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Anonymous wrote:I get grumpy emails from teachers complaining that my 3rd grader hasn't turned in this or that, telling me that she'll get a poor grade in a particular subject that quarter if we don't catch up. I've started to respond by saying, fine, grade her down, but know she's still learning. We keep up on her math assignments religiously, but are doing our own thing on the rest to a greater and greater extent as time goes by. If she takes an interest in a science topic, a history topic, we may run with that rather than what the school wants us to do. I have her read independently for a couple hours most days, whatever she wants to read in a corner of my home office. She tunes out during whole class live instruction because she can hardly speak. She wants to ask a question, but by the time she's called on, she's generally forgotten what she wanted to ask.

If teachers aren't willing to return to work in the building, OK, but they don't get to beat up on us for not turning an 8 year-old's work in.

+1.

Part of our job is checking in on kids who aren’t logging in. In fact, I’m evaluated down if my student attendance isn’t great. I do not agree with this, and I am completely understanding of situations like yours. But I’m required to send documentation to administration that I am engaging with families.
As teachers we are on the front line, we get all the attacks and complaints. But remember who is making the rules. It’s not us.

The front line is not your couch.

Ha! So true. You'd be on the front line if you were actually teaching in a classroom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I am looking forward to it. The sooner we get started again, the sooner it will all be over. It will be a slow week for us. I do not plan on overloading them and instead, just doing some review type of work with no homework and only participation grades. Lots of fun activities and keeping it short.

Which grade to you teach? The activities my son's 1st grade teachers comes up with probably sound like a lot of fun but it just doesn't work out in practice, unless the kid has a parent there to help out. My kid doesn't and feels like a failure every time he is not able to accomplish the "fun" activity on those old clunky laptops they are using.

+1. My 2nd and 4th do not enjoy ‘fun’ activities online and ‘slow’ just means tedium. They would rather the teacher teach something substantive and interesting and then let them get off the call and do something that is actually fun.

Well, take that up with administrators that push teachers to keep elementary aged students in live sessions all day and begin curriculum as soon as winter break ends. One of my colleagues ended a session 15 minutes early because his students were drained and got a nasty email from admin about it.

Remember we have bosses that dictate most of what we do. Please don’t blame teachers.

What is it with teachers constantly passing the buck? The administration isn't making this teacher make it a "slow" week. This teacher decided not to introduce new content all on her own, probably because it's less work than to actually teach new material. Teachers have tons of discretion. Hence, some teachers are good and others are lazy and terrible. If administration really was calling all the shots, then all classes would be roughly the same.

You want an example? My second grader's math teacher has never reviewed or given feedback on an assignment. Never. She has never given an evaluation. She has never spoken to my child 1:1 or in a small group. She doesn't know my child's name. Her report cards indicated that my child is attending school ("P") with no child-specific comments. Her lessons last 10 minutes and then she tells the kids to play Dreambox. She does the absolute bare minimum. It's pathetic. Every week is a "slow" week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get grumpy emails from teachers complaining that my 3rd grader hasn't turned in this or that, telling me that she'll get a poor grade in a particular subject that quarter if we don't catch up. I've started to respond by saying, fine, grade her down, but know she's still learning. We keep up on her math assignments religiously, but are doing our own thing on the rest to a greater and greater extent as time goes by. If she takes an interest in a science topic, a history topic, we may run with that rather than what the school wants us to do. I have her read independently for a couple hours most days, whatever she wants to read in a corner of my home office. She tunes out during whole class live instruction because she can hardly speak. She wants to ask a question, but by the time she's called on, she's generally forgotten what she wanted to ask.

If teachers aren't willing to return to work in the building, OK, but they don't get to beat up on us for not turning an 8 year-old's work in.

+1.

Part of our job is checking in on kids who aren’t logging in. In fact, I’m evaluated down if my student attendance isn’t great. I do not agree with this, and I am completely understanding of situations like yours. But I’m required to send documentation to administration that I am engaging with families.
As teachers we are on the front line, we get all the attacks and complaints. But remember who is making the rules. It’s not us.

The front line is not your couch.

Anyway, Happy Monday, ya'll. Good luck navigating a virtual school system that prioritizes neither education or children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I am looking forward to it. The sooner we get started again, the sooner it will all be over. It will be a slow week for us. I do not plan on overloading them and instead, just doing some review type of work with no homework and only participation grades. Lots of fun activities and keeping it short.

Which grade to you teach? The activities my son's 1st grade teachers comes up with probably sound like a lot of fun but it just doesn't work out in practice, unless the kid has a parent there to help out. My kid doesn't and feels like a failure every time he is not able to accomplish the "fun" activity on those old clunky laptops they are using.

+1. My 2nd and 4th do not enjoy ‘fun’ activities online and ‘slow’ just means tedium. They would rather the teacher teach something substantive and interesting and then let them get off the call and do something that is actually fun.

Well, take that up with administrators that push teachers to keep elementary aged students in live sessions all day and begin curriculum as soon as winter break ends. One of my colleagues ended a session 15 minutes early because his students were drained and got a nasty email from admin about it.

Remember we have bosses that dictate most of what we do. Please don’t blame teachers.

What is it with teachers constantly passing the buck? The administration isn't making this teacher make it a "slow" week. This teacher decided not to introduce new content all on her own, probably because it's less work than to actually teach new material. Teachers have tons of discretion. Hence, some teachers are good and others are lazy and terrible. If administration really was calling all the shots, then all classes would be roughly the same.

You want an example? My second grader's math teacher has never reviewed or given feedback on an assignment. Never. She has never given an evaluation. She has never spoken to my child 1:1 or in a small group. She doesn't know my child's name. Her report cards indicated that my child is attending school ("P") with no child-specific comments. Her lessons last 10 minutes and then she tells the kids to play Dreambox. She does the absolute bare minimum. It's pathetic. Every week is a "slow" week.

Your 2nd grader has a bad teacher. This is not the experience my 1st or 4th grader have had at all. Both my kids have had feedback, small group interaction, evaluations, etc. In fact, my son's 4th grade teacher specifically reached out to me when she saw that the quality of his work started to slip. All to say that DL hasn't been an entirely crappy experience for everyone. And we're in DCPS, EOTP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I am looking forward to it. The sooner we get started again, the sooner it will all be over. It will be a slow week for us. I do not plan on overloading them and instead, just doing some review type of work with no homework and only participation grades. Lots of fun activities and keeping it short.

Which grade to you teach? The activities my son's 1st grade teachers comes up with probably sound like a lot of fun but it just doesn't work out in practice, unless the kid has a parent there to help out. My kid doesn't and feels like a failure every time he is not able to accomplish the "fun" activity on those old clunky laptops they are using.

+1. My 2nd and 4th do not enjoy ‘fun’ activities online and ‘slow’ just means tedium. They would rather the teacher teach something substantive and interesting and then let them get off the call and do something that is actually fun.

Well, take that up with administrators that push teachers to keep elementary aged students in live sessions all day and begin curriculum as soon as winter break ends. One of my colleagues ended a session 15 minutes early because his students were drained and got a nasty email from admin about it.

Remember we have bosses that dictate most of what we do. Please don’t blame teachers.

What is it with teachers constantly passing the buck? The administration isn't making this teacher make it a "slow" week. This teacher decided not to introduce new content all on her own, probably because it's less work than to actually teach new material. Teachers have tons of discretion. Hence, some teachers are good and others are lazy and terrible. If administration really was calling all the shots, then all classes would be roughly the same.

You want an example? My second grader's math teacher has never reviewed or given feedback on an assignment. Never. She has never given an evaluation. She has never spoken to my child 1:1 or in a small group. She doesn't know my child's name. Her report cards indicated that my child is attending school ("P") with no child-specific comments. Her lessons last 10 minutes and then she tells the kids to play Dreambox. She does the absolute bare minimum. It's pathetic. Every week is a "slow" week.

Your 2nd grader has a bad teacher. This is not the experience my 1st or 4th grader have had at all. Both my kids have had feedback, small group interaction, evaluations, etc. In fact, my son's 4th grade teacher specifically reached out to me when she saw that the quality of his work started to slip. All to say that DL hasn't been an entirely crappy experience for everyone. And we're in DCPS, EOTP.

Ask any teacher and they will tell you that it's the administration's fault. It's not letting them teach. 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get grumpy emails from teachers complaining that my 3rd grader hasn't turned in this or that, telling me that she'll get a poor grade in a particular subject that quarter if we don't catch up. I've started to respond by saying, fine, grade her down, but know she's still learning. We keep up on her math assignments religiously, but are doing our own thing on the rest to a greater and greater extent as time goes by. If she takes an interest in a science topic, a history topic, we may run with that rather than what the school wants us to do. I have her read independently for a couple hours most days, whatever she wants to read in a corner of my home office. She tunes out during whole class live instruction because she can hardly speak. She wants to ask a question, but by the time she's called on, she's generally forgotten what she wanted to ask.

If teachers aren't willing to return to work in the building, OK, but they don't get to beat up on us for not turning an 8 year-old's work in.

+1.

Part of our job is checking in on kids who aren’t logging in. In fact, I’m evaluated down if my student attendance isn’t great. I do not agree with this, and I am completely understanding of situations like yours. But I’m required to send documentation to administration that I am engaging with families.
As teachers we are on the front line, we get all the attacks and complaints. But remember who is making the rules. It’s not us.

The front line is not your couch.

Ha! So true. You'd be on the front line if you were actually teaching in a classroom.

THIS! You wouldn't have a problem if you/WTU didn't obstruct schools reopening. Take some responsibility for your own actions - poor attendance and performance are the natural results of the DL that you fought so hard to keep.

[Anonymous]

My kids were not happy to return, but my 5th grader seems back in his rhythm and my 1st grader has had an uncharacteristically fantastic attitude during class today. Maybe the time off was good for her. Hoping other kids pushed through ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I am looking forward to it. The sooner we get started again, the sooner it will all be over. It will be a slow week for us. I do not plan on overloading them and instead, just doing some review type of work with no homework and only participation grades. Lots of fun activities and keeping it short.

The slow weeks are the absolute worst. My kid is bored with the normal speed, especially since half the time is reminding kids to get back in their seat and to mute. The slow weeks are excruciating. Ugh.

This. The slow weeks are terribly tedious. The “fun” activities are not fun. They don’t work out and the kids get frustrated, or their
laptop is too slow to run the “fun” thing. It’s not fun.

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So much this. I see teachers posting on facebook trading ideas about the different "fun" activities and I just want to scream. They aren't fun! No one is having fun. Just teach the information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I am looking forward to it. The sooner we get started again, the sooner it will all be over. It will be a slow week for us. I do not plan on overloading them and instead, just doing some review type of work with no homework and only participation grades. Lots of fun activities and keeping it short.

The slow weeks are the absolute worst. My kid is bored with the normal speed, especially since half the time is reminding kids to get back in their seat and to mute. The slow weeks are excruciating. Ugh.

This. The slow weeks are terribly tedious. The “fun” activities are not fun. They don’t work out and the kids get frustrated, or their
laptop is too slow to run the “fun” thing. It’s not fun.

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So much this. I see teachers posting on facebook trading ideas about the different "fun" activities and I just want to scream. They aren't fun! No one is having fun. Just teach the information.

You all are so negative. Maybe this is why your children are miserable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I am looking forward to it. The sooner we get started again, the sooner it will all be over. It will be a slow week for us. I do not plan on overloading them and instead, just doing some review type of work with no homework and only participation grades. Lots of fun activities and keeping it short.

The slow weeks are the absolute worst. My kid is bored with the normal speed, especially since half the time is reminding kids to get back in their seat and to mute. The slow weeks are excruciating. Ugh.

This. The slow weeks are terribly tedious. The “fun” activities are not fun. They don’t work out and the kids get frustrated, or their
laptop is too slow to run the “fun” thing. It’s not fun.

\

So much this. I see teachers posting on facebook trading ideas about the different "fun" activities and I just want to scream. They aren't fun! No one is having fun. Just teach the information.

You all are so negative. Maybe this is why your children are miserable.

Pot meet kettle.