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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Middle school teacher here. Here are the accommodations I most commonly see in this situation:

Teacher check-ins.
Remind student to take their time.
Check work for completion and accuracy.
Let student choose between several teacher-approved activities if they finish early.
Teacher holds on to tech device when not being actively used in class.

Sometimes tech time is put into accommodations as a reward if the work has been completed to the teacher’s satisfaction.[/quote]

Thank you! This is really helpful. [/quote]

For this to work there has to be parents who will enforce it. “Teacher holds on to tech device when not being actively used in class.” Students will argue or not give up their device because other students aren’t having to give up their devices. The teacher can’t spend half the class arguing with the student to hand over his or her device. Administrators don’t approve of applying consequences like detention or being sent to the office. So there isn’t much a teacher can do.

You as a parent should look at on the history of the device and be ready and able to enforce a consequence if the teacher says your child was playing  games or you find evidence of that. 
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In my experience, it takes parents and teachers working together- which can be harder than it sounds. We will always follow up with losing screen time at home if my kid is playing in his iPad at school or doesn’t complete work satisfactorily. It works, as long as  we know to impose the consequence. [/quote]

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