Classes Assigned

Got my assignment for the next year. I will be teaching Reading to students who are in the six, seventh, and eighth grades. Class sizes will be around 16 to 17 students. In Alaska, the students are on certain levels and in certain grades. In a perfect world this is what happens at school. The levels are determined by the students academic progress. The grades (6th, 7th, 8th) are determined by the students' age. So a teacher could have students who are on several levels, like 4 grade, 5 grade, 6 grade, 7 grade, and 9th grade, all in one (age grade) like the 8th grade. The teacher is a facilitator who helps students move up academic levels. When a student takes a test over a certain standard and gets a grade of proficient, then the student moves up to the next standard level. The tests are supposed to be indicators of the student's ability to understand and/or explain a certain standard on a certain grade level. When a grade is given, it is A, B, C, or developing. Experienced teachers told me they really don't know a student's grade until report cards are calculated by the computer program. No percentage grades are given. Student work at a self-paced rate. I think we are on school improvement, so we are giving Aims tests to students with the frequency determined by the students level with respect to their age-grade. The Alaska Department of Ed. monitor(person) will be able to review these test results and child's progress. This data is per student and per teacher. The teacher can lecture/teach students on grade level standards with their lesson plans reflecting the standard having been covered. Tests over the standard are given at the level each child is currently working on. If the child achieves proficiency then that standard is checked off on that child's record which the computer computes into a report card. Simple?