What to do if school/teacher does a bad job with DL?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers are not evaluated based on parent input, yes it’s absolutely a red flag if 20/25 families take issue.

But if the majority of students are moving forward, absolutely nothing will happen to that teacher.

And you’ll have to better define ‘bad job.’ What does that mean?

I think the problem is that DL will be totally ineffective for many students. So it doesn't even really matter whether you have a good teacher or bad teacher, since either way the learning will be basically zero.

yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a public school teacher, so definitely not anti-school, but I expect helping my kids with DL during the exact hours when I need to be attending to my kids will be a disaster, so we're homeschooling this year. For the youngest, who is a first grader, she'll do an hour of homeschooling with Dad before work (he can shift his hours and start working later in the day), and then an hour with me when my school day finishes. She'll also do some 1:1 reading as part of her bedtime routine, and we'll do some things as a whole family on Saturdays and Sundays. My other kids will do more, because they do things more independently, but that should be plenty for a little one.

And yet our charter seems to think 4 hours on a computer is a good idea!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m the Pp. I’ve been teaching for years and have enjoyed wonderful relationships with my student’s parents. The fact that you use the word “just” worries me. It isn’t ‘just’. It’s the primary thing I need to do the first two weeks of school.

Yes, I will assess but I really need to build my community. We are all coming together not knowing each other. I knew my students in March, but will not know these kids. I use responsive classroom and building community has to come first.

Also, I always communicate with my parents, hence the week at a glance. I do much more than that. My student’s parents will know why I do what I do. If it makes me look subpar, then I will be okay with that. I would recommend you read up on what it takes to make DL work. Everything I have read says that community has to be built first and that it takes time.

Respectfully, a teacher who always wants to be better.

As a parent I will be thrilled if this is the approach my kids' teachers take during DL. Unless my kids have a certain level of comfort with their teacher and classmates they tend to clam up.

Thanks I’m the teacher. I never engage with DCUM. It’s not worth my mental health but I need parents to understand that it’s easier to teach once SEL is in place.

[Anonymous]

By all means bitch and moan on DCUM. That'll help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a public school teacher, so definitely not anti-school, but I expect helping my kids with DL during the exact hours when I need to be attending to my kids will be a disaster, so we're homeschooling this year. For the youngest, who is a first grader, she'll do an hour of homeschooling with Dad before work (he can shift his hours and start working later in the day), and then an hour with me when my school day finishes. She'll also do some 1:1 reading as part of her bedtime routine, and we'll do some things as a whole family on Saturdays and Sundays. My other kids will do more, because they do things more independently, but that should be plenty for a little one.

This sounds so reasonable I almost wish we were doing this instead of struggling through DL. We also have a first grader and she will have a couple hours a day live and then various apps and assignments and such. Having 2 hours one on one with us might be better.

But, of course, we don’t want to lose her spot and I’m hoping even virtual peer interaction might be good for her.

Will one of you do one subject and how will you decide what to teach?