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Post by Skellinton on Apr 8, 2020 15:51:40 GMT
I know I am in a unique situation as I teach little littles, but I was just wondering how distance teaching was going for everyone.
My nephew just started yesterday and he is in middle school and apparently it was pretty confusing, but he said it ended up being “ok”.
I have been sending newsletters out 3x a week and posting videos of activities to do, songs, and books for my kids. I have asked for the kids to post video as as well. We have been doing this 3 weeks, so one random topic each week (just saying hi, one telling jokes, one introducing their pets or stuffies) and then the one sharing if they do the activities. Response has been lackluster. We are using Flipgrid so it is really easy for the kids to record their own videos, but obviously parents do have to help. They not only aren’t really watching the videos we post, but only 2 kids of 24 are posting more then just the “hi” video from the first week. I thought maybe it was just my videos, but one boy teacher posted a video and even that has less views then mine and everyone loves him. I would have thought the moms would have watched his just to see him, (it is funny to see the moms flirt with him and he is pretty cute, so anything he does usually gets a lot of attention) but apparently he isn’t even being watched.
I know parents are busy and stressed and have older siblings to deal with etc, but we are getting no feedback and it is hard not to take it personally. The older siblings just started this week, so we have had a two week head start. I HATE having my picture taken and videoing myself is torture. I do each video several times until I find one I don’t absolutely hate to post and I wonder why I am bothering. All of the teachers are being paid, but only 3 of us have posted or done anything, so that is frustrating as well. The other two just made one video each, but I have been filming activities, planning activities and writing out specific step by step plans while photographing the steps, and finding appropriate links to share with the parents. Even though I am not at school I feel like I am working nearly my regular hours and as I said we are getting no feedback. I also monitor the Flipgrid and respond individually to every video posted so the kids know that I am seeing them. It is just disheartening.
So, now that I have griped, how is it going for you guys? Parents what do you want to see? What would make it easier for you? Are you giving your teachers any feedback?
Teachers what are you struggling with? What are you enjoying? Are your kids engaged?
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Post by playingcinderella on Apr 8, 2020 16:22:57 GMT
I am taking a break from contacting parents of students who have not done any work or haven't done any work since the first week of distance learning (we are starting week 4). It's exhausting. The kids have figured out we aren't putting in zeroes for missing assignments - to the parents it looks like they have an "A" but that's because 3 of the 4 assignments are missing. As of this week, we are using zeroes for missing assignments and progress reports for the last 3 weeks are going to show "Incompletes" for those with 2 or more missing assignments.
We are using an online platform (like Google classroom but not as good), that they are familiar with - I use normally in class to post articles, videos, etc and we used it as a means to turn things in. Yet, now that we are home, they act like they've never seen it before. Plus my classes are normally very hands-on (literally, we build sets, hang lights, program sound) and I'm having to convert all of that to distance assignments which equates to videos and computer"y" projects so no one is excited by that change. I am doing tutorials - because I am teaching new content but I don't video myself - just makes me uncomfortable, so screen share and audio it is. I'm not getting feedback exactly, but the assignments tell me the kids who are doing them are watching.
I am responding to every assignment and every message/email, plus reaching out weekly regarding missing assignments...it's alot. I'm definitely working my normal "school" hours. I would normally be at rehearsal 12+ hours a week, so I'm working less overall, but rehearsals and my "program kids" are my favorite part of the job. We held a virtual drama club meeting yesterday - we have to get moving on officer elections and stuff for next year, but I was almost in tears seeing their faces and hearing their voices.
For my own children - (10 & 12) - we are experiencing a lot of technical issues - multiple programs, assignments not opening, etc. Both of them are in charge of emailing/messaging the teachers when something isn't working and they get almost immediate responses. The work is as engaging as it can be - their teachers' are certainly trying. My kids are getting their work done - my son is easily spending 4-5 hours a day on school (but he is in a Middle School GT program) and he also has some challenges that distract him normally. My 5th grader gets maybe 2-3 hours a week if we stretch it, but she is good at finding projects to do herself. We are adding some music and reading assignments to her school "stuff" to keep her a bit more engaged. She also tends to stay focused and work through her assignments more quickly than others.
So there is my long answer, basically .... I'm spending 4-6 hours a day on all my least favorite parts of my job and my favorite parts are on hold until we can get back to normal. I'm also trying to do all of the planning for next year with big questions about "normal" still looming. My house is looking better than ever though, my kids are delighted with the extra time at home and we are really trying to focus on using our extra family time to do those things we end up putting aside this time of year when our theatre schedule is crazy.
I hope to read some other teachers' perspectives - this is such a switch and it's easy to get overwhelmed, but it's nice to know we aren't alone in this.
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Post by cmpeter on Apr 8, 2020 16:37:24 GMT
My daughter is in college and on her second week of an online quarter. It’s been a real struggle. Each professor is handling classes differently. No one is using a live class session. It’s all work on your own or watch pre-recorded videos. There is no time to ask questions live, it’s all emails back and forth. Some are assigning work that’s due on non-class days. Very inconsistent in terms of when assignments are posted. Last night she had an assignment to watch something on Netflix that was due today.
I know it’s a struggle on both ends being that this is also new for the professors. My dd is new to this school having just transferred from another college. So, she doesn’t have school friends she can reach out to.
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Post by jubejubes on Apr 8, 2020 16:41:18 GMT
My friend told me this today regarding the distance learning in her home. 2 students are expelled for fighting Teacher is fired for being intoxicated while working
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Post by mom2rjcr on Apr 8, 2020 16:55:36 GMT
It sucks! I'm tired of trying to contact parents. I know that they have other things to worry about, but my principal is asking for documentation of contact. I am spending more time uploading material than I am doing anything else. Out of my 15 sped students, 10 have joined my google classroom, but have done NO work in the past 3 weeks. I can't force kids to do assignments and I don't want to call and bug parents about it either. We are supposed to be implementing IEPs and giving grades. That's a big NOPE from me. I am also pretty much done with all the meetings...IEP meetings, staff meetings, PLC meetings...seriously!
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Post by Skellinton on Apr 8, 2020 16:58:24 GMT
I hope you all know when I like your posts it isn’t that I am liking that this situation stinks and you are feeling frustrated, it just means I hear you, and I am commiserating with you.
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Post by moodyblue on Apr 8, 2020 17:00:20 GMT
We just finished our first six days and now have some planning days before the next phase starts, where it’s not just review/engagement, but is more new material.
For me, I’m a Title I teacher, a reading specialist, in a middle school. My work with students is all supplemental intervention and I never gave grades anyway. I have some kids who are doing the activities and a couple posting either privately or on the Classroom stream every day. I respond to those, and have a new message each day on the stream.
If they don’t do anything, it’s difficult to get them to participate. I’m putting in some different things in the next plans, and I’m going to change my daily messages some too. We have a video staff meeting in about an hour, so I’m hoping for a good update on the two students I have who didn’t have WiFi access. The district was contacting the 8 middle school students without access about providing a hotspot for them. It will make it easier to include other things if I don’t have to have everything printed for a packet for those two kids.
I do still have a couple kids who haven’t joined my Google Classrooms, so I’m going to be contacting them/their parents.
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Apr 8, 2020 17:03:14 GMT
Our students just finished 2 weeks of packets and they took pictures of work to submit. We are using a platform we've used for behavior and messages home, so they had nothing new to learn. Next week I'll upload work and they'll put answers on paper and take a photo to submit. I have introduce Zoom and haven't done anything regularly yet. I wanted to get through at least 3 weeks since the new routine starts then. Small changes help.
I have added a lot of optional assignments on websites for parents to use if they want to. I think it was overwhelming at first, but I reassured them it was optional. One program was one we had been using all year. I think less is more and simple is more.
As a parent of a middle schooler, I appreciate the email updates. They use our grade book program to post assignments, and I'm not as familiar with it since we don't use it for my level. My son seems to know more about it. LOL
I miss teaching. This isn't the same. I have 100% participating in completing work. I have a good group though that turned in homework etc.
We just have to be flexible, but I find as a parent it's easy to worry about what we've missed if something has changed.
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Post by breetheflea on Apr 8, 2020 17:05:56 GMT
High schooler handles everything herself so we're good there.
Middle schooler doesn't seem to have 2 hours of things to do (which is what is expected) so far
5th grader...not impressed yet. Math worksheets, his teacher is reading a book out loud and some videos (for science) from You Tube to watch. He has ADHD so that doesn't help. It's so far not been an hour of work and he's bored in 15 minutes... I'm hoping it gets better.
Kindergarten started full force today and I'm happy with it so far... The four teachers combined forces and each took a subject. There is a video to watch for each subject, and instructions on what you need to play the games, or what you can use instead. If there's something to turn it, it goes to the "home" teacher not the one giving the lesson. Today's reading was a game with sight words you could make at home, math was counting to 100 with links to YouTube videos with music and then a teacher talked about going for a walk and what she saw and the kids were supposed to draw a picture with the correct number of turtles and take a photo to turn in. I didn't get science because there wasn't a link (I need to see if I missed it) and then writing was another teacher showing how to draw some letters and you could follow along on your own whiteboard. Kindergarten is supposed to be an hour and it took us almost two to watch everything and do the work. My kid loved it.
ETA: the district has been making this big huge deal (text, emails, phone calls, Facebooks posts, a robo call fromthe principals) that this online hub thing is coming, and it's supposed to have links to everything in one place. They emphasized it would be here TODAY and online school starts TODAY. It's 10:55 (am) and I'm still waiting for whatever this thing is...
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Post by Belle on Apr 8, 2020 17:13:23 GMT
My kids have been out of school since March 11th. Distance Learning doesn't start until 4/20 and this week is "spring break".
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Post by shanniebananie on Apr 8, 2020 17:18:29 GMT
I have a high schooler and middle schooler. Both attend private schools. Knock on wood, but both of them are doing great with learning. Teachers post lesson plans for the week and are very specific about what assignments are due when and how to turn them in. They have a variety of zoom sessions (not usually required and they are recorded to watch later), videos to watch for content, creating projects at home and uploaded for grading, written work and a photo is taken for grading, etc. I am pleased with the variety of activities.
Attendance is taken each day as assignments are turned in for middle schooler and high schooler just has to open an email each day for attendance. Assignments are absolutely graded and we are contacted the next day if missing an assignment.
Each kid has 3-6 hours of work a day.
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Post by mrsshampoo on Apr 8, 2020 17:40:19 GMT
My oldest is in his last year of preschool. His particular teacher has not adjusted well to distance learning and is losing what little participation she had from parents fast. Like in the OP, only a couple of parents are sharing work, but even that is fizzling out fast. I have shared constructive feedback with the preschool director and was met with opposition. I basically was told that even after doing this for the past 3 weeks, the teachers are still not comfortable with doing any kind of live learning (on zoom), so it will be introduced gradually and is not currently required. If I hadn’t prepaid for the second part of the preschool year already, I would have stopped payments and unenrolled. I am basically homeschooling and doing my own lesson plans. My son is doing great, though, since I am giving him challenging Curriculum. He has started reading, since being at home.
*I truly thank all of the teachers for their hard work through this adjustment period. The parents can tell which ones really care. Keep up the good work!*
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Post by tc on Apr 8, 2020 17:42:40 GMT
Parent here with a first grader. We start with the recorded morning announcements from his principal and then the morning greeting from his classroom teacher that goes over a greeting, a special guest (recorded video), and directions for what the students are responsible for that day.
Every day while he's watching those videos I sit down with a notepad and divide it in two columns. One side is MUST DO and the other side is OPTIONAL. Reading, Writing, Math, what they're calling FLEX, his Handwriting practice for his OT, and his special for the day (either counseling, music, or PE) go on the required side. Sometimes there's one or two more things like his weekly class zoom meeting or today he has a zoom practice session with his speech therapist.
The other stuff that is suggested or optional or we haven't gotten around to yet goes on the OPTIONAL side. We get through the required (usually in about 1 1/2 - 2 hours). And then I guage how much more *I* can take for the day (I'm also still working 40 hours a week with a combination of being in the office and working from home) and maybe do one or two things from the optional side and try to make up some stuff on the weekends. As I said in a post last week (? I think - time is blurring) it's never going to look "perfect" at my house, whatever that looks like.
What I'm finding is falling by the wayside is the stuff I used to be doing to help him at home in the evenings. Reading books together. Going over his take home sheets for the unit words for the week. Reviewing math flashcards with him. I dropped all that "parent evening help" stuff. I wonder if that's going to have an effect eventually?
The last day of school was originally supposed to be May 28th. They moved it a couple of days ago to May 14th. Five more weeks.
His teaching team and the rest of the staff at his school though have been amazing and inventive. I really appreciate all the work the teachers are putting in.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Apr 8, 2020 17:57:03 GMT
My kids have been out of school since March 11th. Distance Learning doesn't start until 4/20 and this week is "spring break". wow. My kids school went virtual on a Tuesday.. and announced it on Sunday. Teachers had one day to organize. They did three weeks. and are now on Spring break. She meets with her AP class live everyday. Her Theater class has meet once or maybe twice. Everything else is on line and on demand... so no time commitments. She said all of her teachers but her AP teachers are just giving participation grades and not actually grading the work.
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Post by belgravia on Apr 8, 2020 18:26:40 GMT
My daughter (grade 12) is not loving life right now. She’s putting in very long hours every day basically teaching herself calculus and physics. Her biology teacher is insisting that they will be tested on the material they are currently covering. I’m not sure how that’s going to work 🤷🏼♀️ This is important stuff she needs to learn, as she starts engineering in the fall. So it’s not like she can just coast through it.
I’m obviously not involved in teaching her but I’m trying to be supportive. Which means basically offering coffee and/ or food at regular intervals, ensuring that she takes breaks and goes out for a short walk to stretch out and clear her head. It’s tough. She’s really wishing she was in school.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2020 18:51:46 GMT
We did several weeks of "practice learning" here because e-learning is not normal in Illinois and they needed to figure it out. My teens did all of the assignments and interactions, but apparently were some of the few who did. This week they will start grading, but it is such a loose grading system that it doesn't matter what the kids do or what effort is put in. Mine will do everything like it really does matter because that has been ingrained in them, but it seems kind of silly. Their workload so far is super lite so they have a lot of down time. My son (Junior) found out today that his dual credit classes won't count for more than regular high school credit. He is bummed because he really wanted these classes and they are missing so much - the teachers just can't do the class activities at home, so they are skipping most of the classwork. He is looking at retaking a class or two next year because he REALLY wanted these classes but figuring out what to drop his Senior year is hard. HE is just bummed right now.
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Post by Merge on Apr 8, 2020 18:55:22 GMT
I spent today learning how to add graphics to my lesson videos. Am clearly now videography expert. 😊😂
OK, not really. But I learned something new and hopefully the kids will, too.
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Post by brandy327 on Apr 8, 2020 19:04:03 GMT
3 high schoolers here. We've been out of school since March 16th. That week was a week off. We started online learning there following week. So we're on week 3. It's going well from a parent perspective. They're given 2-3 hours worth of work Mon-Thurs. Plus several teachers hold zoom meetings throughout the week.
We told the kids that they need to be up by 8am during the weeks with school. Most days they're done with work by 12 or 1.
Originally, the work wasn't being graded - but we got an email last week saying that since it'll probably be online for there remainder of the year, assignments would now be graded. I'm sure that's going to cause a ruckus. My kids do their assignments so I don't worry about them.
2 out of the 3 have been great. They've been flexible and while they don't like not being able to go out, they realize it's the way it is right now. The other one is being a PITA. She makes us feel like trash... like it's my & DH's rules and we're punishing her. She mentally drains me some days. We can't win, despite the fact that we've ordered a couple of outdoor games for when the weather's nice and we've bought some fun and challenging jigsaw puzzles, she still complains and acts like we're the worst. She frequently says she hates everything.
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Post by fkawitchypea on Apr 8, 2020 19:14:35 GMT
Awful. I have a 16 year old with ADHD who is an unmotivated learner on his best day. It's like a war zone in my house. The teachers are communicating with the kids and I appreciate that, but I have had to reach out to the teachers so I know what is going on. We have been out since March 16th and he only had a few assignments a week up until last week. Now he has assignments every day and two of his teachers have regularly scheduled google meets. I am also working from home so it's very stressful. I appreciate that his business teacher reached out this morning because his assignments weren't turned in. I sent her a very glowing email, telling her how difficult it is to homeschool and work from home at the same time and how I greatly appreciate her reaching out to me. Apparently ds wrote back on her reminder note to him in google to turn in his assignments, "Chill, here it is." I then received a 5 paragraph long email from the teacher about how she hopes her emails to parents are better received by others, etc., etc. I'M SORRY, I'M TRYING! I seriously told my kid that if he isn't going to do the work then just drop out now and he can start his junior year all over again next year.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2020 19:27:00 GMT
It's going very well here. I am afraid she won't want to go back! (8th grader)
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Apr 8, 2020 19:38:54 GMT
Overall, it is going fairly well here.
Older two (9th and 11th grade) have a pretty full day. They are expected to check in to each class at the same time that class would have been during a regular school day. Some teachers talk for most of the time, others don't. So, sometimes they have a break in between. They say that they prefer regular school to this.
My 5th grader is done with his work very quickly. I think he is one to rush through things anyway, and this is making it even easier to do so. I have been trying to be more involved with making sure he is watching the videos that go with the assignments rather than just doing the work. But, I would say that he should have more work than he does.
My 2nd grader has a good amount of work--much more than the 5th grader. He is easily distracted and getting him to focus is an issue at times. Last week (the first week of distance learning) we had a few days where he refused to do the work and he wouldn't look at the teacher during her morning video. I think he was sad and upset about not being with the class. This week he has gotten more motivated to get started but we still have the attention issues. I need to sit by him the whole time and he is usually trying to cling to me during the videos. He has been more clingy in general, but it surprises me during the school time.
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Post by RosieKat on Apr 8, 2020 19:41:14 GMT
My 5th grader doesn't seem to have very much at all assigned. On the bright side, he is actually doing it, even science - and he generally hates schoolwork, especially science.
My 7th grader is spending hours every day. One challenge she is having is that a lot of her teachers created really busy slides for them to get the assignments and background info, and it's hard to find everything she's supposed to do on them.
We did our own "homeschooling" the last couple weeks - this is the first week we have assignments from the school - and I think, frankly, my kids were learning more. However, that's somewhat to be expected since I could tailor it more to them as individuals, and I made sure we kept it mostly fun (or at least did fun stuff after the hard stuff). Our district has a wide range of socioeconomic groups, so the teachers are having to create activities that require virtually no supplies and require virtually no parental input. I really give them credit, they've done well in a crisis and while I may prefer things to be done a different way, I understand why they are the way they are and don't want to be anything but supportive.
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Post by grate on Apr 8, 2020 19:50:30 GMT
I don't want to talk about it (teach 5th grade at a private school ie-parents pay $$) It has been awful, first time in 15 years I don't want to wake up in the morning.
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Post by ddly on Apr 8, 2020 20:05:57 GMT
I'm a teacher and I am not having fun. There is so much new special ed paperwork to do and it seems to change from day to day. We spend one day creating plans for our caseload and we learn the next day that we need to add x. Okay, I add x. Then 2 days later we learn that we need to add y & z. It's such a PIA. I have spent so much time doing paper work that I don't even know what kind of shape some of the kids on my caseload are doing. I'm in high school and I have a few kids that are turning in work but not answering the phone or responding to emails, same with their parents. I have one kid who ran away, one who can't use the computer anymore because they were naughty, and one who one teacher thinks needs a para online with them every day. If it's not paperwork, it's putting out fire. I'm lucky if I get an hour a day to actually do services with kids.
I'm so ready for this year to be done. I have a staff meeting happening on another screen and they are talking about having kids finish when their work is done. Good God! Imagine have 5 classes done on May 1st, 3 done the following week, etc. As a special educator, all I can see is IEP revisions for services that wouldn't be happening anymore.
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Post by RosieKat on Apr 8, 2020 20:26:12 GMT
I don't want to talk about it (teach 5th grade at a private school ie-parents pay $$) It has been awful, first time in 15 years I don't want to wake up in the morning. I'm so sorry. I don't think anyone should be critical right now - this is all new, and teachers also have their own families and their own worries and stresses right now. I'm sorry they don't get it.
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Post by grate on Apr 8, 2020 21:13:48 GMT
I don't want to talk about it (teach 5th grade at a private school ie-parents pay $$) It has been awful, first time in 15 years I don't want to wake up in the morning. I'm so sorry. I don't think anyone should be critical right now - this is all new, and teachers also have their own families and their own worries and stresses right now. I'm sorry they don't get it. Thank you! I appreciate that. It is so hard, and I am not good with being on shaky ground with teaching itself. Distance teaching is so much harder than I expected. However, I never expected the backlash from normally supportive parents. So, so mean. I shut things down today at 4pm. I am normally emailing or on Zoom all evening. Working 7 am until 9 pm. I use the bathroom and eat less than at school We are in week 2, so I hope it gets better, I first have to start with boundaries.
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Post by LiLi on Apr 8, 2020 21:29:03 GMT
It's been rough! My High Schooler wasn't logging in how he should, it was a huge fight here to keep him on track. Apparently the kids at the school are telling each other on social media not to log in, because if none of them do, the school can't fail them all. One of his teachers noticed he wasn't keeping up and called me to check on him. I am so happy for the teachers that DO care. She spoke to him directly and that fight from my son ended. She is still keeping in touch and it is working! PHEW! I am so thankful for her. Apparently, he is just her TA, too. My 5th grader is trying REALLY hard to keep up. Her school is requiring 3 hours of "real" schoolwork a day, which is a series of answering questions on timed tests in google classroom. It is too much IMO. They are learning a new math subject, fractions and she has been struggling. Luckily, my oldest son has been helping her. Her teacher isn't giving much guidance just the work, and only makes herself available for texting/email/messaging one hour a day. My first grader, his teacher is the best. She has made herself available for anything the kids or parents may need 24/7 and has used google classroom, zoom, and clever to give the kids plenty of guidance and "fun" activities to keep them learning. It is so nice to see the kids interacting with each other.
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Post by kate on Apr 8, 2020 21:50:21 GMT
However, I never expected the backlash from normally supportive parents. I have heard a LOT of this from colleagues who teach at private schools. It's kind of a double whammy because it's so unexpected. Because I'm a special-subject teacher, I don't take the same heat from parents. The classroom teachers are really stressed right now. My family is adjusting okay. My college kid is suffering from lack of access to libraries (in his field, much of what he needs for research is NOT digitized). One of my kids is unhappy at the amount of homework being assigned - it's no fun sitting at a desk all day for school and then at the SAME desk all evening for homework (my suggestion of moving to the kitchen for "homework" was not well received - "Don't you see that it's ALL homework at this point, Mommy?!"). It's been a real trial for me. I've been posting videos and activities, but man-oh-man we have been getting SO many contradictory rules from admin - "Don't require too many live classes!" "The parents want more live classes!" "Give them work they can do AWAY from the computer!" "Don't give them anything they have to print out!" That has died down a little this week, thank God. I just wish I had some idea of whether we'll be going back this year. I'm afraid of the danger of lifting restrictions too early. I'm also afraid that if we do go back, we'll be expected to put on all the concerts and shows as if we had actually been having rehearsals all spring - plus, gathering all those people in a theatre together? Noooo thanks.
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Post by myshelly on Apr 8, 2020 21:50:26 GMT
DH has a homeroom of 25 kids and an afternoon class of 24 kids.
He has yet to have more than 8 kids attend a video lesson or class Zoom.
All grading is pass/fail and promotion to the next grade is at teacher’s discretion, so nobody GAF right now.
The district had told the teachers to call parents every time a child missed a class or meeting, but parents complained so much that yesterday teachers were told no more phone calls.
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Post by TankTop on Apr 8, 2020 22:07:33 GMT
We are on a one week break and will starting up again next week.
We have decided to just focus on math and reading going forward and we are scaling way back on work. The kids were getting overwhelmed and parents are at their max. We are hoping this helps our families out.
The chasing down of work is exhausting. I would so much rather be in the classroom.
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