[etni] Re: exam proctors
- From: "Bari Nirenberg" <nirenber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 23:09:10 +0200
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> Bagrut teachers stop active teaching at least two weeks before
> the start of the bagrut examinations.
Not all of us. I taught my 10th graders, who took Module A today, right up
until Friday (which was the last lesson before today -- I only teach them on
Wednesdays and Fridays). Our 11th graders, all of whom took exams today,
also studied up until some time last week. In fact, even our 12th graders
had regular classes until a week and a half ago (not in English -- they did
the winter exam and we only continued with small groups of students who
wanted to improve their grades).
And I, for one, would not want to be obligated to proctor exams in the late
afternoon. Also, my experience with teachers who proctor exams has been
that some are good proctors and some are not -- just like the ones hired by
the Ministry. I've walked into quite a few matkonot and found the "proctor"
sitting and reading a newspaper. I've also seen and heard of proctors
(teachers) helping students with exams (normally out of ignorance -- not
realizing that they're answering questions that teachers of the subject
being tested wouldn't answer).
I don't think one needs a PhD to proctor an exam. I think that the person
doing the job simply needs to take it seriously, which I imagine that most
of the proctors sent by the Ministry do. I suspect that teachers who are
forced to proctor exams when they don't want to, and especially when the
hours are outside of their normal working ours, may not be as serious about
the job as you think.
Bari
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