Social Emotional Learning Questionnaire for 3-12 grade

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's what they could have done--although, I am not sure about privacy issues, etc.

I taught young children. A tip that someone gave me: during recess--pick two or three kids every day to observe and make notes. It only takes a very short time to see if they are interacting appropriately with other kids--or not interacting at all. And, of course, during recess, if you note something troublesome, make a note of that, too. This ensures that even those kids who "fly under the radar" get observed.

As one of my colleagues said one time, "I don't worry about the kids who run in an hug me--I worry about the ones who hang next to me at recess." Some kids will practically rub up against a teacher. Those are usually the needy ones.

What I am saying, is that a survey like this is not helpful. Observation is. I cannot speak for older kids, but for elementary, teachers taking notes would be much more useful. And, of course, this does not mean you don't observe in the classroom, but a teacher can learn a lot about a child at recess.

As a parent, I totally agree with this. Could they not just put those observational notes wherever they plan on filing this meaningless survey?

Of course they want to quantify everything, which is why it's a bubble form. Unfortunately something is lost when you turn people into stats.

At least teachers will hopefully still pay attention to kids and do the awesome work they always do.

[Anonymous]

Is there a connection to this and the Boarddocs for Friday's retreat on "Equity?"

Some of those competencies and educational equity seem to be at odds with each other.

And, what is my "culture" if I don't have recent immigrants in my background? What's the culture of an Asian adoptee with white parents?

Sad that we must judge people by the color of their skin.

[Anonymous]

Do your own research through FOIA requests, but Fox is reporting those SEL surveys cost millions of dollars through a company owned by Zuckenberg.

FCPS Aused our covid relief funds on it, and also millions of dollars on Critical Race Theory, now referred to as Culturally Responsive Teaching to hid the curriculum from parents..

Those funds should have been used on math and language remediation, special ed services, and other academic subjects, NOT years of expensive SEL surveys and divisive CRT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do your own research through FOIA requests, but Fox is reporting those SEL surveys cost millions of dollars through a company owned by Zuckenberg.

FCPS Aused our covid relief funds on it, and also millions of dollars on Critical Race Theory, now referred to as Culturally Responsive Teaching to hid the curriculum from parents..

Those funds should have been used on math and language remediation, special ed services, and other academic subjects, NOT years of expensive SEL surveys and divisive CRT.

No kidding. This is a crime of epic proportions. I suspect someone (or someones) are making money under the table.

[Anonymous]

True fact : 99.9% of FCPS employees are idiots.

[Anonymous]

No kidding. This is a crime of epic proportions. I suspect someone (or someones) are making money under the table.

I've posted this before: someone needs to do a deep dive into all FCPS contracts. Computers, etc.

I learned as a young teacher that textbook selection has much money crossing palms--it may not be in the form of cash. (This was not in FCPS--but, I doubt textbook companies limit it to one school system.)

Even the free lunches, the free feminine supplies, etc. All of these do not appear out of nowhere. People need to check. Ask questions.

[Anonymous]

This survey should have been tailored to different age groups, to be more helpful. I feel that my 6th grader would absolutely be able to provide thoughtful responses, whereas she would not have been able to, two years ago.

Her Home Room teacher was saying she's hearing a lot of negative self talk starting already (and is fairly prevalent among middle schoolers), and this is one tool they're hoping to use to help the kids address those issues before they blow up into bigger problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A bunch of morons must have designed this questionnaire. It would not be surprising to find that FCPS spent $50K to $100K to outside consultants to come up with this.

Covid funds at work.

Waay more than this, they paid almost 2 million for it, here's the pricing breakdown:

https://defendinged.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Post-It.png

[Anonymous]

Her Home Room teacher was saying she's hearing a lot of negative self talk starting already (and is fairly prevalent among middle schoolers), and this is one tool they're hoping to use to help the kids address those issues before they blow up into bigger problems.

There used to be a theory of thought that suicide was contagious--that the more it was discussed or pointed out, the worse it became. There is some substance to this theory.

If you have kids keep analyzing themselves to see if there is something "wrong with me" they may begin to believe it.

Just sayin'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A bunch of morons must have designed this questionnaire. It would not be surprising to find that FCPS spent $50K to $100K to outside consultants to come up with this.

Covid funds at work.

Waay more than this, they paid almost 2 million for it, here's the pricing breakdown:

https://defendinged.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Post-It.png

Here's another:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/fairfax-20-million-equity-social-emotional

Here's a thought: if SB wants to promote "equity" perhaps they should spend the money on teachers, instructional assistants, and social workers to help marginalized kids. That will produce more "equity" than free lunches for all (poor kids already get them) and expensive questionnaires which are counterproductive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, my third grader isn't in tune enough with her emotions to be able to answer this survey!

Mine either. He won't really even understand most of the questions.

[Anonymous]

I think some of the thoughts behind mental health evaluations and questionnaires, such as a state level requirement, has good intentions, but should be done through pediatricians and primary care doctors. They are far better equipped to secure and evaluate a student's medical information than the school is. Additionally the questions about the school specific environment, such as a student's feelings on whether the school is a safe space to discuss racial issues should be done via an anonymous survey. Some students may not feel comfortable answering it honestly if their answer is no but they're old enough to understand the school expects them to say "yes everything is great here".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A bunch of morons must have designed this questionnaire. It would not be surprising to find that FCPS spent $50K to $100K to outside consultants to come up with this.

Covid funds at work.

Waay more than this, they paid almost 2 million for it, here's the pricing breakdown:

https://defendinged.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Post-It.png

Here's another:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/fairfax-20-million-equity-social-emotional

Here's a thought: if SB wants to promote "equity" perhaps they should spend the money on teachers, instructional assistants, and social workers to help marginalized kids. That will produce more "equity" than free lunches for all (poor kids already get them) and expensive questionnaires which are counterproductive.

No doubt. They just pay lip service to equity, though, while they keep money circulating among their cronies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do your own research through FOIA requests, but Fox is reporting those SEL surveys cost millions of dollars through a company owned by Zuckenberg.

FCPS Aused our covid relief funds on it, and also millions of dollars on Critical Race Theory, now referred to as Culturally Responsive Teaching to hid the curriculum from parents..

Those funds should have been used on math and language remediation, special ed services, and other academic subjects, NOT years of expensive SEL surveys and divisive CRT.

So much fake news in this post. Al ESSER spending was explained publicly. No need for FOIA. Zuckerberg does not own the company — such anweird need to find a boogeyman. And cultural responsiveness is not CRT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do your own research through FOIA requests, but Fox is reporting those SEL surveys cost millions of dollars through a company owned by Zuckenberg.

FCPS Aused our covid relief funds on it, and also millions of dollars on Critical Race Theory, now referred to as Culturally Responsive Teaching to hid the curriculum from parents..

Those funds should have been used on math and language remediation, special ed services, and other academic subjects, NOT years of expensive SEL surveys and divisive CRT.

So much fake news in this post. Al ESSER spending was explained publicly. No need for FOIA. Zuckerberg does not own the company — such anweird need to find a boogeyman. And cultural responsiveness is not CRT.

DP. I started complaining about them spending ESSR money on this when it was first explained publicly. They were planning on doing it anyway. Instead of using ESSR money to tutor kids, they re-routed a lot of it to do things they would have otherwise done. This was one of those things. It might be the most controversial of those things.

Also since CRT is a floating signifier on both sides of the strange debate about it, why can't CRT be culturally responsive teaching? It's whatever the person talking wants it to mean. It's meaningless. But most people who don't like it basically are objecting to the idea that someone might teach that white people are inherently oppressors or inherently bad.