Teachers assigning asynchronous work on synchronous days(APS)

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Anonymous wrote:I agree. Back off the teachers. They are working so hard. They didn’t create the pandemic. They are adapting like the rest of us or got a sample size of 14 APS middle school teachers I my house. Not a single issue with one of them.

Oh, come on. My kid's elementary teachers aren't working that hard. They just aren't. They teach 20-30 minutes of content a day, leaning heavily on Lexia and Dreambox and RazKids and BrainPop. They don't offer any small groups or interact with students on Mondays. They don't grade or comment on any work. They don't write any individualized comments on report cards. There is no diffentiation or small groups. There are evaluations other than PALS. There are no thoughtful assignments, just scanned worksheets several grade levels below what the kids should be doing. If anything, this is a vacation. They have vastly more prep time, but are teaching far less content with fewer hours of student contact.

If the administration is somehow sucking up their time with meetings, then they teachers should be vocal about that because it's not of any benefit to students.

Talk to your principal. This is not true at our school.

This is also not happening my my kid’s school where they attend nor at the APS elementary school where I teach. We are standards based grading and if anything we have been given more standards to report on this year vs last year. We are forging ahead in the curriculum for better or worse. Unfortunately there are students who need more intervention and that is very hard to provide in the shortened hours/4days per week/virtual environment.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree. Back off the teachers. They are working so hard. They didn’t create the pandemic. They are adapting like the rest of us or got a sample size of 14 APS middle school teachers I my house. Not a single issue with one of them.

Oh, come on. My kid's elementary teachers aren't working that hard. They just aren't. They teach 20-30 minutes of content a day, leaning heavily on Lexia and Dreambox and RazKids and BrainPop. They don't offer any small groups or interact with students on Mondays. They don't grade or comment on any work. They don't write any individualized comments on report cards. There is no diffentiation or small groups. There are evaluations other than PALS. There are no thoughtful assignments, just scanned worksheets several grade levels below what the kids should be doing. If anything, this is a vacation. They have vastly more prep time, but are teaching far less content with fewer hours of student contact.

If the administration is somehow sucking up their time with meetings, then they teachers should be vocal about that because it's not of any benefit to students.

Talk to your principal. This is not true at our school.

This is also not happening my my kid’s school where they attend nor at the APS elementary school where I teach. We are standards based grading and if anything we have been given more standards to report on this year vs last year. We are forging ahead in the curriculum for better or worse. Unfortunately there are students who need more intervention and that is very hard to provide in the shortened hours/4days per week/virtual environment.

We still have traditional grading. The only grades are "Progressing" and "Not Progressing".

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Anonymous wrote:Middle School? perhaps the teacher is at Disney World.

Yes, middle school but not the same school as the Disney teacher.

Link to thread being referenced please?

Facebook group post. I cant' link it.

It is a 6th grade Swanson teacher and this really happened. The teacher even wrote in the asych assignment that she was at DisneyWorld and wouldn't be responding to messages that day. I'm actually surprised ArlNow hasn't picked up the story, given how many parents know about it.

I personally, wouldn't want any unnecessary backlash toward the teacher, if this was an approved leave/vacation. But I also hope she fully supports returning to the classroom since she's comfortable going to Disney. It's something I hope Duran would take into consideration

Exactly! I have no idea who the teacher is, but I bet you dollars to donuts that she is not in favor of returning.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle School? perhaps the teacher is at Disney World.

Yes, middle school but not the same school as the Disney teacher.

Link to thread being referenced please?

Facebook group post. I cant' link it.

It is a 6th grade Swanson teacher and this really happened. The teacher even wrote in the asych assignment that she was at DisneyWorld and wouldn't be responding to messages that day. I'm actually surprised ArlNow hasn't picked up the story, given how many parents know about it.

I personally, wouldn't want any unnecessary backlash toward the teacher, if this was an approved leave/vacation. But I also hope she fully supports returning to the classroom since she's comfortable going to Disney. It's something I hope Duran would take into consideration

Exactly! I have no idea who the teacher is, but I bet you dollars to donuts that she is not in favor of returning.

Don't be daft. If she's ok going to Disney then she's OK going to the classroom.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle School? perhaps the teacher is at Disney World.

Yes, middle school but not the same school as the Disney teacher.

Link to thread being referenced please?

Facebook group post. I cant' link it.

It is a 6th grade Swanson teacher and this really happened. The teacher even wrote in the asych assignment that she was at DisneyWorld and wouldn't be responding to messages that day. I'm actually surprised ArlNow hasn't picked up the story, given how many parents know about it.

I personally, wouldn't want any unnecessary backlash toward the teacher, if this was an approved leave/vacation. But I also hope she fully supports returning to the classroom since she's comfortable going to Disney. It's something I hope Duran would take into consideration

Exactly! I have no idea who the teacher is, but I bet you dollars to donuts that she is not in favor of returning.

Don't be daft. If she's ok going to Disney then she's OK going to the classroom.

Seriously. Any adult who voluntarily chooses Disney as her vacation destination obviously likes being around kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree. Back off the teachers. They are working so hard. They didn’t create the pandemic. They are adapting like the rest of us or got a sample size of 14 APS middle school teachers I my house. Not a single issue with one of them.

Oh, come on. My kid's elementary teachers aren't working that hard. They just aren't. They teach 20-30 minutes of content a day, leaning heavily on Lexia and Dreambox and RazKids and BrainPop. They don't offer any small groups or interact with students on Mondays. They don't grade or comment on any work. They don't write any individualized comments on report cards. There is no diffentiation or small groups. There are evaluations other than PALS. There are no thoughtful assignments, just scanned worksheets several grade levels below what the kids should be doing. If anything, this is a vacation. They have vastly more prep time, but are teaching far less content with fewer hours of student contact.

If the administration is somehow sucking up their time with meetings, then they teachers should be vocal about that because it's not of any benefit to students.

Okay, well, i have no idea what Lexia, Dreambox, Razkids and BrainPop are. I have used Kahoots but do you know how long it takes me to design a Kahoots quiz? No, I don’t use other people’s quizzes because they are always full of mistakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. Back off the teachers. They are working so hard. They didn’t create the pandemic. They are adapting like the rest of us or got a sample size of 14 APS middle school teachers I my house. Not a single issue with one of them.

Oh, come on. My kid's elementary teachers aren't working that hard. They just aren't. They teach 20-30 minutes of content a day, leaning heavily on Lexia and Dreambox and RazKids and BrainPop. They don't offer any small groups or interact with students on Mondays. They don't grade or comment on any work. They don't write any individualized comments on report cards. There is no diffentiation or small groups. There are evaluations other than PALS. There are no thoughtful assignments, just scanned worksheets several grade levels below what the kids should be doing. If anything, this is a vacation. They have vastly more prep time, but are teaching far less content with fewer hours of student contact.

If the administration is somehow sucking up their time with meetings, then they teachers should be vocal about that because it's not of any benefit to students.

Talk to your principal. This is not true at our school.

This is the standard encouraged by the principal. She stated at a PTO meeting that she expects kids to catch back up once they are in person again. She wants teachers to focus on social emotional health rather than learning this year. Hence my 2nd grader spending math class last week reviewing how to recognize circles, triangles, squares and rectangles. I've emailed Engage several times with no change. It's like a black hole.

I am so glad I learned math before the computer apps started monopolizing math education. I don’t know how these kids do it without textbooks. The only reason I learned math was because I had a textbook I could read and review.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. Back off the teachers. They are working so hard. They didn’t create the pandemic. They are adapting like the rest of us or got a sample size of 14 APS middle school teachers I my house. Not a single issue with one of them.

Oh, come on. My kid's elementary teachers aren't working that hard. They just aren't. They teach 20-30 minutes of content a day, leaning heavily on Lexia and Dreambox and RazKids and BrainPop. They don't offer any small groups or interact with students on Mondays. They don't grade or comment on any work. They don't write any individualized comments on report cards. There is no diffentiation or small groups. There are evaluations other than PALS. There are no thoughtful assignments, just scanned worksheets several grade levels below what the kids should be doing. If anything, this is a vacation. They have vastly more prep time, but are teaching far less content with fewer hours of student contact.

If the administration is somehow sucking up their time with meetings, then they teachers should be vocal about that because it's not of any benefit to students.

Okay, well, i have no idea what Lexia, Dreambox, Razkids and BrainPop are. I have used Kahoots but do you know how long it takes me to design a Kahoots quiz? No, I don’t use other people’s quizzes because they are always full of mistakes.

Are you in APS? These are the standard apps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. Back off the teachers. They are working so hard. They didn’t create the pandemic. They are adapting like the rest of us or got a sample size of 14 APS middle school teachers I my house. Not a single issue with one of them.

Oh, come on. My kid's elementary teachers aren't working that hard. They just aren't. They teach 20-30 minutes of content a day, leaning heavily on Lexia and Dreambox and RazKids and BrainPop. They don't offer any small groups or interact with students on Mondays. They don't grade or comment on any work. They don't write any individualized comments on report cards. There is no diffentiation or small groups. There are evaluations other than PALS. There are no thoughtful assignments, just scanned worksheets several grade levels below what the kids should be doing. If anything, this is a vacation. They have vastly more prep time, but are teaching far less content with fewer hours of student contact.

If the administration is somehow sucking up their time with meetings, then they teachers should be vocal about that because it's not of any benefit to students.

Okay, well, i have no idea what Lexia, Dreambox, Razkids and BrainPop are. I have used Kahoots but do you know how long it takes me to design a Kahoots quiz? No, I don’t use other people’s quizzes because they are always full of mistakes.

Are you in APS? These are the standard apps.

Yea, I'm an APS specials teacher and I know what all those are even though I don't use them so you must not be a APS elem teacher! PP that said their teacher is on vacation and doing no prep is completely wrong though. That's absolutely not what is happening with classroom teachers at my school. They are teaching and planning for significantly more than 20 minutes a day. Lexia and Dreambox are used because they are APS apps that are gathering data in addition to providing async learning but they don't make up the bulk of class time T-F.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. Back off the teachers. They are working so hard. They didn’t create the pandemic. They are adapting like the rest of us or got a sample size of 14 APS middle school teachers I my house. Not a single issue with one of them.

Oh, come on. My kid's elementary teachers aren't working that hard. They just aren't. They teach 20-30 minutes of content a day, leaning heavily on Lexia and Dreambox and RazKids and BrainPop. They don't offer any small groups or interact with students on Mondays. They don't grade or comment on any work. They don't write any individualized comments on report cards. There is no diffentiation or small groups. There are evaluations other than PALS. There are no thoughtful assignments, just scanned worksheets several grade levels below what the kids should be doing. If anything, this is a vacation. They have vastly more prep time, but are teaching far less content with fewer hours of student contact.

If the administration is somehow sucking up their time with meetings, then they teachers should be vocal about that because it's not of any benefit to students.

Okay, well, i have no idea what Lexia, Dreambox, Razkids and BrainPop are. I have used Kahoots but do you know how long it takes me to design a Kahoots quiz? No, I don’t use other people’s quizzes because they are always full of mistakes.

Are you in APS? These are the standard apps.

Yea, I'm an APS specials teacher and I know what all those are even though I don't use them so you must not be a APS elem teacher! PP that said their teacher is on vacation and doing no prep is completely wrong though. That's absolutely not what is happening with classroom teachers at my school. They are teaching and planning for significantly more than 20 minutes a day. Lexia and Dreambox are used because they are APS apps that are gathering data in addition to providing async learning but they don't make up the bulk of class time T-F.

I am an FCPS HS teacher. Are all those apps for ES?