What should MCPS' virtual learning plan be ?

[Anonymous]

Where is the BOE on this?

[Anonymous]

For weather closure days?

[Anonymous]

It should be used only in cases of extended school closing and it should consist mainly of review material with little to no expectation of new material. It should be used to keep student skills sharp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It should be used only in cases of extended school closing and it should consist mainly of review material with little to no expectation of new material. It should be used to keep student skills sharp.

Agreed

[Anonymous]

Some new material can be covered depending on length of school closing

[Anonymous]

Someone in the post said MCPS promised to develop a virtual learning plan back in 2024, but never developed one. So this is a good timing to urge them to do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some new material can be covered depending on length of school closing

At the risk of drawing the wrath of some people, it's really unrealistic to expect the introduction of new material during online learning in these events. Many students may be tasked with child care for younger siblings, be at risk of power outages, have to assist with snow removal/cleanup, etc. If you introduce new material it just forces teachers to potentially waste time having to teach this material twice when it can be done much more efficiently and effectively, one time in person. Maybe you can introduce the next chapter, but I would avoid having any discussion or graded assignments on that new material during these extended closure distance learning days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is the BOE on this?

There’s a whole other thread where this was tossed about. Go look.

[Anonymous]

They should just do it quickly. Here’s the McPS board doc from 2024 where MCPS said it was planning to do a virtual learning plan for severe weather days.
https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/D5QU3H7A16AC/$file/FY2024-2025%20SY%20Virtual%20Education%20Plan%20240523%20PPT.pdf

Here’s the one PG county submitted. There are ones from Anne Arundel and Baltimore online too. I’m sure the MCPS central office can just do find/replace and insert MCPS into the document.
https://www.pgcps.org/globalassets/offices/information-technology/docs---information-technology/prolonged-state-of-emergency-virtual-plan.pdf

[Anonymous]

When are they going to make this a priority to get the plan submitted?

[Anonymous]

MCPS is claiming they can't do a virtual plan because not every school is a 1:1 device school. I don't know if that's true, but that's what they're claiming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is claiming they can't do a virtual plan because not every school is a 1:1 device school. I don't know if that's true, but that's what they're claiming.

So PG county and Baltimore and Anne Arundel can but MCPS can’t? Those counties are poorer than MoCo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is claiming they can't do a virtual plan because not every school is a 1:1 device school. I don't know if that's true, but that's what they're claiming.

So PG county and Baltimore and Anne Arundel can but MCPS can’t? Those counties are poorer than MoCo.

Montgomery is largest county. Does it have the most students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is claiming they can't do a virtual plan because not every school is a 1:1 device school. I don't know if that's true, but that's what they're claiming.

So PG county and Baltimore and Anne Arundel can but MCPS can’t? Those counties are poorer than MoCo.

Montgomery is largest county. Does it have the most students?

PG is probably close as they have about 200 total schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some new material can be covered depending on length of school closing

At the risk of drawing the wrath of some people, it's really unrealistic to expect the introduction of new material during online learning in these events. Many students may be tasked with child care for younger siblings, be at risk of power outages, have to assist with snow removal/cleanup, etc. If you introduce new material it just forces teachers to potentially waste time having to teach this material twice when it can be done much more efficiently and effectively, one time in person. Maybe you can introduce the next chapter, but I would avoid having any discussion or graded assignments on that new material during these extended closure distance learning days.

Stop blaming others for your talking points and hire a babysitter and don’t use your older kids as child care. Not a waste of time