I guess if I thought she really wanted to learn the material, I would offer her the Incomplete. In that case, I would take her out of the team evaluation equation. The best option would be for her to re-take the course. Because of the excessive absences, though, I doubt she really wants to learn the material and so she would flunk. -----Original Message----- From: Team Learning Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Francine Glazer Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 5:26 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: absent student - how to "adjust" grade Hi everyone, I need some of your collective wisdom... This semester I have a student who delivered a baby in March, and missed (by mutual agreement) three weeks (one of which was spring break) as a result. Although I urged her from day 1 to come see me so we could work out a plan, she never did - instead she repeatedly made appointments and didn't come to them. In addition to the three negotiated weeks of absence, this student has been absent an additional several (five or six) weeks of class, and has in essence been an absentee team member. I'm anticipating that she will expect to be "excused" from all activities for which she was absent, many of which are team activities that cannot be made up. How do I grade her so that I am fair to all the other students, too? Do I give her zeroes for the major team activities that she was AWOL for, and count them toward her grade? Do I drop out those activities and not include them in her grade calculation? Do I give her an incomplete and an independent project that will include the material she missed? Looking forward to your advice, with thanks, Fran -- Francine S. Glazer, Ph.D. Professor, Biological Sciences Kean University Union NJ 07083 Ph: 908-737-3661 Fx: 908-737-3666 http://www.kean.edu/~fglazer