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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The message said teachers have to be able to give their full attention to live teaching and that if they need to make childcare arrangements in order to be able to do that they should. It did not say they weren’t allowed to have their kids home.[/quote]

Does anyone think that request is unreasonable?[/quote]

Not even a little bit.[/quote]

I think they can only use what childcare is available and when an appropriate or affordable carer is not available, parents will quit. And they won’t be easy to replace since there’s an existing teacher shortage. So that awesome K teacher with an infant might be replaced by an uncertified LTS.[/quote]

I also wondered if it is possible that they are starting the process of feeling out whether teachers will need extra supports for their own families?

Another option discussed in thread weeks ago might be to team teachers together if there are insurmountable childcare needs. I mean a K teacher with an infant would have had some childcare for the baby regardless. Maybe instead of a daycare setting they use an high school or college student? Why should they be able to care for their infant and teach at the same time? I don't understand.[/quote]

Forget the infant, let’s say the teacher had a 4 and 6 year old that will now be home. If the requirement is that they have childcare while they teach, and they can’t find it, they’ll need to quit. Childcare is increasingly difficult to find due to increased demand, and it's expensive. These are the same issues that all working parents are facing. My office has allowed us more flexible hours (including being able to make up hours on the weekend) but I think that would be difficult to do for teachers because of the set schedules.

I hope all our employers/coworkers/clients/students/parents are kind to each other this fall, it’s going to be a rough one. [/quote]

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