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Re: Speed Grading/ how does one get online jobs?
Posted by rw on 1/20/08
Oh, and from what I've been hearing the average trajectory is to
apply to 50-60 places, wait 3-9 months to start hearing back,
and get hired by 1 or 2. Teach there for awhile, then apply at
more places if you want more work. Some people claim to make $70-80K or more, but they "teach"
something about 10 classes a semester/quarter at three or four
different universities. They claim they have learned to do it
really quickly, but I can't imagine they really give the
students much in the way of individualized feedback or do much
to fine-tune the courses. One woman claims to teach about 10 a semester AND hold down a
second full-time job. I feel bad for her students... or her family! On 1/17/08, sm wrote:
> On 1/05/08, rw wrote:
>> I teach an online class with 29 students and the university
>> expects me to grade papers within 24 hours. Since they only
>> hire part-timers at $1100 a course, they know this is a
>> "second job."
>
> Great question. It would seem so, wouldn't it but likely if
one asked they'd say
> no, of course we expect you to give all of these papers a
thorough reading and
> write equally though comments on them. But since they give
you 24 hours that
> rather contradicts their expectations so what's the underlying
message to you?
> Do enough that the students feel the money they spent is
validated - why are
> they taking this course?
> And how did you get your online job?
>>
>> Do you think this is the university's way of saying that I
>> should mostly just give A's? I don't see how I can grade
>> under these conditions except perhaps to write one sentence
>> commentary per student and maybe two sentences when I'm not
>> giving an A.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Speed Grading, 1/05/08, by rw.
- Re: Speed Grading, 1/05/08, by no you are expected to write substantive comments.
- Re: Speed Grading, 1/13/08, by rw.
- Re: Speed Grading, 1/14/08, by LOL I know what you mean! .
- Re: Speed Grading/ how does one get online jobs?, 1/17/08, by sm.
- Re: Speed Grading/ how does one get online jobs?, 1/20/08, by rw.
- Re: Speed Grading/ how does one get online jobs?, 1/20/08, by rw.
- Re: how many classes , 3/14/08, by ~VP~.
- Re: how many classes , 3/26/08, by bernoulli.
- Re: how many classes , 4/04/08, by ~VP~.
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