Our School Reopening Plans
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wrote on 8 Jul 2020, 14:03 last edited by
Dual Enrollment. He gets college credit.
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wrote on 22 Jul 2020, 21:09 last edited by
And that lasted all of two weeks.
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wrote on 22 Jul 2020, 21:10 last edited by
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wrote on 22 Jul 2020, 21:11 last edited by
In other words, the teacher’s union won.
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wrote on 22 Jul 2020, 22:20 last edited by
unless physical distancing and face covering recommendations are implemented with extremely high levels of consistency
Yup, the teachers won more days at home with pay for doing nothing
Because covid
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wrote on 22 Jul 2020, 22:33 last edited by
I do hope you enjoyed it while it lasted.
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wrote on 22 Jul 2020, 22:50 last edited by
Not to plug it again, but the NYT’s podcast The Daily had a good episode about school reopenings. Link below.
Anyway, @LuFins-Dad looks like Fairfax County is doing the same. The ripple effect this has throughout the region and workplaces is enormous!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000485711785
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unless physical distancing and face covering recommendations are implemented with extremely high levels of consistency
Yup, the teachers won more days at home with pay for doing nothing
Because covid
wrote on 23 Jul 2020, 00:36 last edited by@Copper said in Our School Reopening Plans:
unless physical distancing and face covering recommendations are implemented with extremely high levels of consistency
Yup, the teachers won more days at home with pay for doing nothing
Because covid
Not sure this is true for all school districts in the US. In talking with some friends, the school may have remote learning, but the teachers are required to be in the building to do the remote teaching. For them, it will be a regular day schedule.
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wrote on 23 Jul 2020, 01:46 last edited by
Right, every State, City and County make their own rules.
And the feds can threaten to take away money when they want to make some rules.
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wrote on 23 Jul 2020, 01:49 last edited by
Our Japanese foreign exchange student is coming in three weeks to stay with us again. Not clear why. As far as I know, she'll be taking online classes from her room here, rather than doing so from her room in Japan. But we'll take the money.
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Right, every State, City and County make their own rules.
And the feds can threaten to take away money when they want to make some rules.
wrote on 23 Jul 2020, 01:52 last edited by@Copper said in Our School Reopening Plans:
Right, every State, City and County make their own rules.
And the feds can threaten to take away money when they want to make some rules.
True, Copper. But don't forget the average percentage from the feds is around 12%, mostly going towards Title I. So, it's not huge.
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unless physical distancing and face covering recommendations are implemented with extremely high levels of consistency
Yup, the teachers won more days at home with pay for doing nothing
Because covid
wrote on 23 Jul 2020, 02:20 last edited by@Copper Sorry to hear you have such a low opinion of teachers, Copper. All the teachers I know are working harder than ever to make learning still happen, no matter what situation we find ourselves in.
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wrote on 23 Jul 2020, 10:09 last edited by
Teachers that aren’t teaching aren’t teachers.
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wrote on 23 Jul 2020, 10:43 last edited by
@Copper Do you consider virtual learning programs teaching?
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wrote on 23 Jul 2020, 14:36 last edited by Copper
I'm not really familiar with all of them.
I imagine they go anywhere from 100% live teaching to 0% live teaching.
Calling the ones that are 0% live teaching and just playing canned videos teaching would be a stretch.
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 02:10 last edited by
I doubt many teachers are doing that, @Copper
All of the teachers I know are working their ass off to teach, whether online or in person. And most say online is way harder and exhausting. This includes my mom who, somehow (?), teaches special ed students. She actually had a medical incident due to the stress involved in trying to successfully teach April.
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I doubt many teachers are doing that, @Copper
All of the teachers I know are working their ass off to teach, whether online or in person. And most say online is way harder and exhausting. This includes my mom who, somehow (?), teaches special ed students. She actually had a medical incident due to the stress involved in trying to successfully teach April.
wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 02:13 last edited by@89th said in Our School Reopening Plans:
I doubt many teachers are doing that, @Copper
All of the teachers I know are working their ass off to teach, whether online or in person. And most say online is way harder and exhausting. This includes my mom who, somehow (?), teaches special ed students. She actually had a medical incident due to the stress involved in trying to successfully teach April.
Your mom's still teaching?? I'm not surprised about the stress, it's rough for teachers right now, too. Your mom okay?
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 02:28 last edited by
Yup, she’s retiring next spring though (planned before COVID, it’s just odd her last year will be virtual). She’s fine, thanks for asking. Docs think it was a mini stroke of some sort...this was back when teachers were scrambling to learn online teaching technology, and particularly tough as my mom had to also update all of her special ed students’ individual education plans as well. Combine that with an unhealthy amount of screen time (teaching), just a bad combo of events!
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Yup, she’s retiring next spring though (planned before COVID, it’s just odd her last year will be virtual). She’s fine, thanks for asking. Docs think it was a mini stroke of some sort...this was back when teachers were scrambling to learn online teaching technology, and particularly tough as my mom had to also update all of her special ed students’ individual education plans as well. Combine that with an unhealthy amount of screen time (teaching), just a bad combo of events!
wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 03:30 last edited by Rainman@89th said in Our School Reopening Plans:
Yup, she’s retiring next spring though (planned before COVID, it’s just odd her last year will be virtual). She’s fine, thanks for asking. Docs think it was a mini stroke of some sort...this was back when teachers were scrambling to learn online teaching technology, and particularly tough as my mom had to also update all of her special ed students’ individual education plans as well. Combine that with an unhealthy amount of screen time (teaching), just a bad combo of events!
I tip my hat to your mom, 89th. Great teachers are worth their weight in gold. And there is nothing more difficult than being a special ed teacher, let alone the paperwork for IEP's. Always underfunded. Hell hath no fury like a special ed student's mom, demanding and demanding, knowing that screaming loud enough is the best way to elicit
beneficialchange for her kid. And if that doesn't work, threaten a lawsuit.
I don't understand how someone like your mom can put up with that level of stress, for so many years.
