Teachers will have to explain for the assessment of behavior: the load will increase

In Russian schools, large-scale testing of a new system of behavioral assessments on a three-point scale – “exemplary”, “acceptable” and “inadmissible” continues. Class leaders have to evaluate students, collecting opinions on the behavior of everyone in their class, not only from each subject teacher, but also from all school employees, including canteen staff, guards and cleaners. Moreover, the final score of three options is derived from the points that accumulate the entire estimated period, whether it is a trimester or a quarter, based on the “indications” of the respondents.

- Discipline is assessed, that is, compliance with school routine, safety rules, responsible behavior at lessons, changes and after-hours, history teacher Lydia Alexandrovna, she is also a class leader of the 5th grade of one of the capital's schools, lists with a shade of doom. Interaction with peers, that is, the ability to negotiate, work in a team, resolve conflicts without aggression and harassment. Interaction with adults: respectful communication with teachers, fulfillment of their legal assignments. Then - lawful behavior, which means the absence of antisocial and illegal actions, such as hooliganism, vandalism, theft, bullying and so on. Within these criteria, there are 10 specific indicators that are translated into points with a maximum of 30 points. From them at the end of the assessed period, an estimate is drawn. I score points based on a survey of the entire school. Working with, let’s say, sources personally is the most unpleasant for me. I'm equally disgusted with pulling out information about the behavior of my 40 souls with ticks, and dealing with overzealous informants. But this can be tolerated, but when should I prepare for history lessons!

And now experts of the relevant department considered that the explanatory on the part of the teacher for each point, which led to the final “inadequate” (implied that the “sample” and “empty” parents will not dispute), will help families and teachers to coordinate the requirements for children. So that especially suspicious moms and dads do not see in the system of “opaqueness”. And then the memos, obligingly reminding that the “sample” is 24-30 points, “admissible” – 10-23, and “inaccessible” – 0-9 points accumulated during the assessed period, are now available not only for teachers, but also for parents. And, judging by the reviews in thematic chats, picking around in this system is most popular with mothers of schoolchildren, especially those who are not working.

- They deliberately came up with such a murky system, the mother of a student of a prestigious metropolitan lyceum suspects, who made a lot of efforts to get her child there. What could be more convenient to squeeze out an unwanted student and make room for your own? So you have to go into those glasses and control them.

- How do you do that?

- I come to school during school hours and demand to show me my son's intermediate scores. Until he's been hit by a bunch of others.

- Are you in class and distracting?

- Well, there's a reason for change. And they're not to gossip in the teacher's room.

At first, the appearance of grades for behavior among most teachers caused mixed feelings: they themselves complained for years about the lack of effective leverage over discipline. When a tired teacher spends half a lesson pacifying a noisy classroom, and notes in the diary are ignored, the opportunity to make an assessment seems like a salvation. But to explain each step is too much: where to get so much time?

- I will tell you frankly: you can teach, as well as lead, anything you want, you do not need to know it yourself, the “multi-machinery teacher,” as he called himself, from New Moscow, admits on condition of anonymity. How to fight off parents, I have already figured out: I will write a program with an interactive spreadsheet, put it in a parent chat and I will put every point of their children there. Everything will be on the surface.

But the most unexpected opinion on behalf of their peers was expressed by an eighth-grader near Moscow.

- We have a class – a mathematician, and I have a problem with mathematics, – says the student. - Previously, our Elena Alekseevna directly annoyed me with her additional classes, found fault with her homework, she demanded work on mistakes. And now she's got all sorts of reports on her, she's not into math at all. And everyone who's deaf with her, which is half class, is very happy about it.