FAQs about Reporting Using Grades

The luxury of being 'kept on a stage' to teach for more than 2 years means you have a chance to revisit your forms of assessment and the way you report - with the intention of improving your comments and how they address the work you are doing in class.

I was hunting around the NSW Board of Studies and found this document that may assist teachers writing reports.

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Reporting Run Sheet

Keeping my mind on top of where one is at with school reports is one of life's great challenges.

I developed this table to print out and assist me 'when I'm in the thick of it.'
Teachers - Enjoy!
Reporting Run Sheet[1]

Reporting

Twice a year NSW Primary School Teachers have the task of writing end of semester reports.

The time and brainpower this takes is generally underestimated - on one occasion I kept a log book to try and measure the time I spent writing reports. For me it generally takes 2 hours per student in total - just on 60 hours for a Primary School Class (and I once worked corporate, so I consider myself organised and computer literate!)

I'm always looking for new ways to write comments, and new stimulus to inspire my writing.

The Victorian Government has produced a website with report writing tips for Teachers.

The NSW Government has a less comprehensive guide and a 'comment starter' tool. (You may need to enter via the portal.)

Wish us all luck as we approach our reporting period!