Social Emotional Learning Questionnaire for 3-12 grade

[Anonymous]

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.[/quote]

Unfortunately, there are examples of that happening in some school systems in Virginia. That may not be what CRT is--but that is occurring.

CRT teaches that we see everyone through a racial lens and judge people based on race. Some people do--but they are telling us that ALL people do. Of course, we have eyes and can see color--but that doesn't mean we all judge by color.

I was a teacher. One day, for some reason, an administrator needed a breakdown of the races in my first grade class. It was after school. I was an elementary school teacher. I had to go get my grade book and visualize every child--which of course, I was able to do. But, I had never looked at them by race. The class was quite diverse and pretty close to the breakdown of race in the US. Also, included more multiracial kids than found in most schools.

The new "equity" standards being discussed at the retreat on Friday, are very interesting. Teacher has to think of each child and know their cultural background and teach them accordingly.
That doesn't sound like "equity" to me, and it certainly isn't equality.

My cultural background is American.

[Anonymous]

I am considering keeping my upper ES kid home for the next O day. DC did say nothing new was taught on the last O day. Why send for busywork and covid risk? At least it will be 1 less day of covid stress for me. Is it a bad idea?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Do you really want Marc Zuckenberg and fcps to track your 12 year olds mental health and self esteeem 3x year over the next 5 years, and to have that information be part of her permanent school file?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Do you really want Marc Zuckenberg and fcps to track your 12 year olds mental health and self esteeem 3x year over the next 5 years, and to have that information be part of her permanent school file?

+100 We filled out the opt out form and turned it into the front office this morning. No way we're letting FCPS have this kind of data on our kid for the rest of her school life. Who knows what they will really use it for. I wish they would concentrate on actually spend money helping our kids learn something instead of this meaningless time wasting assessments.

[Anonymous]

I also opted out. The data security paragraph was just odd. No way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Do you really want Marc Zuckenberg and fcps to track your 12 year olds mental health and self esteeem 3x year over the next 5 years, and to have that information be part of her permanent school file?

Hate to break it to you, but the second your 12 year old touched a smartphone or search engine, let alone got on social media, marketers started learning more about them than any test like this will ever reveal.

Same way they know everything about you thanks to the loyalty card you use at the grocery/drug store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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'

This, exactly this.

[Anonymous]

Is FPS using the SEL program RULER out of Yale?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also opted out. The data security paragraph was just odd. No way.

+100 Opt out people. There are only two uses for this: content-free self-congratulatory pats on the back on FCPS’s part, or awkward or negative filings and interactions about or with your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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'

This, exactly this.

Can you link to those studies? Bc I think you just pulled that out of your butt.

[Anonymous]

I'm opting my kids out. It just sounds like it's looking for trouble.

[Anonymous]

I sent in opt out request forms in my kids' folders several days in a row and it looks like nobody was checking, because the forms kept coming back. Grrr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is FPS using the SEL program RULER out of Yale?

Not sure. They have said whatever they are doing is CASEL compliant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sent in opt out request forms in my kids' folders several days in a row and it looks like nobody was checking, because the forms kept coming back. Grrr.

I always have my kids directly hand things for opting out to the teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Why the race questions then? Seems a bit out of place if the concern is for their mental health after a year of distance learning.

Here's why: then FCPS can say "OMG, 78% of students at (insert wealthy school) are not comfortable having discussions about race! Quick, airdrop Ibram X Kendi books into the library! Stop teaching math and instead teach race essentialism!"

They will use the results of this survey to further the implementation of CRT and race essentialism in the schools.

Yep. Not falling for it.