APS - What will Kindergarten be like in the Fall 2021?

[Anonymous]

I know no one has a crystal ball here. But realistically what will K be like in the Fall? Will it be lots of iPad time still? If you’re an early education teacher, do you have any insight on this?

[Anonymous]

Regular, with masks is what I have been told by two different principals (current employee who interviewed for a pre-K spot) There has always been some variation in how much teachers use ipads IME

[Anonymous]

The two in person days have been very ipad-lite for my kindergartner since they started those in March. I would expect it to be mostly normal for fall.

[Anonymous]

Lots of red shirted 6 yos.

Lots more kids than usual who didn't have any preK or group care this year and who need to learn to function in a classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The two in person days have been very ipad-lite for my kindergartner since they started those in March. I would expect it to be mostly normal for fall.

Same experience for my kindergarten kid on the in-person days. I send her with a 100% charged ipad, and it comes back home around 95%. They told us that they're not charging them in the classroom so they just aren't using them much.

[Anonymous]

Lots of old 6 year olds. That’ll have ramifications down the road, including massive ones for college admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regular, with masks is what I have been told by two different principals (current employee who interviewed for a pre-K spot) There has always been some variation in how much teachers use ipads IME

Wait- seriously there aren’t any Pre-K spots available unless you mean Pre-K sped????
-Confused APS employee

[Anonymous]

Will there really be that many redshirted kids? The people I know just homeschooled or did private for a year.

- NP with rising kindergartner

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will there really be that many redshirted kids? The people I know just homeschooled or did private for a year.

- NP with rising kindergartner

I think there will be more than a normal year but not as many as DCUM makes it seem.

[Anonymous]

The K-2 kids did not go back with the concurrent model. So no they're not using ipads much.

I think it will be K with masks on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The K-2 kids did not go back with the concurrent model. So no they're not using ipads much.

I think it will be K with masks on.

Several schools are only offering specials by iPad right now so K-2 are on their iPads about half the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The K-2 kids did not go back with the concurrent model. So no they're not using ipads much.

I think it will be K with masks on.

Several schools are only offering specials by iPad right now so K-2 are on their iPads about half the time.

In the return to school report posted today it says that all specials will be in person next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will there really be that many redshirted kids? The people I know just homeschooled or did private for a year.

- NP with rising kindergartner

I think there will be more than a normal year but not as many as DCUM makes it seem.

I’m in another system (FCC) and have a rising K late summer birthday boy we considered red shirting. We met with our principal and asked if they are expecting larger than normal and/or a lot of red shirted kids and he said the numbers are very normal and on par with previous years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The K-2 kids did not go back with the concurrent model. So no they're not using ipads much.

I think it will be K with masks on.

Several schools are only offering specials by iPad right now so K-2 are on their iPads about half the time.

Specials are not half the day. It’s 30 minutes.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is in K in APS now and there’s very minimal iPad usage on her in person days. I think she doesn’t even turn it on every day. When her class was split in 2 rooms they used the iPads for small groups. Now some specials have the specials teacher projected on the white board and everyone follows along.