What’s your elementary school plan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol it's a joke. Most schools are picking one model for the whole school.

I suspect it'll be two models - one for teachers in person, another with teachers on ADA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We received an email from the principal today saying that teachers will be on zoom and kids will be in the classroom with a monitor. All interventions, ESOL, etc will be virtual.

Interested in other elementary schools plans

Our schools plan is to reopen to ensure maximum spread of COVID to the community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the plans and organization are left in the hands of individual principals?! Oh my...

I think it has to be up to the principals. Different schools have different needs. Staff needs, plus the number of families opting for in person. Also, how many classrooms and how many aides are available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We received an email from the principal today saying that teachers will be on zoom and kids will be in the classroom with a monitor. All interventions, ESOL, etc will be virtual.

Interested in other elementary schools plans

This is a direct quote from the MCPS communication on 2/9 addressing misconceptions about RTS:
"Misconception #2: Principals are “choosing” only one instructional approach within a school building. 

FACT—Students will experience multiple instructional approaches in a day."

If you principal is announcing one approach in the school building, I would direct them to the MCPS communication and/or escalate to the Superintendent.

FACT--the MCPS communication on 2/9 was basically full of untruths. There will not be extra time for reteaching, social groups, and extra interventions. Unless the school is choosing to reassign students to different teachers, one teacher will be responsible for teaching a class of both in person and virtual students at the same time.

That said, some grade levels may have chosen different models than other grade levels within the same school. Or, all the grade levels may have chosen the same model.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol it's a joke. Most schools are picking one model for the whole school.

I suspect it'll be two models - one for teachers in person, another with teachers on ADA.

ADA had nothing to do with it. my principal picked virtual support for the entire school because parents didn't want to have their children change teachers. I try to argue with her that we could try and do simultaneous/concurrent and I've slowly been able to try and convince her that it's possible initially she was convinced it wasn't possible

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We received an email from the principal today saying that teachers will be on zoom and kids will be in the classroom with a monitor. All interventions, ESOL, etc will be virtual.

Interested in other elementary schools plans

This is a direct quote from the MCPS communication on 2/9 addressing misconceptions about RTS:
"Misconception #2: Principals are “choosing” only one instructional approach within a school building. 

FACT—Students will experience multiple instructional approaches in a day."

If you principal is announcing one approach in the school building, I would direct them to the MCPS communication and/or escalate to the Superintendent.

FACT--the MCPS communication on 2/9 was basically full of untruths. There will not be extra time for reteaching, social groups, and extra interventions. Unless the school is choosing to reassign students to different teachers, one teacher will be responsible for teaching a class of both in person and virtual students at the same time.

That said, some grade levels may have chosen different models than other grade levels within the same school. Or, all the grade levels may have chosen the same model.

The only time I can think of for reteaching or small groups is during the 90-minute wellness break or if you're in secondary the hour or hour and a half that you're going to be sitting around in school before virtual learning begins

[Anonymous]

No balls at recess and kids have to stay six feet apart. MCPS requirement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We received an email from the principal today saying that teachers will be on zoom and kids will be in the classroom with a monitor. All interventions, ESOL, etc will be virtual.

Interested in other elementary schools plans

Our schools plan is to reopen to ensure maximum spread of COVID to the community.

LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No balls at recess and kids have to stay six feet apart. MCPS requirement.

Well, obviously. We know MCPS has no balls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No balls at recess and kids have to stay six feet apart. MCPS requirement.

Well, obviously. We know MCPS has no balls.

Okay, this made me LOL! So true and thanks for the laugh.

[Anonymous]

I teach in an elementary. Principal still has not shared the plan with our staff. It was pretty clear when we met last week that they did not have a plan.

[Anonymous]

Nothing from Potomac ES

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I teach in an elementary. Principal still has not shared the plan with our staff. It was pretty clear when we met last week that they did not have a plan.

Tough to plan when MCPS keeps changing expectations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We received an email from the principal today saying that teachers will be on zoom and kids will be in the classroom with a monitor. All interventions, ESOL, etc will be virtual.

Interested in other elementary schools plans

Our schools plan is to reopen to ensure maximum spread of COVID to the community.

Good, we do need maximum learning by students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We received an email from the principal today saying that teachers will be on zoom and kids will be in the classroom with a monitor. All interventions, ESOL, etc will be virtual.

Interested in other elementary schools plans

Our schools plan is to reopen to ensure maximum spread of COVID to the community.

You're barking up the wrong tree. You should be chasing down the people going to restaurants and gyms and all other things that are much less important than school. I was waiting in my car for takeout this weekend and watched no less than 50 people going in and out of the restaurant.