[Ldsoss] Scout Tracking

[Stacey]

Thomas Haws wrote:
> "If I had to call all seven
> of my kids' teachers every couple of weeks to find out how they are
> doing in each of their classes then this would be a full-time job in 
> itself."
>
> For the teacher, you mean!!
>

Well, ok, not a full-time job but let's do the math (just for fun)...

Seven kids:  three are in high school,  two are in middle school, two 
are in grade school (or pre-school).

The high and middle schoolers have about 7 teachers each so that is 28 
teachers (not to mention football coaches, etc.)   The grade schooler 
has a home room teacher, a music teacher, a computer teacher, and a PE 
teacher.  That's four more.   The pre-schooler has one teacher right 
now.  A grand total of 33 teachers.  So if I called each teacher and 
talked to them for, say, 15 minutes then it would take 8 hrs 15 minutes.

 
 From the teacher's perspective...  let's assume they teach high/middle 
school and teach six classes a day.   The average class size in the 
school district where my kids go has an average class size of something 
like 23 students.   Let's round it down to 20.   Therefore, they would 
teach 120 students.   Therefore, if they talked to each parent 15 
minutes it would take 30 hrs.


In short, having an on-line place for teachers to post grades and 
information about the students progress has been very beneficial for 
both the teacher and the parent.   Thanks to the student progress system 
our school district is using I know if there is a problem with one of my 
kids before the report cards come out.   Also, teachers are not spending 
a good deal of their time talking to the parents but rather they are 
spending more of their time, well hopefully, teaching.

-stacey.