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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Office hours are for chit chat? Our teacher in the spring said the time had to be scheduled in advance in ten minute increments and to include the topic the child needed help with in our email requesting a slot. (We never did). [/quote]

Depends on how it is set up. Some people do it like your teacher, for whatever reason. Maybe they think it will cut down the number of people they have to deal with.

Office hours previously was a term prevalent in college system as a time for college kids to talk to their instructor without making an appointment. I have never seen it used in K-12 but this is a new environment. College is the only area I have seen this term used until this pandemic when the school system started using it for themselves. In college, the instructor post this office hour on their syllabus, and it is the time when they are in their office physically. You can show up during this time without making an appointment because they are required to be in their office. I showed up to a few office hours when I had to have something explained to me again. Sometimes there would be a few other students in there also asking questions. People take turns. Yes, there are chit-chats going on, either with the teacher or other students waiting for their turn, because it is an informal setting unlike the lecture halls. If you cannot make it to office hour, you can make an appointment to speak with them at another time.

K-12 schools around here just started taking this "office hour" term and used it however they want. K-12 teachers spend most of their time on behavior management and trying to get kids motivated to do the work. Showing up voluntarily to "office hour" is not likely going to be an activity that these kids are going to do. Maybe the most studious ones, if they really are stuck on something. But if you just look at how basic the academics are, the most studious kids probably won't be needing extra "help." [/quote]

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