Confirming no instruction this week

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Anonymous wrote:Any teacher that is assigning work this week really loses all right to complain about being overworked and having a poor work/life balance. The policy was put into place to give teachers ample time to get grades done and if you want to put in 120 last minute grades on the day before the end, thats a you problem.

You seem triggered by teachers teaching on an instructional day. Teachers receive paid non-instructional days to do all the things you’re mentioning.

No, let’s be fair. The paid non-instructional days barely make a dent in the work that needs to be done. I mean, not even a dent. They only mean I can get a bit of the following Saturday to myself since I got a little bit done at work.

Yes it’s super fair to shortchange kids instructional time because you can’t get your work done according to the schedule you agree to follow under your contract. /s

Ah, of course. You simply assumed I am shortchanging kids. Anything to insult a teacher, huh?

But one note: if you’re going to throw the contract at me, then note it only pays me for 195 days. I gave you __considerably__ more than that. Are you sure you want to remind me of my contract?

Welcome to the working world. Some days people who are employed work more than their agreed upon working hours to get their jobs done. Some days they work less (like you did when you got a bunch of free vacation days this year due to the snow.)

Nope. I worked each of those snow days. No vacation here.

Let’s stop the assumptions about my job, okay? I’m not making disparaging comments about your job because I know that would be disrespectful. Why don’t you try showing a sliver of respect to a hard-working teacher instead of finding any possible way to take a stab at me and the profession I care about?

That was your choice. It was “code red” and teachers weren’t allowed to interact with students so this wasn’t instructional time.

Why don’t you show a sliver of respect to other teachers who are actually teaching this week became these are official McPS instructional days and stop pretending like your way is the only way.

My way… like teaching every day?

And do you think a teacher’s work ends when we don’t have students in front of us? When do you think we plan? Grade? Respond to emails? Update reports? Discuss lessons with colleagues? All of this happens when we don’t have students in front of us… you know, like snow days.

So once again: stop insulting teachers just for the fun of it. Ticking off hard-working professionals who are doing the work you want them to do seems unproductive.

You're the one insulting teachers by saying that no teachers are providing instruction this week. Both of my kids (ES and MS) were in school this week and reported back that they had instruction (and I can actually see assignments coming home for my younger ones, and assignments in gradebook for my older one).

If you were realistic about your intellect, you would know you're only able to speak competently about your own work (and clearly you're not doing much if you're posting on DCUM during a MCPS instructional day).

I think you’re addressing someone else. I’ve never stated anything about other teachers and whether they provided instruction this week. All I’ve posted is that I have provided instruction AND that teachers work plenty of outside hours. Both statements are true and neither insults others.

So once again: I ask that you stop insulting teachers. There’s no reason to dig and insult just for the joy of it. It’s not productive.

Why are you going back and forth with a crazy person? To what end?

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Anonymous wrote:My elementary schooler (4th) told me there has been no learning this week (and part of last). And they have a sub anyways since her teacher had a baby last month.

My 4th grader said her day consisted of: finishing the essay they were working on, doing a math packet, some reading related to social studies. She said it was like a normal day.

I don’t know why OP is asking such a general question when every teacher is different.

My 2nd grader said it was a normal day with reading and math too…except they did watch a movie for part of the day.

That is a sign the teacher has given up on the year/class. Not planning a fun last day vs just do the routine and get the day over it. The second is MUCH easier.

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Ahh, DCUM-the place where people will cry about lack of instructional time while pulling kids out for vacations,camps, etc. without a hint of irony. If teachers gave instruction this week across the board-parents would moan about the lack of fun, end-of-year activities other schools do. If kids have some free time, LOSS OF INSTRUCTIONAL time. Every time. It's pretty pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ahh, DCUM-the place where people will cry about lack of instructional time while pulling kids out for vacations,camps, etc. without a hint of irony. If teachers gave instruction this week across the board-parents would moan about the lack of fun, end-of-year activities other schools do. If kids have some free time, LOSS OF INSTRUCTIONAL time. Every time. It's pretty pathetic.

We aren't complaining about it and my kids went up till yesterday as there was some teaching. There is zero consistency between teachers, grading, assignments and how things are done and it's a nightmare for parents. The big issue is they kept changing the end dates and some camps are locked in by October/November.

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Anonymous wrote:There has never been any instruction the last week of school.

I’m an interventionist at a Title I elementary school, and I continued pulling groups until Tuesday (and met with students/had lunch bunches until 1 pm yesterday — the last day of school). And yes, I was the last one out of the building yesterday because I did not spend my “duty days” packing up my room. I will genuinely miss many of the fifth graders next year and wanted to make sure they knew how proud I am of how hard they worked this year, and encourage them about starting middle school next year!

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Anonymous wrote:Ahh, DCUM-the place where people will cry about lack of instructional time while pulling kids out for vacations,camps, etc. without a hint of irony. If teachers gave instruction this week across the board-parents would moan about the lack of fun, end-of-year activities other schools do. If kids have some free time, LOSS OF INSTRUCTIONAL time. Every time. It's pretty pathetic.

We aren't complaining about it and my kids went up till yesterday as there was some teaching. There is zero consistency between teachers, grading, assignments and how things are done and it's a nightmare for parents. The big issue is they kept changing the end dates and some camps are locked in by October/November.

Um, it's been this way forever? Teachers aren't going to coordinate the last week of school with every single teacher in every single department. Get a grip.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There has never been any instruction the last week of school.

I’m an interventionist at a Title I elementary school, and I continued pulling groups until Tuesday (and met with students/had lunch bunches until 1 pm yesterday — the last day of school). And yes, I was the last one out of the building yesterday because I did not spend my “duty days” packing up my room. I will genuinely miss many of the fifth graders next year and wanted to make sure they knew how proud I am of how hard they worked this year, and encourage them about starting middle school next year!

As an interventionist, you should have been pulling groups until the last day. That's your job. When I was an interventionist, it wasn't a choice and I didn't expect applause for doing it. Otherwise how could I justify getting paid the last few days if I was just messing around in my office? Sometimes.....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There has never been any instruction the last week of school.

I’m an interventionist at a Title I elementary school, and I continued pulling groups until Tuesday (and met with students/had lunch bunches until 1 pm yesterday — the last day of school). And yes, I was the last one out of the building yesterday because I did not spend my “duty days” packing up my room. I will genuinely miss many of the fifth graders next year and wanted to make sure they knew how proud I am of how hard they worked this year, and encourage them about starting middle school next year!

When should teachers complete grades and pack up their rooms? Isn’t that what duty days are for? Or do you expect them to stay into the unpaid summer to do all of that work?

Congrats being the last one out of the building. I’m sure there were plenty of other days when that honor went to a teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:There has never been any instruction the last week of school.

I’m an interventionist at a Title I elementary school, and I continued pulling groups until Tuesday (and met with students/had lunch bunches until 1 pm yesterday — the last day of school). And yes, I was the last one out of the building yesterday because I did not spend my “duty days” packing up my room. I will genuinely miss many of the fifth graders next year and wanted to make sure they knew how proud I am of how hard they worked this year, and encourage them about starting middle school next year!

As an interventionist, you should have been pulling groups until the last day. That's your job. When I was an interventionist, it wasn't a choice and I didn't expect applause for doing it. Otherwise how could I justify getting paid the last few days if I was just messing around in my office? Sometimes.....

Just to clarify…I am classified as a focus teacher. I do reading interventions (not speech, OT, etc.). I have an entire classroom to pack up just as the other teachers. Not an office. Sometimes…🙄