Teachers assigning asynchronous work on synchronous days(APS)

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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.

Okay sorry I’m late to the party on this but did anything happen to her? Was she disciplined? Really it seems like somebody should get fired for this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Okay sorry I’m late to the party on this but did anything happen to her? Was she disciplined? Really it seems like somebody should get fired for this.

Is it possible that her PTO was approved from her principal?

[Anonymous]

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There are not enough subs. We have been directed to assign asynchronous work when absent without a sub. Middle and high school teachers don’t need to notify your students about this but if you want to be notified then sign up as a parent observer in canvas and you’ll get the announcements. Teachers can use their sick or personal leave without parent permission.

There are NO subs in APS. None. It is now March, and things happen where a teacher needs to be out. It is not their fault that there are no subs.

So let's discuss how this would be managed if the teachers and students were actually in school. These situations would NOT happen if schools were open. A teacher would plan his/her time off, and the school would find a way for someone to supervise a class, even if they send the students to the library to read.

What wouldn't happen is this free-for-all we are all experiencing. Ridiculous and appalling.

That’s what you imagine. In reality if there are no subs, they are sent to somewhere and play on their cell phones. So it’s not much different than OPs kid and Nintendo. They are not quietly sitting while reading in the library.

I have a 14-year old. I am pretty sure she's never sat around for an hour, playing on her phone during school hours (while in the building).

And especially not because the teacher got to caught up organizing their house on their lunch break. I like and respect so many of their teachers, so it was very surprising when this started happening.

[Anonymous]

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There are not enough subs. We have been directed to assign asynchronous work when absent without a sub. Middle and high school teachers don’t need to notify your students about this but if you want to be notified then sign up as a parent observer in canvas and you’ll get the announcements. Teachers can use their sick or personal leave without parent permission.

There are NO subs in APS. None. It is now March, and things happen where a teacher needs to be out. It is not their fault that there are no subs.

So let's discuss how this would be managed if the teachers and students were actually in school. These situations would NOT happen if schools were open. A teacher would plan his/her time off, and the school would find a way for someone to supervise a class, even if they send the students to the library to read.

What wouldn't happen is this free-for-all we are all experiencing. Ridiculous and appalling.

Disagree. This is a principal issue. It’s a rogue teacher who needs supervision. Principal not supervintendent.
This is something for you to bring up with the superintendent, not the teacher or principal. This direction has come from the top down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Okay sorry I’m late to the party on this but did anything happen to her? Was she disciplined? Really it seems like somebody should get fired for this.

not if she took PTO.

as another APS teacher mentioned, if we are going to miss a class or a day, we don't get a sub. We are supposed to assign asynchronous work. If it's happening frequently, that's definitely a cause for concern and I'd raise it with the teacher/admin. I had to post asynchronous work twice this year when the Internet wasn't being cooperative instead of actually holding class, and one other time when I had a dr's appt. no sub, just asynch work.

[Anonymous]

Because of the pandemic there are no subs. Just wait til you go hybrid. There will be no subs. Will be chaos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Okay sorry I’m late to the party on this but did anything happen to her? Was she disciplined? Really it seems like somebody should get fired for this.

I mean I'm not sure why she should be fired- if we were in school like normal, this teacher would take leave and write sub plans (kind of like asynchronous work.) Difference now is there are no subs so admin told her to post the work for the week. Teachers still have to take leave when they are out and post asynchronous work. I think getting the vaccine might be the exception.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, but the inability to find a sub is BS. In person, APS could not leave a classroom unattended. If APS can't find subs, then they need to start requiring their Central Office staff to step up. Maybe one of the 12 "planners" who work in Lisa Stengle's office can step up for a day and actually do something useful. Or maybe Bridgit Loft should show up and see the mess that she created.

[Anonymous]

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.

AEM?

[Anonymous]

Hope the teacher and her family are OK if she has been out that much recently.

One of my kids had a sub early in the year for two days. It was a disaster. I wouldn't be surprised that they just decided to go with asynchronous work in general now.

Another kid has had a teacher out maybe 2-3 times over the course of the year (she has two young kids so I'm assuming family related) and she just has them do asynchronous work. It's not a problem for that class (middle school).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, but the inability to find a sub is BS. In person, APS could not leave a classroom unattended. If APS can't find subs, then they need to start requiring their Central Office staff to step up. Maybe one of the 12 "planners" who work in Lisa Stengle's office can step up for a day and actually do something useful. Or maybe Bridgit Loft should show up and see the mess that she created.

So much has fallen apart while keeping everyone out of the classroom. I love my child's teachers, but I also fear (for some) that 10 months of a flexible/WFH arrangement is going to be very difficult to reverse.

[Anonymous]

One of the specials teachers my kid announced recently in a parent email that she was only going to be teaching her class every other week and that alternating weeks would be asynchronous.

When the time came for the first asynchronous class, no teacher showed up and no one told the class of 7 yos what to do. The class had an open Teams call with no teacher or instructions. Some parent must have emailed the homeroom teacher because she showed up about 25 minutes into the session and told the kids that if it ever happened again that they should read silently.

We've also had several other classes where the teacher forgot to show up, but in those cases someone (teacher or staff) did stay on the line with the students. This is the first time they were fully abandoned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the specials teachers my kid announced recently in a parent email that she was only going to be teaching her class every other week and that alternating weeks would be asynchronous.

When the time came for the first asynchronous class, no teacher showed up and no one told the class of 7 yos what to do. The class had an open Teams call with no teacher or instructions. Some parent must have emailed the homeroom teacher because she showed up about 25 minutes into the session and told the kids that if it ever happened again that they should read silently.

We've also had several other classes where the teacher forgot to show up, but in those cases someone (teacher or staff) did stay on the line with the students. This is the first time they were fully abandoned.

I'm sorry, but doing this to a group of 7-year olds is unacceptable. We need to share these stories with Duran, or he may end up getting a lot of negative media exposure very soon because people are losing their patience and are furious with the state of our school system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Okay sorry I’m late to the party on this but did anything happen to her? Was she disciplined? Really it seems like somebody should get fired for this.

I mean I'm not sure why she should be fired- if we were in school like normal, this teacher would take leave and write sub plans (kind of like asynchronous work.) Difference now is there are no subs so admin told her to post the work for the week. Teachers still have to take leave when they are out and post asynchronous work. I think getting the vaccine might be the exception.

Oh right, of course if she took the time off officially it is fine (in the sense that she didn’t do anything wrong).