Last week?

Although I have completed my hours at ______ I have been coming this week to gain more experience. This week, we have been working with egg tempura paint. The students had to bring in their own eggs and make and dye the paint themselves. They will also be using palette knives instead of brushes. They have painted a picture of there choice just to get used to working with the materials. Unfortunately, I will not be around to see the project completed, as this will be my last visit until the field trip.
I asked Mr. H about his grading rubrics and how he handled assessment. We had already discussed this previously, but we ran through the actual process as the students worked. To do this, we used a project that the 8th graders had just completed, and we ran through his rubric and graded them accordingly. He even let me a do a couple, but checked them, of course. All of his rubrics are individualized, and the students are shown this. They are usually hanging up on a cabinet, in full view of the students, and they can check that they are meeting the criteria at any time. If a students doesn't do well on an assignment, its usually because the didn't follow the directions. He keeps records of all these things so that if a parent comes asking why there student doesn't do well, he can give them a reason. Also, these rubrics outline what the students learn so if that comes into question, he also has that evidence. He tells me to always leave a paper trail.
I'm gonna miss coming to ________ School. I have spent a good amount of time here and really feel like I am beginning to know the students. Hopefully I can student teach here next year.