[etni] Re projects and Pro - rejects

Good Evening.
It is last minute Oral Bagroot weather in our school.  Every year, I vow never 
to let a tester in without going over the rules.



I have found apalling discrepancies beteen the 'guidelines for testers' and 
what the testers often think the guidelines are.  This has led to unpleasant 
disagreemnets and a long list of testers who won't touch our school with a ten 
foot benchmark.



Anyway, I just got a long distance call from a teacher in Jerusalem (240KM, 
that's a long distance alright), who isists that the pupils have to bring their 
projects to the ORal test.  I know this to be false, and I will site the 
ministry guidelines ( in italics, because I know Etni can't keep the colors of 
the fonts.  Pupils certainly can bring their work; it is certainly helpful, but 
they are under no obligation to do so.  If I am wrong on this, show me where 
it's written.



Cut and paste from the Guidelines: {my comments in these funny bookends.}

 Dear Teachers,

 

Please read the following guidelines carefully.  Proper preparation will ensure 
that the testing experience will be positive for both the pupils and the 
testers.

 

   ·   Pupils must come to the oral exam with their ID cards. {Ed note:  an I D 
card is not a project; at best it's a performance task.}

 

   ·   On the day of the exam, give the tester a list of the names of the 
pupils and the topic of the project that they will be presenting during the 
oral exam (see form Project Topics). { We assume that the teacher is not going 
to fake projects on the list.  Notice, they don't have to bring the projects}

 

   ·   Arrange for each tester to test no more than 24 pupils per day 
(approximately five pupils per hour).  The same standard of testing and grading 
cannot be kept up for more than five hours.  {Give me enough coffee and a 
bathroom nearby, and I can go on all week}

 

   ·   Introduce the testers to the principal the first morning they arrive.  
Suggest to the principal to make ?rounds? occasionally.  It gives the pupils a 
good feeling to know that the principal knows about this important event!  
{Some principals are so embarrassed by their lack of English skills that they 
feign illness on the day of the Oral Bagr to avoid fadeehot.

 

   ·   If there are pupils with special problems (family, health, speech 
defects, etc.), be sure to tell the testers in advance.  {Not like when the 
tester insisted on asking about the pupil's mother and father, until the pupil 
blurted out:   My father knifed my mother to death and then killed himself.}

 

   ·   Make the testing environment as friendly as possible:  a clean room, a 
tablecloth, a plant on the table, etc. {A bed is a nice touch, wine...}



 The exam should take place in a quiet area.  Pupils should wait for their turn 
in a separate room.  { Machaneh Yehuda market would be more peaceful than our 
school.}

 

   ·   Make sure the tester has a copy of the official grading scales (Summer 
2005 - New Format based on the Tzvira Model), for use during the exam.  (Good 
luck, Motek.  I still have to convince them we don't use cue cards anymore.}

 

   ·   Keep the testers well-fed and "watered!"  {We don't have any well water.}

 

   ·   Accept the decision of the testers.  Do not argue that a pupil "usually 
does better? (or worse).  The pupils? marks reflect their performance during 
the ten minute exam and not their performance throughout the year.   { In your 
dreams.}





presented by "Withheld" Silverberg.  ( Name withheld by request.)




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