Unit Recovery

Many educators are for unit recovery because they believe that students should be given several opportunities to learn the material; however there other educators who believe students need to learn to be responsible and if they do not obtain a passing grade on the first try then that should serve as a learning experience. What do you think about schools that offer mid-semester opportunities for students to save their semester by coming in on weekends to revisit material so that they can have a second opportunity of passing their classes?

I personally believe not all students learn at the same pace and that many times educators are not aware of what a child may be going through at home. They may be worried about his/her family getting evicted, not having food on their plate, not being able to afford a coat in the winter, having a sick family member, having to take care of siblings, or even going through depression. Everyone deserves a second chance.

At the 12 week marking period I am planning to offer an opportunity to students in the 50-74% range to revisit material and prove mastery of those standards using Edgenuity. At first, I received a lot of push back from teachers because they felt that power was being taken away from them and others simply did not believe that an online program could be rigorous enough to re-teach the material. In the end I received the needed support and I am very grateful to our department chairs who helped me get teacher buy-in and even met during their PLCs to create recovery units on Edgenuity.