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Post by Scrapper100 on Jun 20, 2020 3:28:41 GMT
Just got the latest and no reduced class sizes. No masks or social distancing.
Traditional, blended or online but it’s looking like the only way to get your electives is to go to the school. The classes are five days a week so no attempt at all to minimize exposure all. I’m really frustrated. We still have cases it’s going up not down businesses are having to close due to cases but ug sounds like the schools won’t. The state has put forth guidelines but just that and schools are free to do whatever.
So frustrated that they seem to not really be looking at the fact that this isn’t going away. I understand that most want to go back as they think it’s a hoax since they haven’t gotten sick but still it’s frustrating. I don’t want to send my child but know that homeschooling isn’t an option either. Online classes yes but me teaching no that just wouldn’t work snd would be a disaster. I’m really hoping we can find enough online options that he doesn’t have to go back.
Eta. My son is in high school snd did really well in online classes this past semester and knows that this next year there will be more work and more online interaction.
I think it would be really hard to do online with younger kids unless the parents are also motivated and making sure they are working. I think for older kids it could work out great. If they can do online college classes why not high school?
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Post by Scrapper100 on Jun 20, 2020 3:44:53 GMT
I agree with what Darcy Collins said about the long term effect of kids not being in school - particularly those already most at risk. But I also agree with SockMonkey that society sees teachers and school staff as expendable, and the inevitable deaths of those in high risk populations as just unfortunate collateral damage. I’d also bet that those 22 countries where schools have reopened had the virus largely under control first and have a population that largely complies with mask and distancing requirements. Neither of these things will be true when Texas goes back to school in August. And that’s the thing we don’t have it under control and they will not do anything to try snd mitigate against spread. Classes and campus are both over crowded already. There is no way there won’t be cases at the school unless we get it under sone kind of control in our community and I don’t see that happening in less than two months. I don’t think teachers should be in a bubble or behind plexiglass but there needs to be something that can be done to protect them and also a way so that all the kids aren’t there every day at least for high schools students. |
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Post by Linda on Jun 20, 2020 4:18:09 GMT
Another huge piece of the puzzle to solve before kids go back to school is transportation. Here, it is not uncommon for elementary school kids to sit 2-3 per seat. If you socially distance, buses that could carry 76-78 students by some estimates could only take 11-13. How does that work? Our buses are chronically overcrowded. They sit 3 to a seat every day. They got busted last year for putting too many kids on a bus. So several times, they had to make 2 trips—making the 2nd group almost an hour late to school. Our buses serve elementary, middle and high school. I don’t see how they could possibly stagger. Also—we have major issues attracting and retaining drivers. I can’t imagine it’s going to get better in the age of COVID-19. But maybe the high unemployment rates will make the job more attractive… This is an issue here also. Our buses do two routes - they do an elementary (k-5) route and then go back out and do the secondary route (6th, 7-8th, 9-12 - three separate schools - they pick up all kids then drop one school at a time). Bus routes are long - when my girls were elementary, they were picked up at 605 for a 745 school start as they were first on the route - and full - at least 2/seat but often 3 even for upper grades. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 20, 2020 5:46:31 GMT
Another huge piece of the puzzle to solve before kids go back to school is transportation. Here, it is not uncommon for elementary school kids to sit 2-3 per seat. If you socially distance, buses that could carry 76-78 students by some estimates could only take 11-13. How does that work? Our buses are chronically overcrowded. They sit 3 to a seat every day. They got busted last year for putting too many kids on a bus. So several times, they had to make 2 trips—making the 2nd group almost an hour late to school. Our buses serve elementary, middle and high school. I don’t see how they could possibly stagger. Also—we have major issues attracting and retaining drivers. I can’t imagine it’s going to get better in the age of COVID-19. But maybe the high unemployment rates will make the job more attractive… We’re going to face that problem in my area too. The last couple years have been brutal with getting enough people to drive the buses and get all kids to school on time and that was pre-Covid. Many of the drivers I’ve seen are retired people coming back to work a part time job for a little extra cash. I can’t imagine being stuck closed in on a bus with even half the kids one driver encounters in a day would be worth the risk of getting sick for what they get paid. |
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 20, 2020 9:50:06 GMT
Our buses are chronically overcrowded. They sit 3 to a seat every day. They got busted last year for putting too many kids on a bus. So several times, they had to make 2 trips—making the 2nd group almost an hour late to school. Our buses serve elementary, middle and high school. I don’t see how they could possibly stagger. Also—we have major issues attracting and retaining drivers. I can’t imagine it’s going to get better in the age of COVID-19. But maybe the high unemployment rates will make the job more attractive… We’re going to face that problem in my area too. The last couple years have been brutal with getting enough people to drive the buses and get all kids to school on time and that was pre-Covid. Many of the drivers I’ve seen are retired people coming back to work a part time job for a little extra cash. I can’t imagine being stuck closed in on a bus with even half the kids one driver encounters in a day would be worth the risk of getting sick for what they get paid. Same here with the bus drivers. Our buses are used for all three levels -- elementary, middle, and high. It's a very well-choreographed thing...the buses start with the middle schools, then the shorter route buses plus a few extras head to the early-start elementary schools. Then a few do the late-start elementary schools while the rest do the high schools. We have 24 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, 4 high schools, a county Montessori program, and a couple of other public schools (a career center, a SPED school, and an alternative school). The kids are so jammed packed into these buses that often at the beginning of the year they have to leave kids standing on the corner and bring the bus back after it drops off the first load. I'm just laughing at the idea of trying to socially distance kids on our buses, and at how many many trips it would take to get everyone there and then home again at the end of the day.  |
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Post by prettyprettypaper on Jun 20, 2020 10:28:53 GMT
I'm in Hawai'i and the principal of DD2's elementary school sent an announcement today that schools are still set to open first week of August. Details will be sent to us first week of July. DH and I are planning to keep her home though, especially because I am high-risk. We are fortunate that I am a SAHM and the only class I signed up for next semester is an online one. I haven't seen anything issued by our local teacher's association and am curious as to what their position is. When this all started in March, they were quite vocal about their concerns.
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Post by prettyprettypaper on Jun 20, 2020 10:50:39 GMT
DD’s college has said they will go back, with a modular schedule. They will take one class at a time for 3 weeks, 4 days a week for 3 hours a day. She is still deciding if she will go back. She wants to graduate with her friends, but is worried that one of her roommates won’t social distance. Plus, how the heck do you do a semester of anatomy in 3 weeks? I think it's doable considering they are focusing on one course only at any given time. I have taken accelerated courses that were five weeks long, and I took those when I was a full-time student and balancing my daughter's daily extracurricular activities and mom/wife duties. I just had to be sure to be really organized, develop a system, and plan ahead as much as possible. I will say that anatomy was one of my toughest classes ever, though! This was largely due to the fact that there was SO MUCH memorization involved, and I find that, being in my 40's, it takes me longer to memorize things! That being said, I still think 3 weeks is possible since there will be no other classes to distract her. |
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Post by Basket1lady on Jun 20, 2020 11:28:10 GMT
DD’s college has said they will go back, with a modular schedule. They will take one class at a time for 3 weeks, 4 days a week for 3 hours a day. She is still deciding if she will go back. She wants to graduate with her friends, but is worried that one of her roommates won’t social distance. Plus, how the heck do you do a semester of anatomy in 3 weeks? I think it's doable considering they are focusing on one course only at any given time. I have taken accelerated courses that were five weeks long, and I took those when I was a full-time student and balancing my daughter's daily extracurricular activities and mom/wife duties. I just had to be sure to be really organized, develop a system, and plan ahead as much as possible. I will say that anatomy was one of my toughest classes ever, though! This was largely due to the fact that there was SO MUCH memorization involved, and I find that, being in my 40's, it takes me longer to memorize things! That being said, I still think 3 weeks is possible since there will be no other classes to distract her. My concern is the cramming that is needed for the class in such a short time. I’m fine with literature, ethics, and classes that are more discussion based. She’s a Psych major and the Psych dept has reached out to its students, outlining what they will be doing for class. She has a lab with one of her Psych classes and it will be a longer class (not sure if it’s 4 or 5 hours). They will have breaks during the class time where they will be expected to do class work—reading, studying, polling, etc. That actually sounds fun and I like that concept. My sticking point is anatomy. I memorize by repetition. So when I had to memorize math formulas, history dates, philosophers and their theories, bones, etc, I would write it out in chart or diagram form and then look at it several times a day. DD a is taking the GRE next Sunday, so she’s focused on that. By then, she’s hoping to hear from the Biology dept and understand what the plan is for those classes. |
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Post by prettyprettypaper on Jun 20, 2020 12:11:48 GMT
I think it's doable considering they are focusing on one course only at any given time. I have taken accelerated courses that were five weeks long, and I took those when I was a full-time student and balancing my daughter's daily extracurricular activities and mom/wife duties. I just had to be sure to be really organized, develop a system, and plan ahead as much as possible. I will say that anatomy was one of my toughest classes ever, though! This was largely due to the fact that there was SO MUCH memorization involved, and I find that, being in my 40's, it takes me longer to memorize things! That being said, I still think 3 weeks is possible since there will be no other classes to distract her. My concern is the cramming that is needed for the class in such a short time. I’m fine with literature, ethics, and classes that are more discussion based. She’s a Psych major and the Psych dept has reached out to its students, outlining what they will be doing for class. She has a lab with one of her Psych classes and it will be a longer class (not sure if it’s 4 or 5 hours). They will have breaks during the class time where they will be expected to do class work—reading, studying, polling, etc. That actually sounds fun and I like that concept. My sticking point is anatomy. I memorize by repetition. So when I had to memorize math formulas, history dates, philosophers and their theories, bones, etc, I would write it out in chart or diagram form and then look at it several times a day. DD a is taking the GRE next Sunday, so she’s focused on that. By then, she’s hoping to hear from the Biology dept and understand what the plan is for those classes. I totally get the cramming thing. Heck, I can't even remember where I parked my car most of the time, so I certainly can understand the anxiety over the volume of material that needs to be covered and memorized in such a short timeframe. I too, memorize best by rote memorization. I labeled diagrams over and over and over and over. I've been taking a language class for the past four semesters, and that just added to the jumbling of facts in my brain. Your DD is just going to need to employ whichever tactic(s) help her memorize best. There are so many online resources for anatomy students these days, too. This last semester, I finally took the one class I had been dreading and putting off until I could no longer do that. It was math. I was so worried about all of the formulas I would have to re-learn as well as the ones I hadn't learned at all. A week before school started, I told myself I had to knock it off. I've been doing just fine with school all this time. I changed my mindset about the math class, shifting from a place of anxiety and uncertainty to a place of absolutely confidence, adopting a positive "I can do this!" attitude. I tackled that math class and finished ALL of the work in three weeks, scoring an "A" on all of my assignments and exams. I share this because I really believe that my attitude, along with being organized and determined, is what helped me accomplish what I did, not just with that math class but with all of the classes I've taken so far. Is your DD normally a good student? Is she focused and organized? Does she maintain a positive attitude when faced with challenges? If so, I think she'll do just fine! It can be done! |
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Post by Basket1lady on Jun 20, 2020 14:18:30 GMT
My concern is the cramming that is needed for the class in such a short time. I’m fine with literature, ethics, and classes that are more discussion based. She’s a Psych major and the Psych dept has reached out to its students, outlining what they will be doing for class. She has a lab with one of her Psych classes and it will be a longer class (not sure if it’s 4 or 5 hours). They will have breaks during the class time where they will be expected to do class work—reading, studying, polling, etc. That actually sounds fun and I like that concept. My sticking point is anatomy. I memorize by repetition. So when I had to memorize math formulas, history dates, philosophers and their theories, bones, etc, I would write it out in chart or diagram form and then look at it several times a day. DD a is taking the GRE next Sunday, so she’s focused on that. By then, she’s hoping to hear from the Biology dept and understand what the plan is for those classes. I totally get the cramming thing. Heck, I can't even remember where I parked my car most of the time, so I certainly can understand the anxiety over the volume of material that needs to be covered and memorized in such a short timeframe. I too, memorize best by rote memorization. I labeled diagrams over and over and over and over. I've been taking a language class for the past four semesters, and that just added to the jumbling of facts in my brain. Your DD is just going to need to employ whichever tactic(s) help her memorize best. There are so many online resources for anatomy students these days, too. This last semester, I finally took the one class I had been dreading and putting off until I could no longer do that. It was math. I was so worried about all of the formulas I would have to re-learn as well as the ones I hadn't learned at all. A week before school started, I told myself I had to knock it off. I've been doing just fine with school all this time. I changed my mindset about the math class, shifting from a place of anxiety and uncertainty to a place of absolutely confidence, adopting a positive "I can do this!" attitude. I tackled that math class and finished ALL of the work in three weeks, scoring an "A" on all of my assignments and exams. I share this because I really believe that my attitude, along with being organized and determined, is what helped me accomplish what I did, not just with that math class but with all of the classes I've taken so far. Is your DD normally a good student? Is she focused and organized? Does she maintain a positive attitude when faced with challenges? If so, I think she'll do just fine! It can be done! Yes, DD a is a very good student. She’s very focused and organized. If she decides to go back, it can be done. I’m not sure about the retention, but she must need to take anatomy in PT school, so she won’t go out and work on people without a good knowledge base! But I think you nailed it—if she decides it’s ok and will work, it will be fine and it will work. And really, in PT school, they do units vs one subject for months. So in a way, it will set her up for the following year. She got a job in the counseling center that is standing up a new focus and will be heavily involved in creating that mental health space. Her old job (in the costume shop) has said she can come in whenever she wants, as she’s talented and finds the creative outlet relaxing. She got into the senior townhouses with her best friends and she will have her own room. So she will be able to stay on campus, regardless of what happens with classes. We were talking a little bit ago about going back. She still hasn’t decided. I think a lot of the indecision is if they shut down again or if there’s a outbreak on campus. She hated online learning and just can’t decide if the “what ifs“ are worth it. She did feel a lot better with the info the Psych dept put out. Hopefully other departments put out additional info to give the students a better idea of the new plan. It’s funny—we were talking about math classes earlier. I went to the same college and it was a math or science requirement when I was there, so I never took any math. I was horrible at it and never wanted to take another math class again. DD a does well with math and had DS (electrical engineering) to tutor her when needed. Math is hard. Good job with your class! |
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Post by whipea on Jun 20, 2020 16:02:42 GMT
I work at a private university and we are returning July 6. Keep in mind I am in a state with one of the highest new case and hospitalization counts in the country. My county is now out of adult ICU beds.
We are reassured there is an entry protocol which is signing a waiver, temperature and questionnaire. We have to wear masks and no more than 7 students in the room. So, for classes with more than 7 students, you repeat the class multiple times. So basically you could be repeating a class which are generally are four hours, four to five times over two to three days. They reassured us by saying the classrooms are cleaned between classes.
They also told us if we are in positions that serves all the student population, we need to be on campus 40 hours a week, but to isolate in our offices when not meeting with students. Further, they said they will re-address the plan if any students, staff or faculty test positive.
Further, you can provide medical documentation if you have a risk, but it will be addressed as an ADA accommodation.
I am concerned but I will report, remain positive and be careful. I will isolate at home by sleeping in the guest room, chronically disinfect and and stay away from D/H as he has risks.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jun 20, 2020 16:36:37 GMT
I work at a private university and we are returning July 6. Keep in mind I am in a state with one of the highest new case and hospitalization counts in the country. My county is now out of adult ICU beds. We are reassured there is an entry protocol which is signing a waiver, temperature and questionnaire. We have to wear masks and no more than 7 students in the room. So, for classes with more than 7 students, you repeat the class multiple times. So basically you could be repeating a class which are generally are four hours, four to five times over two to three days. They reassured us by saying the classrooms are cleaned between classes. They also told us if we are in positions that serves all the student population, we need to be on campus 40 hours a week, but to isolate in our offices when not meeting with students. Further, they said they will re-address the plan if any students, staff or faculty test positive. Further, you can provide medical documentation if you have a risk, but it will be addressed as an ADA accommodation. I am concerned but I will report, remain positive and be careful. I will isolate at home by sleeping in the guest room, chronically disinfect and and stay away from D/H as he has risks. Are university instructors being paid more to repeat classes? That sounds like more hours of work...? |
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Post by whipea on Jun 21, 2020 0:27:21 GMT
I work at a private university and we are returning July 6. Keep in mind I am in a state with one of the highest new case and hospitalization counts in the country. My county is now out of adult ICU beds. We are reassured there is an entry protocol which is signing a waiver, temperature and questionnaire. We have to wear masks and no more than 7 students in the room. So, for classes with more than 7 students, you repeat the class multiple times. So basically you could be repeating a class which are generally are four hours, four to five times over two to three days. They reassured us by saying the classrooms are cleaned between classes. They also told us if we are in positions that serves all the student population, we need to be on campus 40 hours a week, but to isolate in our offices when not meeting with students. Further, they said they will re-address the plan if any students, staff or faculty test positive. Further, you can provide medical documentation if you have a risk, but it will be addressed as an ADA accommodation. I am concerned but I will report, remain positive and be careful. I will isolate at home by sleeping in the guest room, chronically disinfect and and stay away from D/H as he has risks. Are university instructors being paid more to repeat classes? That sounds like more hours of work...? No. Faculty are salaried. Our university normally runs on an accelerated schedule so the workload is not that unusual, but it is the exposure risk that is kind of questionable. |
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Post by SockMonkey on Jun 21, 2020 0:31:42 GMT
Are university instructors being paid more to repeat classes? That sounds like more hours of work...? No. Faculty are salaried. Our university normally runs on an accelerated schedule so the workload is not that unusual, but it is the exposure risk that is kind of questionable. I just wondered if your faculty was unionized and how it would impact the collective bargaining agreement if there was one. For most schools (P-12 and above), CBAs are going to have to be renegotiated or have memoranda of understanding in order to not violate them. Wasn't sure what the case was for y'all and how that change in schedule would impact that. |
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Post by whipea on Jun 21, 2020 0:36:20 GMT
No union - open shop state. It can be a pretty brutal schedule under normal circumstances, but not always.
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Post by kels99 on Jun 21, 2020 0:52:28 GMT
Another huge piece of the puzzle to solve before kids go back to school is transportation. Here, it is not uncommon for elementary school kids to sit 2-3 per seat. If you socially distance, buses that could carry 76-78 students by some estimates could only take 11-13. How does that work? Our state superintendent clarified some things today and one of them was about buses. He said one of the considerations is the amount of time near someone else. They are aiming for less than 15 minutes in close proximity with other people. The first kids on the bus route will spread out and by the time the end of the route comes and the kids have to sit close together, hopefully it will be less than 15 minutes to school. They are encouraging people to drive, walk, bike, etc if possible. |
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Post by paigepea on Jun 21, 2020 11:32:49 GMT
It’s too bad there are so many unknowns with this issue.
When our province went back almost 4 weeks ago there were similar questions. I think going back helped answer a lot of the unknowns. The classes were cut in half and desks / kids were distanced in the classes. The parents were told that there would be no social distancing in grades 3 and below. In our province, one adult at one school tested positive. This person wasn’t in contact with any students but the school was shut down for the remainder of the year. No one else tested positive. This is the only reported positive individual at a school once schools opened.
As far as classes go, half of the kids are home and half are in class. The teacher teaches one class and the at home kids stream it and watch. Kids in class or at home can ask questions. Teacher can interact with at home or in person students. It is more complicated because the teacher manages both domains but most teachers said it was fine after some practice. My girls are at a private school with little to no behavioural problems. I’m sure that other classrooms will have other elements that make this type of hybrid learning more difficult. My point is that it wasn’t teaching twice - on line and in class. It was combined. My kids seem fine with this hybrid model come September as they’ve tried it out. Of course they would prefer everyone in class but I’m not sure that will happen unless we stay in phase 3. I think phase 3 with all kids in school still doesn’t allow for lunch room or assemblies (large gatherings). That is phase 4 (gatherings more than 50 people). .
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Post by Linda on Jun 21, 2020 13:38:06 GMT
Our state superintendent clarified some things today and one of them was about buses. He said one of the considerations is the amount of time near someone else. They are aiming for less than 15 minutes in close proximity with other people. The first kids on the bus route will spread out and by the time the end of the route comes and the kids have to sit close together, hopefully it will be less than 15 minutes to school. They are encouraging people to drive, walk, bike, etc if possible. I don't see how that'll be practical in my area. We're rural so bus routes are long - when my girls were K-5, they got on the bus at 605 for a 745 school start |
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Post by dewryce on Jun 21, 2020 14:11:54 GMT
Our state superintendent clarified some things today and one of them was about buses. He said one of the considerations is the amount of time near someone else. They are aiming for less than 15 minutes in close proximity with other people. The first kids on the bus route will spread out and by the time the end of the route comes and the kids have to sit close together, hopefully it will be less than 15 minutes to school. They are encouraging people to drive, walk, bike, etc if possible. I don't see how that'll be practical in my area. We're rural so bus routes are long - when my girls were K-5, they got on the bus at 605 for a 745 school start Exactly, we have the same issue here. |
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Post by annie on Jun 21, 2020 14:38:45 GMT
My large district just put out some preliminary options and shared on Facebook. The whole comment section is exploding with upset parents about how if their kids have to wear a mask, they'll keep them home. I wanted to say - YOU DO THAT! I'm worried for my life going back into my Kgtn classroom. Less kids means healthier for all of us. I anticipate we are going to go back and that we'll shut down for 2-3 days everytime a case is diagnosed. They want us to be able to seamlessly transition to online learning and back again. Smh. That should work great for working parents! Sigh. Half my K team is technologically impaired and I spent so much time being their Tech Coach over the past 3 months that I dread having to do it again. I would almost rather designate myself as the distance learning teacher and let them stay on campus. I wonder how that would be received.  |
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Post by aj2hall on Jun 21, 2020 15:45:24 GMT
I’m not sure about other districts or states, but our schools were not allowed to record Zoom meetings with students for privacy reasons. I don’t know if they would be able to record sessions in school with other students present.
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Post by myshelly on Jun 21, 2020 17:25:20 GMT
It’s too bad there are so many unknowns with this issue. When our province went back almost 4 weeks ago there were similar questions. I think going back helped answer a lot of the unknowns. The classes were cut in half and desks / kids were distanced in the classes. The parents were told that there would be no social distancing in grades 3 and below. In our province, one adult at one school tested positive. This person wasn’t in contact with any students but the school was shut down for the remainder of the year. No one else tested positive. This is the only reported positive individual at a school once schools opened. As far as classes go, half of the kids are home and half are in class. The teacher teaches one class and the at home kids stream it and watch. Kids in class or at home can ask questions. Teacher can interact with at home or in person students. It is more complicated because the teacher manages both domains but most teachers said it was fine after some practice. My girls are at a private school with little to no behavioural problems. I’m sure that other classrooms will have other elements that make this type of hybrid learning more difficult. My point is that it wasn’t teaching twice - on line and in class. It was combined. My kids seem fine with this hybrid model come September as they’ve tried it out. Of course they would prefer everyone in class but I’m not sure that will happen unless we stay in phase 3. I think phase 3 with all kids in school still doesn’t allow for lunch room or assemblies (large gatherings). That is phase 4 (gatherings more than 50 people). . Several school districts around here won’t allow this type of interaction citing privacy reasons. Lessons had to be recorded and then a link sent to students to view without interacting live with teachers or other classmates. |
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Post by paigepea on Jun 22, 2020 0:02:12 GMT
It’s too bad there are so many unknowns with this issue. When our province went back almost 4 weeks ago there were similar questions. I think going back helped answer a lot of the unknowns. The classes were cut in half and desks / kids were distanced in the classes. The parents were told that there would be no social distancing in grades 3 and below. In our province, one adult at one school tested positive. This person wasn’t in contact with any students but the school was shut down for the remainder of the year. No one else tested positive. This is the only reported positive individual at a school once schools opened. As far as classes go, half of the kids are home and half are in class. The teacher teaches one class and the at home kids stream it and watch. Kids in class or at home can ask questions. Teacher can interact with at home or in person students. It is more complicated because the teacher manages both domains but most teachers said it was fine after some practice. My girls are at a private school with little to no behavioural problems. I’m sure that other classrooms will have other elements that make this type of hybrid learning more difficult. My point is that it wasn’t teaching twice - on line and in class. It was combined. My kids seem fine with this hybrid model come September as they’ve tried it out. Of course they would prefer everyone in class but I’m not sure that will happen unless we stay in phase 3. I think phase 3 with all kids in school still doesn’t allow for lunch room or assemblies (large gatherings). That is phase 4 (gatherings more than 50 people). . Several school districts around here won’t allow this type of interaction citing privacy reasons. Lessons had to be recorded and then a link sent to students to view without interacting live with teachers or other classmates. Oh that is too bad. I think that is why our public school board didn’t use zoom. There are ways to protect privacy on zoom. |
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Post by ntsf on Jun 22, 2020 0:41:51 GMT
my son took a basic calculus class in 3 weeks.. class in morning, study all afternoon. he did quite well.. better than drawn out class.
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Post by myshelly on Jun 22, 2020 1:37:54 GMT
Several school districts around here won’t allow this type of interaction citing privacy reasons. Lessons had to be recorded and then a link sent to students to view without interacting live with teachers or other classmates. Oh that is too bad. I think that is why our public school board didn’t use zoom. There are ways to protect privacy on zoom. It’s not to protect from the website - it’s so students don’t see into each other’s houses and teachers don’t see into student’s houses. |
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Post by paigepea on Jun 22, 2020 5:02:08 GMT
Oh that is too bad. I think that is why our public school board didn’t use zoom. There are ways to protect privacy on zoom. It’s not to protect from the website - it’s so students don’t see into each other’s houses and teachers don’t see into student’s houses. Ahhh. When my dd started zoom learning each teacher and student did a tour of their workspace. It was cute. My girls were instructed on cleaning their work spaces to make them clean and tidy and to remove anything they don’t want viewer. The teachers made a cute video of their workspaces, where they keep snacks. It’s hard to please everyone nowadays. It’s too bad that there wasn’t synchronous learning. |
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