DC just announced all virtual

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to get hazardous pay added to DL? Thanks in advance.

I know right? Already some crazy parent comments. They might put a virus on my computer! Send help!

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Anonymous wrote:Excellent!

The Hybrid was going to be a mess. Teachers would get sick, no subs, half-assessed or no learning on the home days, etc.

Are you a teacher? If so, did you teach live lessons? I don't know any teachers that were teaching live in the spring that want to go back to that - it was a horrible experience. Not until today did I consider applying for leave, this changes my outlook about going back to school completely.

Wait, so there's a whole host of teachers who want to quit based on DL? On what grounds could you apply for leave?

In my teaching community I do not know one person who taught live lessons in the spring that wasn't holding onto their sanity by the time May 29th rolled around and couldn't wait for it to be over. It is thankless, frustrating and emotionally draining. I would guess the majority of teachers were not doing live lessons.

Any other teachers around that can speak favorably about live learning? I need some hope.

That’s right. You left all the teaching and socialization to overworked parents.

You told us you were afraid of dying and could teach our children DL. That it is what it looks like. Uploaded youtube videos or even recorded lessons and online quizzes - that is not what effective DL looks like. If your students are going to learn, you are going to be teaching them live in small groups for much of your day. But it won't be thankless though it will be frustrating and emotionally draining. But you'll be alive and your students will thank you as they move on to their next grade prepared.

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Anonymous wrote:Excellent!

The Hybrid was going to be a mess. Teachers would get sick, no subs, half-assessed or no learning on the home days, etc.

Are you a teacher? If so, did you teach live lessons? I don't know any teachers that were teaching live in the spring that want to go back to that - it was a horrible experience. Not until today did I consider applying for leave, this changes my outlook about going back to school completely.

Wait, so there's a whole host of teachers who want to quit based on DL? On what grounds could you apply for leave?

In my teaching community I do not know one person who taught live lessons in the spring that wasn't holding onto their sanity by the time May 29th rolled around and couldn't wait for it to be over. It is thankless, frustrating and emotionally draining. I would guess the majority of teachers were not doing live lessons.

Any other teachers around that can speak favorably about live learning? I need some hope.

That’s right. You left all the teaching and socialization to overworked parents.

You told us you were afraid of dying and could teach our children DL. That it is what it looks like. Uploaded youtube videos or even recorded lessons and online quizzes - that is not what effective DL looks like. If your students are going to learn, you are going to be teaching them live in small groups for much of your day. But it won't be thankless though it will be frustrating and emotionally draining. But you'll be alive and your students will thank you as they move on to their next grade prepared.

And you told us you were afraid of your children or family dying. Stop guilting teachers, you’re attitude will be so apparent and believe me that doesn’t inspire us to do the best job we possible can.

I am a teacher and I was doing small groups of 4-5 students over spring DL but none of my parents were passive aggressive.

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Anonymous wrote:Excellent!

The Hybrid was going to be a mess. Teachers would get sick, no subs, half-assessed or no learning on the home days, etc.

Are you a teacher? If so, did you teach live lessons? I don't know any teachers that were teaching live in the spring that want to go back to that - it was a horrible experience. Not until today did I consider applying for leave, this changes my outlook about going back to school completely.

Wait, so there's a whole host of teachers who want to quit based on DL? On what grounds could you apply for leave?

In my teaching community I do not know one person who taught live lessons in the spring that wasn't holding onto their sanity by the time May 29th rolled around and couldn't wait for it to be over. It is thankless, frustrating and emotionally draining. I would guess the majority of teachers were not doing live lessons.

Any other teachers around that can speak favorably about live learning? I need some hope.

That’s right. You left all the teaching and socialization to overworked parents.

You told us you were afraid of dying and could teach our children DL. That it is what it looks like. Uploaded youtube videos or even recorded lessons and online quizzes - that is not what effective DL looks like. If your students are going to learn, you are going to be teaching them live in small groups for much of your day. But it won't be thankless though it will be frustrating and emotionally draining. But you'll be alive and your students will thank you as they move on to their next grade prepared.

And you told us you were afraid of your children or family dying. Stop guilting teachers, you’re attitude will be so apparent and believe me that doesn’t inspire us to do the best job we possible can.

I am a teacher and I was doing small groups of 4-5 students over spring DL but none of my parents were passive aggressive.

Sorry *your

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Anonymous wrote:Guys!!! Teachers are required to do 2 hours of live a day. TOTAL for k-2. Not small groups. You all make up foolishness & then get all huffy when it’s not true.

You asked for DL, now you have to deliver. You are required to teach kids and if kids can't learn over zoom in groups of 26, and they can't, then you are going to have to figure out some way to teach them, likely A LOT more time live with small groups. Your job is to teach (so students can learn) and your job just got a lot harder. So did everyone's - it's a pandemic. Suck it up.

So glad you're not any teacher's boss and it's 100% not up to you.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a pretty crazy out there idea, but maybe we could wait to see what schedules actually look like before we go ballistic that teachers are getting paid for 2 hours of work?

Even if it was 2 hours they’d be doing 3 hours of work lol, can’t forget planning!! Also lunch is paid (like many jobs)

So really what would be unaccounted for is about 3 hours of our time. I personally plan to do small groups just like in the classroom, an hour will likely have to be whole group as unfortunate as that is. There isn’t enough time since I’ll be running 4 small groups.

Wait - people get a paid lunch hour? I eat at my desk most days, but I also work more than 40 hours most weeks. And i make less than a DC school teacher. Anyway, if your students aren't learning you aren't really teaching. I'm sorry this is going to be so hard, but it i going to be a hard year. The good news is you won't die, right? The bad news is DL is really time consuming to do well. I appreciate all my kids teachers, but I will require my kids learn this year. I didn't in the spring, but this situation is no longer temporary.

LOL! The entitlement is astounding. You "will require?" Nobody cares what you "require." However, feel free to withdraw and homeschool, which is the only way what you "require" will matter in the slightest.

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Research shows that it is better to engage students in a variety of ways online rather than lecturing through Zoom for hours on end. And it takes a lot of work to find/create/implement different types of exercises, videos, readings etc to teach students effectively. But so many parents are fixated on how many live hours of nstruction there will be. This is misguided; that is not the best way for students to learn online.

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Anonymous wrote:Guys!!! Teachers are required to do 2 hours of live a day. TOTAL for k-2. Not small groups. You all make up foolishness & then get all huffy when it’s not true.

This is not correct. KIDS are expected to have about 2 hours of live instruction a day.
I hope you’re not a teacher twisting what you’ve heard this way.

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Anonymous wrote:Guys!!! Teachers are required to do 2 hours of live a day. TOTAL for k-2. Not small groups. You all make up foolishness & then get all huffy when it’s not true.

This is not correct. KIDS are expected to have about 2 hours of live instruction a day.
I hope you’re not a teacher twisting what you’ve heard this way.

Huh? I think it’s you who may be mistaken. It’s not 2 hours of small group live instruction.

It’s 2 hours of live instruction per student, the method in which that is presented is up to individual teachers and admin at schools.

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Please oh please have this time be chunked tightly together and not spread throughout the morning!!!! That was untenable!

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Anonymous wrote:Please oh please have this time be chunked tightly together and not spread throughout the morning!!!! That was untenable!

Speak with your teacher, mine was spread out in order to have small groups. Ask if you can be in the first group (if they do small groups)

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Anonymous wrote:Please oh please have this time be chunked tightly together and not spread throughout the morning!!!! That was untenable!

It's such a hard balance, because I know (as a parent) how hard it is to keep track of it all, but as at teacher I don't see how else I can pull small groups.

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Anonymous wrote:Please oh please have this time be chunked tightly together and not spread throughout the morning!!!! That was untenable!

It's such a hard balance, because I know (as a parent) how hard it is to keep track of it all, but as at teacher I don't see how else I can pull small groups.

Hello fellow teacher, just survey parents to see if you have ones that can be more flexible. I did that with my parents and it helped me create the DL schedule. You can never make everyone happy but we can try to accommodate to the best of our abilities.

Some parent may of job obligations and need things to be closer together or vice versa. For example I had a parent who started work at 12pm so her son was in an earlier small group.

[Anonymous]

Hey angry posters! Here is the link to apply to teach in DC. It’s such a Cush job, so here ya go!
https://joindcps.dc.gov/teachers

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Anonymous wrote:Hey angry posters! Here is the link to apply to teach in DC. It’s such a Cush job, so here ya go!
https://joindcps.dc.gov/teachers

+1

But in all seriousness, I wouldn’t wish most of the “adults” on this forum on any child!!!! Terrifying to think they have kids at home.