APS Parent - incredibly disappointed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents here are full of crap. You do not know what goes I do teaching based on what you can see. And if you’re so free of anything else to do you can sit and watch your kids classes to this level of detail day in and day out you don’t have a concept of what work actually is since you don’t do it.

+1000

Ridiculous comment. We are talking about young children who are mostly not equipped to manage DL independently. So most parents do need to be readily available to help, and many of us are concerned with the lack of learning going on, and therefore try to monitor so we can work with them separately. Stop blaming parents for micromanaging the teachers when all we truly care about, is helping our children.

[Anonymous]

Not to mention, us parents actually have jobs too. We are making up the work evenings/weekends because we are trying to be there for our kids with DL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Parents here are full of crap. You do not know what goes I do teaching based on what you can see. And if you’re so free of anything else to do you can sit and watch your kids classes to this level of detail day in and day out you don’t have a concept of what work actually is since you don’t do it.



+1000



Ridiculous comment. We are talking about young children who are mostly not equipped to manage DL independently. So most parents do need to be readily available to help, and many of us are concerned with the lack of learning going on, and therefore try to monitor so we can work with them separately. Stop blaming parents for micromanaging the teachers when all we truly care about, is helping our children.

Well, at least you admit that you are micromanaging the teachers!
Remember, in any field, there are hard workers and slouches. The parents on this board seem to have no problem painting all teachers with the same brush, even though it's probably only a couple teachers in isolated situations who really aren't working hard. Meanwhile, it's really disheartening for those who really are pulling long hours and trying to make the best of a situation that they did not create.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents here are full of crap. You do not know what goes I do teaching based on what you can see. And if you’re so free of anything else to do you can sit and watch your kids classes to this level of detail day in and day out you don’t have a concept of what work actually is since you don’t do it.

I have a K-2 student. I'm her childcare and tech support. Of course I know what's going on after 2.5 months of supervising DL, even while working. I've also been working nights and weekends to make up for the time spent helping her during the school day. It's endless. I'm exhausted.

Here, let me write her math lesson today:

Look at this picture of crap. Estimate how much crap you see. What does everyone think?
Write 673, 894, and 546 in expanded form.
Write 300+30+2 in reduced form. Write 400+50+3 in reduced form.
Go do Dreambox.

Here's a writing lesson:
Do pages 16-20 in Handwriting without Tears
Record yourself telling me three ideas for your next story

Here's a reading lesson:
Read the assigned text in Raz Kids and do the quiz.

This isn't rocket science.

Is this the asynchronous assignments? Or the live synchronous days work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents here are full of crap. You do not know what goes I do teaching based on what you can see. And if you’re so free of anything else to do you can sit and watch your kids classes to this level of detail day in and day out you don’t have a concept of what work actually is since you don’t do it.

I have a K-2 student. I'm her childcare and tech support. Of course I know what's going on after 2.5 months of supervising DL, even while working. I've also been working nights and weekends to make up for the time spent helping her during the school day. It's endless. I'm exhausted.

Here, let me write her math lesson today:

Look at this picture of crap. Estimate how much crap you see. What does everyone think?
Write 673, 894, and 546 in expanded form.
Write 300+30+2 in reduced form. Write 400+50+3 in reduced form.
Go do Dreambox.

Here's a writing lesson:
Do pages 16-20 in Handwriting without Tears
Record yourself telling me three ideas for your next story

Here's a reading lesson:
Read the assigned text in Raz Kids and do the quiz.

This isn't rocket science.

Is this the asynchronous assignments? Or the live synchronous days work?

No the PP here, but my experience is similar - synchronous days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to mention, us parents actually have jobs too. We are making up the work evenings/weekends because we are trying to be there for our kids with DL.

Teachers are also doing that!’ Why do you think we don’t qualify as working parents too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to mention, us parents actually have jobs too. We are making up the work evenings/weekends because we are trying to be there for our kids with DL.

Teachers are also doing that!’ Why do you think we don’t qualify as working parents too?

To be fair, not all teachers have kids in school, so this cannot be a blanket statement. Whereas, clearly all parents here do have kids in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to mention, us parents actually have jobs too. We are making up the work evenings/weekends because we are trying to be there for our kids with DL.

Teachers are also doing that!’ Why do you think we don’t qualify as working parents too?

To be fair, not all teachers have kids in school, so this cannot be a blanket statement. Whereas, clearly all parents here do have kids in school.

I am a high school teacher. Nobody hands me lessons. I make everything, teach live, get off the classes and plan and grade and make parent contact, help my elementary kids with their work, then wake up early to her everything ready for my classes again the next day. The MAJORITY of teachers are like me. And just because my job is teaching and yours is something else doesn’t make me any less of a working parent dealing with these burdens than you. The difference is I don’t lash out at the people doing their jobs as if this entire failing system is all their fault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents here are full of crap. You do not know what goes I do teaching based on what you can see. And if you’re so free of anything else to do you can sit and watch your kids classes to this level of detail day in and day out you don’t have a concept of what work actually is since you don’t do it.

I have a K-2 student. I'm her childcare and tech support. Of course I know what's going on after 2.5 months of supervising DL, even while working. I've also been working nights and weekends to make up for the time spent helping her during the school day. It's endless. I'm exhausted.

Here, let me write her math lesson today:

Look at this picture of crap. Estimate how much crap you see. What does everyone think?
Write 673, 894, and 546 in expanded form.
Write 300+30+2 in reduced form. Write 400+50+3 in reduced form.
Go do Dreambox.

Here's a writing lesson:
Do pages 16-20 in Handwriting without Tears
Record yourself telling me three ideas for your next story

Here's a reading lesson:
Read the assigned text in Raz Kids and do the quiz.

This isn't rocket science.

Is this the asynchronous assignments? Or the live synchronous days work?

No the PP here, but my experience is similar - synchronous days.

It really could be either for us. On synchronous days, the teacher does the math problems live with the class. On asynchronous days, the kids do them on their own. For reading and writing, there would be some discussion of the assignment on synchronous days. The reading teacher might talk about how to recognize and remember facts when reading nonfiction. The writing teacher would let the kids chime in with their topic ideas and make suggestions for how to come up with a good topic.

And this is it: all of the core instruction in 2nd grade. 3-5 math problems per day, a few minutes discussing reading and writing, and then independent work/software apps. Nothing is graded. No feedback. No report card comments on individual progress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to mention, us parents actually have jobs too. We are making up the work evenings/weekends because we are trying to be there for our kids with DL.

And many teachers have kids themselves, and are doing the same. Or did you think no teachers have kids of their own?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most elementary school students (heck, most people of any age) don’t or have the stamina for hours of continuous online learning. The day is broken up that way so our kids can get a necessary mental and physical break to come back ready to engage again. Believe me, I know how much it sucks because it feels like one my kids is always on break and I basically get no work done all day, but the alternative isn’t necessarily better for them.

This. In school they don’t have lectures all day. It’s lots of centers and small breaks and independent work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents here are full of crap. You do not know what goes I do teaching based on what you can see. And if you’re so free of anything else to do you can sit and watch your kids classes to this level of detail day in and day out you don’t have a concept of what work actually is since you don’t do it.

I have a K-2 student. I'm her childcare and tech support. Of course I know what's going on after 2.5 months of supervising DL, even while working. I've also been working nights and weekends to make up for the time spent helping her during the school day. It's endless. I'm exhausted.

Here, let me write her math lesson today:

Look at this picture of crap. Estimate how much crap you see. What does everyone think?
Write 673, 894, and 546 in expanded form.
Write 300+30+2 in reduced form. Write 400+50+3 in reduced form.
Go do Dreambox.

Here's a writing lesson:
Do pages 16-20 in Handwriting without Tears
Record yourself telling me three ideas for your next story

Here's a reading lesson:
Read the assigned text in Raz Kids and do the quiz.

This isn't rocket science.

Is this the asynchronous assignments? Or the live synchronous days work?

No the PP here, but my experience is similar - synchronous days.

It really could be either for us. On synchronous days, the teacher does the math problems live with the class. On asynchronous days, the kids do them on their own. For reading and writing, there would be some discussion of the assignment on synchronous days. The reading teacher might talk about how to recognize and remember facts when reading nonfiction. The writing teacher would let the kids chime in with their topic ideas and make suggestions for how to come up with a good topic.

And this is it: all of the core instruction in 2nd grade. 3-5 math problems per day, a few minutes discussing reading and writing, and then independent work/software apps. Nothing is graded. No feedback. No report card comments on individual progress.

I think you are a bad school. My kids are at a SE DCPS and they have small groups every day, and my first grader is doing more work and at a higher level than what is being assigned to your second grader. All of our teachers check in weekly, we've already received report cards, and overall, I know he has learned a lot since the beginning of the year. Have you been meeting with your school principal about your concerns? Many parents in our school do this regularly through our school advisory committee, and our principal and teachers have made adjustments accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents here are full of crap. You do not know what goes I do teaching based on what you can see. And if you’re so free of anything else to do you can sit and watch your kids classes to this level of detail day in and day out you don’t have a concept of what work actually is since you don’t do it.

I have a K-2 student. I'm her childcare and tech support. Of course I know what's going on after 2.5 months of supervising DL, even while working. I've also been working nights and weekends to make up for the time spent helping her during the school day. It's endless. I'm exhausted.

Here, let me write her math lesson today:

Look at this picture of crap. Estimate how much crap you see. What does everyone think?
Write 673, 894, and 546 in expanded form.
Write 300+30+2 in reduced form. Write 400+50+3 in reduced form.
Go do Dreambox.

Here's a writing lesson:
Do pages 16-20 in Handwriting without Tears
Record yourself telling me three ideas for your next story

Here's a reading lesson:
Read the assigned text in Raz Kids and do the quiz.

This isn't rocket science.

Is this the asynchronous assignments? Or the live synchronous days work?

No the PP here, but my experience is similar - synchronous days.

It really could be either for us. On synchronous days, the teacher does the math problems live with the class. On asynchronous days, the kids do them on their own. For reading and writing, there would be some discussion of the assignment on synchronous days. The reading teacher might talk about how to recognize and remember facts when reading nonfiction. The writing teacher would let the kids chime in with their topic ideas and make suggestions for how to come up with a good topic.

And this is it: all of the core instruction in 2nd grade. 3-5 math problems per day, a few minutes discussing reading and writing, and then independent work/software apps. Nothing is graded. No feedback. No report card comments on individual progress.

I think you are a bad school. My kids are at a SE DCPS and they have small groups every day, and my first grader is doing more work and at a higher level than what is being assigned to your second grader. All of our teachers check in weekly, we've already received report cards, and overall, I know he has learned a lot since the beginning of the year. Have you been meeting with your school principal about your concerns? Many parents in our school do this regularly through our school advisory committee, and our principal and teachers have made adjustments accordingly.

"I think you are *at a* bad school. Sorry for the typos!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents here are full of crap. You do not know what goes I do teaching based on what you can see. And if you’re so free of anything else to do you can sit and watch your kids classes to this level of detail day in and day out you don’t have a concept of what work actually is since you don’t do it.

I have a K-2 student. I'm her childcare and tech support. Of course I know what's going on after 2.5 months of supervising DL, even while working. I've also been working nights and weekends to make up for the time spent helping her during the school day. It's endless. I'm exhausted.

Here, let me write her math lesson today:

Look at this picture of crap. Estimate how much crap you see. What does everyone think?
Write 673, 894, and 546 in expanded form.
Write 300+30+2 in reduced form. Write 400+50+3 in reduced form.
Go do Dreambox.

Here's a writing lesson:
Do pages 16-20 in Handwriting without Tears
Record yourself telling me three ideas for your next story

Here's a reading lesson:
Read the assigned text in Raz Kids and do the quiz.

This isn't rocket science.

Is this the asynchronous assignments? Or the live synchronous days work?

No the PP here, but my experience is similar - synchronous days.

It really could be either for us. On synchronous days, the teacher does the math problems live with the class. On asynchronous days, the kids do them on their own. For reading and writing, there would be some discussion of the assignment on synchronous days. The reading teacher might talk about how to recognize and remember facts when reading nonfiction. The writing teacher would let the kids chime in with their topic ideas and make suggestions for how to come up with a good topic.

And this is it: all of the core instruction in 2nd grade. 3-5 math problems per day, a few minutes discussing reading and writing, and then independent work/software apps. Nothing is graded. No feedback. No report card comments on individual progress.

I think you are a bad school. My kids are at a SE DCPS and they have small groups every day, and my first grader is doing more work and at a higher level than what is being assigned to your second grader. All of our teachers check in weekly, we've already received report cards, and overall, I know he has learned a lot since the beginning of the year. Have you been meeting with your school principal about your concerns? Many parents in our school do this regularly through our school advisory committee, and our principal and teachers have made adjustments accordingly.

Unfortunately, this sounds like a par for the course APS school. Our APS school did not even attempt to roll out small groups until after Halloween--even though I asked about it the first week of school when the teachers called to touch base and say hello. That was the one unique contact and outreach I have had from them. They both seem very nice and I'm sure are wonderful, but, APS has woefully under-performed during this distance learning crisis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents here are full of crap. You do not know what goes I do teaching based on what you can see. And if you’re so free of anything else to do you can sit and watch your kids classes to this level of detail day in and day out you don’t have a concept of what work actually is since you don’t do it.

I have a K-2 student. I'm her childcare and tech support. Of course I know what's going on after 2.5 months of supervising DL, even while working. I've also been working nights and weekends to make up for the time spent helping her during the school day. It's endless. I'm exhausted.

Here, let me write her math lesson today:

Look at this picture of crap. Estimate how much crap you see. What does everyone think?
Write 673, 894, and 546 in expanded form.
Write 300+30+2 in reduced form. Write 400+50+3 in reduced form.
Go do Dreambox.

Here's a writing lesson:
Do pages 16-20 in Handwriting without Tears
Record yourself telling me three ideas for your next story

Here's a reading lesson:
Read the assigned text in Raz Kids and do the quiz.

This isn't rocket science.

Is this the asynchronous assignments? Or the live synchronous days work?

No the PP here, but my experience is similar - synchronous days.

It really could be either for us. On synchronous days, the teacher does the math problems live with the class. On asynchronous days, the kids do them on their own. For reading and writing, there would be some discussion of the assignment on synchronous days. The reading teacher might talk about how to recognize and remember facts when reading nonfiction. The writing teacher would let the kids chime in with their topic ideas and make suggestions for how to come up with a good topic.

And this is it: all of the core instruction in 2nd grade. 3-5 math problems per day, a few minutes discussing reading and writing, and then independent work/software apps. Nothing is graded. No feedback. No report card comments on individual progress.

I think you are a bad school. My kids are at a SE DCPS and they have small groups every day, and my first grader is doing more work and at a higher level than what is being assigned to your second grader. All of our teachers check in weekly, we've already received report cards, and overall, I know he has learned a lot since the beginning of the year. Have you been meeting with your school principal about your concerns? Many parents in our school do this regularly through our school advisory committee, and our principal and teachers have made adjustments accordingly.

Unfortunately, this sounds like a par for the course APS school. Our APS school did not even attempt to roll out small groups until after Halloween--even though I asked about it the first week of school when the teachers called to touch base and say hello. That was the one unique contact and outreach I have had from them. They both seem very nice and I'm sure are wonderful, but, APS has woefully under-performed during this distance learning crisis.

The feedback from APS administration is that this is meeting the district's expectations. There is zero desire to do more.