Ah the dreaded reports are finally over, well the first drafts at least!
The amount of hours and energy spent writing, collecting data, triangulating evidence and stressing over deadlines is beyond extreme. It feels like a huge weight as been lifted off even though there is most likely many changes to be made after they are moderated by my team leader and then senior management.
I have learnt a few lessons about report writing:
1. When everyone tells you to get them done during your holiday, do them!
2. Keep all comments and evidence of student's progress in one place.
3. Make a benchmark comment for each stage in the various curriculum areas and then tweak them to individualise each one.
4. Do little bits each night and don't stay up till 2am (even if you are on a roll)
5. Be true to the student, no point sugar coating the data just because they are nice and try hard.
I unfortunately worked myself into sick leave with an awful lingering cold and sheer exhaustion from stress. I hope I have done my students justice and that there aren't going to be more hours spent having to change/alter my comments, I worked very hard to ensure that they were accurate, concise and informative for the student and the whanau.
They say it gets easier each year, all I can say is next year I will be more prompt and diligent when it comes to reports!
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