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My opinion is that this schedule is realistic and sounds spot on. What social interaction do you want? They have morning meetings to talk about stuff. Your kid can show up to office hours and see if other kids are there to talk to them. [b]You want them to work in groups? How is the teacher going to monitor that online when they're working with other kids?[/b]

[b]Don't even mention break out groups because no teacher will have kids just go to a different "chat room" where they have no clue what these kids are doing or what they are talking about. [/b][/quote]

That's precisely what DD's teachers did in the Spring.  When they had to work in groups, they put the kids into chat rooms (of sorts).  Then they went from one chat room to the next, checking in on the kids, to see if they needed help, and to monitor.  It worked out VERY well.  Maybe it's an age thing, that these kids are young enough to do what they're asked and not engage in inappropriate behavior.[/quote]

How is the teacher doing this when they're supposed to be working with a small group in reading/math?

I don't know any teacher in my school who would be willing to do that. It is a liability issue. It takes 1 single student acting inappropriately for their to be a complaint and accusation that the teacher was not supervising the students properly if they were jumping from room to room. In a classroom, the teacher's physical presence is what allows these centers to go on when they are working with other kids. The teachers would never put kids in 4 different classrooms and then walk from 1 room to the next. That's essentially leaving the kids unsupervised and anything that happens is that person's responsibility. Sure maybe you get a good class and nothing happens, but it is still playing with fire. That's why teachers have to get someone to watch their students whenever they have an emergency such as having to go to the bathroom or take a phone call in the office, etc. No one is allowed to leave kids unsupervised in the building. Why is that allowed online? [/quote]

Small group work was done strictly during office hours so the teachers could focus their attention on kids who needed it.  I think the fact that the teachers could drop in unannounced, probably kept the kids honest.  It's not like a teacher going to the bathroom; the kids know how long that takes, whereas this is variable.  And since they are too young to be left home alone, they were supervised (so to speak) by an adult at home.  One of the problems with leaving kids alone in classes is that they are physically able to do things they shouldn't, and if say, they bully someone, that kid is trapped.  With the online chats, there are no such issues, since anyone can leave at any time, or ping their instructor if there are problems.  My daughter frequently ended up with kids she didn't like, or in groups where she was the only girl, and there were zero problems.[/quote]

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