GRADING POLICY

Quality of Work– 55%: This includes teacher assignments, quizzes, writing assignments, photography, proofreading and layout/design. Meeting Deadlines: Late work causes problems for everyone.

Time on Task– 45%: An effective staff is work oriented, spending their time on the task at hand or helping others; wandering the halls; socializing and disrupting the work of others is unproductive.

Overtime (O.T.) –
YEARBOOK

• Yearbook editors are required to work at least four hours outside of class per six-weeks to meet deadlines.
• Section editors and staff members are required to work at least two hours outside of class each six weeks..
• This can be accomplished before school from 7:30 – 8:15 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in our classroom or outside of class by signing up to take photos of scheduled events and getting interviews.
• You may send in story drafts/notes via email to nikki_dowd@roundrockisd.org. I will place your drafts in your “file” on the server.

NEWSPAPER

• Newspaper editors are required to work at least two hours outside of class per six-weeks to meet deadlines.
• Staff members are required to work at least one hour outside of class each six-weeks.
• This can be accomplished before school from 7:30 – 8:15 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in our classroom or spending time outside of class taking photos and interviewing.
• You may send in story drafts/notes via email to nikki_dowd@roundrockisd.org. I will place your drafts in your “in box” on the server.

Intro to Journalism

• Students are required to work at least one hour outside of class per six-weeks.
• This can be accomplished before school from 7:30 – 8:15 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in our classroom or spending time outside of class taking photos and interviewing.
• You may send in story drafts/notes via email to nikki_dowd@roundrockisd.org. I will place your drafts in your “in box” on the server.