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Hi,

i am a distance teacher. i have a student who was in my course last semester who turned in everything in the final 3 weeks of class. I was very sick when this person did this, and i had to cram in a lot of grading while taking care of myself, a sick family too, and trying to work my other job in addition...

Now this person is in my 2nd semester course, and i am not looking forward to this happening again. Any advice? My company does not permit a 0 policy of any sort unless the student's school permits it beforehand, which in this case, it does not. I am tired of sending feedback that falls on deaf ears - this student never makes any changes to their work based on corrections i send, and i am exhausted from trying to help someone who doesn't listen to my feedback.

I vented to my boss about it this morning but i need more suggestions from other distance ed teachers. How can i deal with this student? I plan to contact the supervising teacher involved with ...See More
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marjoryt Because the student passed in your previous course (because of the policy), he/she believes you will be that flexible always. You can bet other instructors aren't letting that situation ride.

Start now with every assignment you post - Make sure you clearly show the opportunity window and clearly show late submission penalities. I'm assumin...See More
Mar 5, 2010
coffeeteacher thank you for the suggestions. however, my company does not permit assigning late penalties or 0's of any sort, unless the contracting school requests it beforehand. i hope this policy will change in the near future. it seems i am without a paddle up this particular creek! I am teaching high school courses, that might be the reason why. That's grea...See More
Mar 5, 2010
marjoryt Try contacting the lead administrator (someone who make the real decisions) and lay out the situation. Ask them how to handle students taking weeks to complete work. If nothing else, perhaps the administrator will make a phone call to the student.
Mar 8, 2010
bernoulli my company does not permit > assigning late penalties or 0's of any sort, unless the contracting > school requests it beforehand. i hope this policy will change in > the near future. it seems i am without a paddle up this particular > creek! I am teaching high school courses, that might be the reason > why. That's great that at the c...See More
Mar 14, 2010
Distteach What I do is call, call, call. Call the parent non stop (they will get tired of your messages) , call the student, send lots of e- mails, call the home school GC often. As there are no late submission penalties, you can use what you have...the phone. I had last minute completers too but doing the above cut down on the amount.

On 3/05/10, ...See More
Jun 22, 2010


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