2330 - HOMEWORK
The following guidelines have been developed to assist principals in working with staff to establish appropriate homework assignments:
- All homework assignments should have a specific purpose related to the learning objectives of a program or course.
- Homework assignments should be appropriate to the grade level and the abilities of the students involved.
- Assignments should involve application of knowledge, reinforcement of communication, research and other skills, and should provide experiences which strengthen attitudes and allow for creativity.
- Punishment assignments should never be given.
- The purpose of homework, in terms of the goals of a program, should be clear to the student when assigned, the work corrected when returned, and both the strengths and weaknesses of his/her work communicated in ways which provide for improved performance.
- As part of the process of using homework as a learning tool, students should be involved in learning how to critique their own and each others' work based on clearly-defined criteria related to the particular program or course of study.
- The time limits for the completion of homework should:
- be reasonable and consistent with the nature of the assignments given;
- provide for interim appraisal of progress where assignments involve blocks of time;
- include a reasonable time for make-up of missed homework assignments and/or improvements based on teacher comments.
- Parents should be made aware of the District's homework guidelines as well as the way each of their child's teachers will be using homework as a learning activity.
- The guidelines listed above also apply to the District’s Summer School Program.
SUMMER VACATION HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
- Staff members may assign homework during the summer.
- All summer vacation school homework assignments require the prior approval of the building principal.
- The student’s parents are to be notified in writing of all non-summer school homework assignments approved by the building principal.
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