Our School Reopening Plans
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 13:21 last edited by
Additionally, it has to be noted how many teachers are working their asses off right now, during the summer, to be better once their job starts up again. Attending online conferences, completing online trainings, continuing to answer work emails and attend Faculty Zoom calls, completely overhauling their courses so that material can be taught in person, online, or (more likely) both. These (summer) are not months that we are paid for.
I´d love to be reading more books and watching movies on Netflix. Instead I´m working part time (unpaid).
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 13:28 last edited by
That being said, I do feel like I need to add that I´m not trying to drum up any sympathy. I love my job, I love my workplace, and I´m even a little excited at the opportunity to get the training (at my school´s expense) to build my skills. But like 89th said, even when the final product is not as good as it would be under normal conditions, and even when it looks like "canned" plans and like not much effort went into it, more likely than not a lot of effort did go into figuring out how to reach the students and how to teach the students and how to maintain those relationships from a distance.
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 15:39 last edited by
Keep up the good hard work @Optimistic !!
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That being said, I do feel like I need to add that I´m not trying to drum up any sympathy. I love my job, I love my workplace, and I´m even a little excited at the opportunity to get the training (at my school´s expense) to build my skills. But like 89th said, even when the final product is not as good as it would be under normal conditions, and even when it looks like "canned" plans and like not much effort went into it, more likely than not a lot of effort did go into figuring out how to reach the students and how to teach the students and how to maintain those relationships from a distance.
wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 15:59 last edited by@Optimistic said in Our School Reopening Plans:
That being said, I do feel like I need to add that I´m not trying to drum up any sympathy. I love my job, I love my workplace, and I´m even a little excited at the opportunity to get the training (at my school´s expense) to build my skills. But like 89th said, even when the final product is not as good as it would be under normal conditions, and even when it looks like "canned" plans and like not much effort went into it, more likely than not a lot of effort did go into figuring out how to reach the students and how to teach the students and how to maintain those relationships from a distance.
A couple of my interwebs friends are teachers. Without a doubt, their situation is asstastic. School's open? Okay, how do they not get COVID? School's not open? Okay, prepare for more work, not less, and a mountain of hangups as everyone gets used to that kind of learning environment.
What makes me feel a little better about all this is that the entire working world is in some type of difficult situation; everyone's dealing with this, one way or another. Means there's a lot more incentive for understanding and flexibility. Bad management can't claim ignorance about he pandemic.
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 16:21 last edited by
@Optimistic sorry if I missed it ... are you a teacher now?
That’s cool! May I ask what grade levels or subjects do you teach? -
Keep up the good hard work @Optimistic !!
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@Optimistic sorry if I missed it ... are you a teacher now?
That’s cool! May I ask what grade levels or subjects do you teach?wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 18:25 last edited by@Axtremus I´ve been teaching Spanish (and French the past few years) in middle school; just finished my 7th year
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 19:13 last edited by
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 19:36 last edited by
Ok that made me LUL
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 19:46 last edited by
Did you hear it in Homer’s voice?
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 21:20 last edited by
1000000% if such a percentage was possible.
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 21:20 last edited by
In fact, after I saw it I thought "why did I just say that in Homer's voice in my head?"
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 21:43 last edited by
Seen on FB - don't know if it's true, but LA public schools have a good safety plan proposed:
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 21:44 last edited by
I sense a political motive as poorly masked as the populace.
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wrote on 24 Jul 2020, 21:53 last edited by Copper
It looks accurate
OMG
This from 10 days ago
The Los Angeles Teacher’s Union is one of the largest in the state, and the “United Teachers Los Angeles” say public schools should not reopen unless their demands are met.
Their demands include implementing a moratorium on private schools, defunding the police, increasing taxes on the wealthy, implementing Medicare for all, and passing the HEROES Act, which allocated and additional $116 billion in federal education funding to the states.
The unions demands also took aim at charter schools.
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Seen on FB - don't know if it's true, but LA public schools have a good safety plan proposed:
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wrote on 25 Jul 2020, 03:30 last edited by
The comment.
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wrote on 25 Jul 2020, 04:14 last edited by
That is too funny! M&M’s is still pissed that they don’t teach cursive anymore.
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wrote on 25 Jul 2020, 09:46 last edited by
FWIW, they taught my son cursive here, just a couple years ago