Teachers assigning asynchronous work on synchronous days(APS)

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher who, with permission from my principal, had my students on a total asynchronous day several weeks ago. I informed all the students and families over a week before, as well as two days before, my absence. My students had a very clear lesson plan to follow, and I was still required to log in three times during the day to check attendance.

I didn't tell my students or families why I was going to be out, but my principal knew. All I told my students and their parents was that I needed to be out for one day for personal reasons. I certainly was not out "living it up" unless you consider going to spread some of daughter's ashes, and then meeting virtually with our grief counselor, "living it up."

As was stated in a post above, teachers are permitted to take sick leave and personal leave. I hope not all teachers who take leave are being judged, or that parents think it's because we are vacationing.

I’m sorry for your loss, but a teacher taking a single day off planned in advance isn’t what anyone is talking about here.

Exactly..

[Anonymous]

I wish they would do this when my first grader’s teacher is out. Every time they’ve had a sub there is lots of frustration and wasted time due to tech issues and more. Like at least an hour of synchronous time not even happening while everyone tries repeatedly to log on. Asynchronous work would be so much better.

[Anonymous]

I call BS on some of these stories. Our ES has a building sub who has been in class with both my kids. She knows the tech and has access to google classroom. Neither of my kids have had a day with no teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently the Disney teacher is a well liked good teacher, but I find it outrageous. First of all, teachers don’t get annual leave. They get 3 days of personal leave for needs that cannot be taken care of outside the regular school hours. There is simply no way that ‘I’m taking my family to Disney’ falls into that. https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/BGHNN560B0E0/$file/G-3.2.4%20Leave.pdf

2nd what about the preachy messages about how if only we would stop traveling and gathering we could get our kids on school.

this is such an annoying argument. read the document carefully - they are GIVEN three days each year. nowhere in the document does it say they are limited to three.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One of my children’s elective teachers joined at the very beginning of class told them she got wrapped up in a project at home and would not be there for the rest of class. She gave them assignment and left the rest of the time. Can you imagine that happening in person?

I believe it. One of my child's teachers called into class from the car because she was running an errand and couldn't be home in time to start the school day.

Where the heck is the accountability?? Clearly not coming from Duran.

I’d start with letting the principal know what is going on.

Please tell the principal. It makes me so mad when I hear these things happening, because I am working my tail off.

- teacher

[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.

Amen!!! And 12 planners?? Seriously?

[Anonymous]

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No subs is difficult but there just aren’t enough subs who are trained in the technology or given canvas access to be able to run random classes. Teachers are still permitted to take sick or personal leave. Regardless of how you may feel about a teacher talk a trip (I do not feel comfortable traveling right now and wouldn’t be caught dead at Disney), if the teacher is using personal days there is nothing illegal about it and your anger is misplaced. Why would the teacher be disciplined for following APS guidelines to leave asynchronous work as directed by APS?

This is the reason why. The teacher would have to add the name of the sub (who they don't even know and do not arrange for themselves) to their canvas course, and the sub would have to know how to use Canvas and MS teams competently. These things aren't happening this year.

Seems like a school principal or AP could step in.

Yes. But some admin have policies that they do not fill in for teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our es teacher in APS did 3 days from ski resort. Taught till almost lunch (11:30) then rest of days were asynchronous. After the first day we just skipped next 2 as it was total waste.

If this is true, it should have been reported.

[Anonymous]

I’d be curious to know if all of these are happening at the same school or at least a few schools. Because it would never, ever happen at my school. Famous last words…

[Anonymous]

Teacher was out two days last week? Were they 1/18 and 1/20, holidays on the APS calendar?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I call BS on some of these stories. Our ES has a building sub who has been in class with both my kids. She knows the tech and has access to google classroom. Neither of my kids have had a day with no teacher.

It might depend on the county and the school. I work at a Title 1 school right off of 95. We were told on the very first teacher work day In August that sub jobs would not be filled unless the teacher was out for more than 3 consecutive days. So it may not be happening at your school, but it is happening.

[Anonymous]

In my district, if a teacher is going to miss 1-2 days , there is no sub. We have about 5-10 percent of the sub pool we used to have. If a teacher is out 3 or more days, they try to get a sub. No guarantee of any of it. So let's say a teacher has a doc appt on the first- no sub. Then, her kid is suck on the 7th and 8th- no sub. Then let's say the teacher has a fever on the 10th. She'll be out 2 days with no sub while they try to find some one to cover. On day 3 they finally get someone. Teacher gets test results back 2 days later. Not covid. Then, on the 27th the teacher is required to attend 3 iep meetings- no sub.

This is the real world.

[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.

I teach at a school that's hybrid. Teachers are frequently being pulled to cover two classes, so both classes of kids are together, and both classes are doing asynchronous work, either from home or on their laptop with ear buds.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I call BS on some of these stories. Our ES has a building sub who has been in class with both my kids. She knows the tech and has access to google classroom. Neither of my kids have had a day with no teacher.

It might depend on the county and the school. I work at a Title 1 school right off of 95. We were told on the very first teacher work day In August that sub jobs would not be filled unless the teacher was out for more than 3 consecutive days. So it may not be happening at your school, but it is happening.

Our N Arl elementary definitely uses building sub and doesn’t leave classes without a synchronous teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I call BS on some of these stories. Our ES has a building sub who has been in class with both my kids. She knows the tech and has access to google classroom. Neither of my kids have had a day with no teacher.

This person clearly isn't in APS. APS doesn't allow Google classroom. It's Seesaw or Canvas only.