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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here (on my lunch break). When it starts getting cold, kids don't come to school properly dressed for the outdoors. As a Title One school, we get coats. gloves and hats for students who need them but then they show up every day without the clothing we gave them. When there are many kids who aren't properly dressed despite our best efforts, kids stay inside. Our KG paras are constantly being pulled to sub at the last minute and they are the ones who supervise recess. If you have one para for 3 classes of 27 and students who aren't dressed warmly, they stay inside and watch a movie. It is what it is.[/quote]

Is there a reason why the TV needs to be on? All that screen time can't be helping. [/quote]
If your answer to "Indoor recess doesn't have to have TV" is "it is what it is", you need to retire from teaching. [/quote]

Hey, I'm just the messenger. This is not my choice. I used to work overseas and it rained all of the time (think Seattle weather) and my students went outside every day. Our admin tells the paras what to do, not me. I want the kids outside and burning off energy. They need it but when kids come to school without proper clothing to wear outside, the admin tells the paras to keep them inside. One para and 80 kids in one room? The only thing they can do to fit them all in is to put on a video/movie/TV show. You cannot have 80 kids in a regular sized classroom moving around. There is no space. Sometimes if there are 2 paras available, they will put out games/blocks, etc and divide up the students between 2 classrooms. But most of the time, there is only 1 para for the entire grade because we cannot find enough substitutes and the paras end up subbing.[/quote]

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