High school teachers: What is your late work turn in policy?

Question

I'm a new teacher and I don't really have a policy, but I need one. What is yours?

That's the policy that I have now...

Answer 1

Depends on the grade. I teach seniors so I take no late work. However, I periodically give out no homework passes (kind of a get out of jail free card) because I know emergencies happen. The students can turn in work a day late if they have a pass. Passes are given for things like bringing a box of tissues to school.

For my sophomores, I took their grade down one letter grade for each day it was late.

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Answer 2

This is my eighth year teaching, and I have struggled with my late work policy. I suppose the best thing to consider is this: while it is important to have things done by the due date, is it more important to you honor the due date, or is it more important to you to have the students practice and LEARN something? I used to think the former was more important, but now I am of the mind that the latter is more critical. I have a late work policy on paper - 25% off for each day late - but the reality is that if a kid is willing to do the work, I generally will give him or her full credit. I don't publicize that person policy, however. It generally only comes into play after meeting one-on-one with a struggling student.

By the way, I am an English teacher. This may make a difference when you are thinking about your late work policy. I don't see this working so well in other curricular areas, like math, for example.

Answer 3

I teach high school English--and my policy is "No excuses, No exceptions, No extensions". I am trying to get my students to see that in the "real world" you cannot simply do things when you feel like it. This may seem harsh, but in my first year of teaching, I was amazed by the number of students who did not turn in homework thinking that they could come in the last week of the semester and do all of their work. In my opinion, this only showed that there was no reason to turn in homework on time if I let them turn it in whenever they want. (Of course, this does not count for students who have an EXCUSED absence).

For the most part, my students and parents work with my policy. If my students are absent the day of a project deadline, they bring in notes from their parents and their projects the day that they return. Most parents also share that they understand and are grateful that I am trying to teach their student responsibility and have consequences. The very few objections I have had from parents are those that feel their students just need to pass a class in order to move on--forget learning or anything of that nature (and these students usually have other issues that are just not in my classroom).

On a final note--no matter what policy you use, just make sure you are going to stick with it and enforce it for every student!

Answer 4

My policy is as follows:
Homework is due when it is due. Late homework is not accepted at all. (If a student is absent on the day before or on the day that the homework is due, I do not count lateness or lack of homework against them)
Project, and test rework assignments are due when assigned or on the first day back to school after that if the student were absent. Lateness beyond that drops the maximum grade by ten (10) points a day until 50 points have been lost. After that, the grade is zero, whether turned in or not.
I have VERY few late assignments.

Answer 5

I have done it different ways--currently I am using a % off system. They lose 25% off each day that it is late on top of anything that might be incorrect. I have tried the "no excuses" way before, but the fact is that sometimes for students there really are legitimate excuses.

Answer 6

Hey,

my mom is a teacher and if you hand it on time she gives you a check and if you hand it in a day later she puts a check inside the zero.... try to be understanding though cause sometimes things happen and students for whatever reason could not hand it on time

Answer 7

HW none
As a science teacher 20% a day for labs

Answer 8

minus one grade level per late day.

Answer 9

Well you dont turn it in, it's a big fat ZERO. Even if you forgot it in yer Locker.

Answer 10

if you want kids to like you, then make them turn it in anytime before the report card period ends.