBAs going on during the closure
Purefrank128 wrote: » What on Earth makes you think the NCCA have the ability or desire to ENFORCE anything? But perhaps the DES might look at merging the two CBAs into one for every subject, and not just for next year.
babybuilder wrote: » CBAs should not be completed and should not have been started during the lockdown. DES, NCCA, unions should have announced that from day one. Real mess and unfair to students and their families. Unbelievable stupidity and delay. I got correspondence back from all 3 waffling about this that and the other. Circular this and guidelines that and that's 4 weeks ago. You can measure the level of incompetence from this and the ministers dealing with the LC.
dory wrote: » For Irish we've 2 CBAs in 3rd year to do. Will be a disaster. I've warned mine that I won't have 6 weeks to play around with CBAs so they're practicing their presentations at home at the moment (hopefully).
brighterspark wrote: » Finally can any of this work be considered as a CBA as we will have no idea who is actually doing the work?
brighterspark wrote: » I am questioning the fairness and wisdom of asking students to complete CBAs at home. My own class had already started their CBA 1 befor lockdown and most of them have completed it at home. I felt however that some of my students would need more than the online guidance I have been giving them – for this reason I assured them that we would eventually have some class time spent on it before it could be considered a completed CBA. Yesterday I was surprised to discover my 2nd year child had been emailed instructions to start and complete her science CBA 1 before the end of term. It was stated that changes had been made so all experiments were suitable to be completed at home. Support has been offered in the form of email contact to answer any questions/problems. Surely this is an undertaking that will be very challenging and indeed overwhelming for the less able student. As teachers should we be putting this pressure on our students with no knowledge of home circumstances. Also this could be adding stress and pressure to parents (like me!) who are just holding it together – am I overreacting? Finally can any of this work be considered as a CBA as we will have no idea who is actually doing the work?
TheValeyard wrote: » It's only a CBA, it means nothing, it's worth nothing. Just correct it and use it as the summer test.
babybuilder wrote: » If it's meaningless then why waste teaching and learning time on it? I think that the real reason that teachers are forging ahead with it is because of it being used as a summer assessment grade. CBAs need to be scrapped.
TheValeyard wrote: » The JCT should have come out with this week's ago.
joebloggs32 wrote: » The NCCA have come out basically saying we can suspend CBAs for the time being! They haven't a clue. How could anyone be starting one two weeks before the end of the year, but I'm sure loads of people still completing them Here is the statement on their website The very real challenges that school closures have created and the ongoing efforts by teachers and schools to continue to plan lessons and, where possible, provide online resources or lessons for your students are very much appreciated. We are aware that, where it was feasible, students may have been asked to continue working on classroom-based assessments with guidance from their teachers. For students currently in second year, previously issued key dates related to CBA1s no longer apply. When available, further information on the completion of CBAs for this cohort of students will be provided by the Department of Education and Skills.
