Grade Level (File: IKB)
1 - Three mandatory assignments a week, each lasting approximately 15 minutes.
2 - Three mandatory assignments a week, each lasting approximately 20 minutes.
3 - Four mandatory assignments a week, each lasting approximately 30 minutes.
4 - Four mandatory assignments a week, each lasting approximately 40 minutes.
5 - Four mandatory assignments a week, each lasting approximately 50 minutes.
6 - Five mandatory assignments a week, each lasting approximately 60 minutes coordinated by the respective Teams.
7-8 - Five mandatory assignments a week, each lasting approximately 90 minutes coordinated by the respective Teams.
9-12 - Four to five mandatory assignments a week, each lasting approximately 75 to 120 minutes.
Adopted by the Barnstable School Committee: July 17, 2001
Responsibilities
Principal
- Communicate homework policy.
- Coordinate among disciplines.
- Monitor homework policy implementation.
- Develop homework report form.
- Make homework topic of parent and faculty meetings.
- Emphasize teaching study skills that allow students to work independently.
Teacher
- Communicate district policy to students.
- Assign homework according to this document.
- Plan and prepare all homework thoroughly.
- Give students feedback on homework.
- Emphasize skills which allow student to work independently on homework.
- Never assign homework as punishment.
- Use homework in assessment.
- Encourage parents to create home environment that fosters homework.
- Refrain from putting parent in teaching role.
- Check progress of long term assignments periodically.
- Inform parents of long range assignments.
- Coordinate long term assignments with other teachers.
Parent
- Be aware of policy.
- Be positive toward homework.
- Provide quiet, well lighted area to complete homework.
- Establish definite time for homework.
- Read to children regularly.
- Refrain from doing homework.
Student
- Complete and return all homework during allotted time.
- Seek immediate help from teachers if work is not understood.
- Establish a realistic time schedule for long term assignments.
- Read nightly for pleasure.
- Do homework on your own and to the BEST of your ability.