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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stories like these make me mad. Not being defensive as my kids have never gotten in trouble due to this, but why are all teachers not having students put phone on a table up front when they get into class? It is like baiting kids to be distracted when taking the phones away removes the distraction. I have zero patience for helpless teachers like these not implementing a simple solution. [/quote]

We cannot enforce that. When kids refuse, I cannot take their phones from them. Admin doesn’t have time or the inclination to do so. [/quote]

Another teacher here. A coworker of mine was put on leave for taking a phone. That is absolutely against policy. We can nicely and repeatedly ask students to put them away. That’s it. There’s no penalty at all for using phones at our high school, so naturally they are out regularly.

The students who don’t have their phones out are the ones who report their parents check on their phone usage. It seems that the only thing that works at our school is hoping that students have engaged parents. [/quote]

If you don't mind me asking, which school/county do you work for? This seems like horrible policy, I am sorry it puts you in this position!

In our DCPS middle school, they take all phones and watches in the morning and hold them in the office until dismissal. If a kid sneaks a device through, it gets confiscated. Works great, no distraction during day, none of the videos/posting/social media happening during the day. (I realize this can/still does happen after school hours, but taking 8 hours out of the day to make them phone free is a plus in my book. Not sure how DCPS or charter high schools handle phones -- I would love if it was similar.[/quote]

I am at a school in LCPS where we’ve been told in writing so not take these kids’ phones. There’s only 2 high schools so far in Loudoun that have schoolwide no phone policies - Heritage and Loudoun Valley. It is completely dependent upon admin setting that rule and, most importantly, reinforcing it. Otherwise, it becomes every teacher’s individual policy and it’s far, far less effective because the kids know we can’t actually take the phone or give a consequence. You can’t grade for participation anymore so even hitting them with a daily 0 for not participating in class won’t work.

Ultimately it’s going to come down to school districts implementing universal no phone policies and having real consequences that support teachers’ abilities to do more than just say “put that away.” Until then, the only people who have the ability to confiscate a problematic phone are the owners - the parents. [/quote]

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