If schools have to continue online, shouldn’t teachers worry about their jobs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schools should resume in the fall. period. If teachers can't handle it, then FCPS has all summer to find people that can handle it.

Yep. I really want an unemployed blue collar worker teaching my kid.

[Anonymous]

I hope that MORE teachers will be hired so that in addition to online content, students will have personal check ins an hour a week or whatever. Had to imagine with close to 30 kids in class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools should resume in the fall. period. If teachers can't handle it, then FCPS has all summer to find people that can handle it.

Yep. I really want an unemployed blue collar worker teaching my kid.

Who will bolt as soon as he/she gets another job, if teachers start getting infected, or if they realize they just don’t want to be bothered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope that MORE teachers will be hired so that in addition to online content, students will have personal check ins an hour a week or whatever. Had to imagine with close to 30 kids in class.

I'm required to do personal check ins with each student a minimum of twice each week. I'm no longer a teacher though because parents aren't making their kids do any work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope that MORE teachers will be hired so that in addition to online content, students will have personal check ins an hour a week or whatever. Had to imagine with close to 30 kids in class.

I'm required to do personal check ins with each student a minimum of twice each week. I'm no longer a teacher though because parents aren't making their kids do any work.

I have two students completing the work and when I go live the parents refuse to monitor the kids. They shout at each other the whole time. It’s a huge headache. I’ve been muting them and trying to teach anyway but google meets allows them to unmute themselves at any point, which they keep doing. Then the parents ask me why I don’t want to do it even more often. Gee, wonder why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope that MORE teachers will be hired so that in addition to online content, students will have personal check ins an hour a week or whatever. Had to imagine with close to 30 kids in class.

I'm required to do personal check ins with each student a minimum of twice each week. I'm no longer a teacher though because parents aren't making their kids do any work.

I have two students completing the work and when I go live the parents refuse to monitor the kids. They shout at each other the whole time. It’s a huge headache. I’ve been muting them and trying to teach anyway but google meets allows them to unmute themselves at any point, which they keep doing. Then the parents ask me why I don’t want to do it even more often. Gee, wonder why.

Same thing here. I've sent out a notification that if students don't follow our live sessions rules, they will get one reminder and then I will kick them out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools should resume in the fall. period. If teachers can't handle it, then FCPS has all summer to find people that can handle it.

Yep. I really want an unemployed blue collar worker teaching my kid.

A lot of blue collar employees have skills that make for great teachers and a lot of smart, educated people are terrible teachers. One of the secrets of teaching is that many of the skills can't really be taught. Still I don't want anyone in the classroom who doesn't have a desire to be there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools should resume in the fall. period. If teachers can't handle it, then FCPS has all summer to find people that can handle it.

I hope you understand that when you dismiss people’s concerns about dying of the virus due to a lack of precautions that you are showing how little you care about others. That’s very sad and I hope you aren’t sharing that with your children.
The stunning lack of regard for the well being for the people who work with your kids all day makes me want to go out of my way to please you even less.

The PP is probably just frustrated and with good reason. It’s detrimental for children to be out of school. The loss of learning is immense. Please step out of your bubble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope that MORE teachers will be hired so that in addition to online content, students will have personal check ins an hour a week or whatever. Had to imagine with close to 30 kids in class.

I'm required to do personal check ins with each student a minimum of twice each week. I'm no longer a teacher though because parents aren't making their kids do any work.

Because parents are busy working themselves. Or the work seem (sorry) inane. Online learning is a horrible model. In a pinch it’s ok, but this is the. Eat our schools have to offer our kids? No.

I suggest public schools go learn from what private schools are doing during this time and learn from them. Full days of learning with full rigor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope that MORE teachers will be hired so that in addition to online content, students will have personal check ins an hour a week or whatever. Had to imagine with close to 30 kids in class.

I'm required to do personal check ins with each student a minimum of twice each week. I'm no longer a teacher though because parents aren't making their kids do any work.

Because parents are busy working themselves. Or the work seem (sorry) inane. Online learning is a horrible model. In a pinch it’s ok, but this is the. Eat our schools have to offer our kids? No.

I suggest public schools go learn from what private schools are doing during this time and learn from them. Full days of learning with full rigor.

Did it ever occur to you that public school teachers typically face more challenges than private school teachers: usually larger class sizes, students who come from a much wider variety of backgrounds with a much higher percentage of kids who need a lot of extra support for many reasons (more English language learners, more kids with learning disabilities, more kids who have difficult home lives and do not receive a lot of support at home, more kids dealing with living in poverty and/or high crime areas which puts a lot of stress on students and makes it harder for them to concentrate in school, etc etc).

[Anonymous]

eh it just shows that education is mostly a joke

Khan academy does all of this light years better

I agree it doesn't work for those at the bottom but neither does public school. There are community and unstable environment issues that neither traditional public schools and/or Khan academy can fix.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope that MORE teachers will be hired so that in addition to online content, students will have personal check ins an hour a week or whatever. Had to imagine with close to 30 kids in class.

I'm required to do personal check ins with each student a minimum of twice each week. I'm no longer a teacher though because parents aren't making their kids do any work.

Because parents are busy working themselves. Or the work seem (sorry) inane. Online learning is a horrible model. In a pinch it’s ok, but this is the. Eat our schools have to offer our kids? No.

I suggest public schools go learn from what private schools are doing during this time and learn from them. Full days of learning with full rigor.

I suggest you learn to do your own work more efficiently so you can offer assistance to your child. Helping your kids with their schoolwork has been your job all along. Perhaps the reason American schoolchildren are behind their peers is the laziness of parents. They expect that their kid should learn everything at school and there should be no follow up at home.
Public schools are not going to “go learn what private schools are doing”. I know I’m doing my job effectively so it’s frustrating to me that parents decide that they don’t feel like working with their child and then turn around and say it’s my fault. Your job as a parent is to support your child’s learning. If you don’t want to do that, you shouldn’t have kids. Everyone is busy working all day, even public school teachers! You’re free to enroll your children in one of those, though, if you think they’re doing such a great job. Parents are not somehow deserving of more of my time just because they’re busy themselves. I work the time that I’m paid to work, period.

[Anonymous]

Yes I’m worried. I’m a private school teacher. Worried I’ll be gig teaching on lots of platforms in a couple of years for peanuts. Another middle class job destroyed to serve the interests of billionaires.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope that MORE teachers will be hired so that in addition to online content, students will have personal check ins an hour a week or whatever. Had to imagine with close to 30 kids in class.

I'm required to do personal check ins with each student a minimum of twice each week. I'm no longer a teacher though because parents aren't making their kids do any work.

Because parents are busy working themselves. Or the work seem (sorry) inane. Online learning is a horrible model. In a pinch it’s ok, but this is the. Eat our schools have to offer our kids? No.

I suggest public schools go learn from what private schools are doing during this time and learn from them. Full days of learning with full rigor.

I am sorry your school has not stepped up to the plate. Our elementary certainly has my kid is getting a full day’s worth of learning.

[Anonymous]

I'm not worried about losing my job. However, I am worried that the economy is going to totally crash and be even worse than the great depression. During the GD, many teachers went with only partial paychecks, if they were paid at all. They kept working though. I won't be working if I don't get paid.