Does Distance Learning mean the end of "Snow Days"?

[Anonymous]

As a teacher I definitely wouldn't mind that, if I could avoid commuting in the ice and snow.

[Anonymous]

How would that work for younger kids whose parents aren't at home? (Outside of the pandemic of course) Doesn't this still present the same childcare issue as snow days for both parents and teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here -- yes I think it does. As long as the kids have some kind of devices at home full time, that is.

But not all kids do, and the jurisdictions around here (for better or worse) won’t do anything if a small percentage of people can’t access it. Plus, ramping up on no notice is pretty difficult and a snow day “class” is going to be even more worthless than the regular distance learning.

I disagree with saying class will be worthless. I think a random snow day class here or there could easily continue the learning that was going on in person. I would love to not lose class time to snow days. The one positive of DL is I will now make videos for students to watch as homework to cover easy material since I never have enough class time to get through the curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Yes, both students and teachers will be working on "snow days" and as a teacher I think that's a good thing. We can be safer and still learn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would that work for younger kids whose parents aren't at home? (Outside of the pandemic of course) Doesn't this still present the same childcare issue as snow days for both parents and teachers?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, both students and teachers will be working on "snow days" and as a teacher I think that's a good thing. We can be safer and still learn.

Great, you can come watch my three kids while I online teach for a day.

[Anonymous]

Snow days will still happen. School systems around here have to open and close as a whole, and that will include distance learning. If nothing else, school administrators are still responsible for oversight of distance learning, so if school is closed for them, distance learning won't be allowed to proceed.