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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you counting the reading and math time? Sometimes it’s independent work and sometimes it’s teacher- led, but it still would count as instruction. That adds up to about 3 hours. I’m guessing that the science, social studies, and perhaps other instruction periods would include activities that could add up to a total of 3.5. [/quote]

If a child logs off to do work independently while the teacher meets virtually with other
kids, then no—I would not consider what that child is doing alone to be “instructional time”. Do you? They are working alone at home.[/quote]

That’s what we do during the school day. We don’t spend all the time teaching directly to the entire class.[/quote]

You can’t think about virtual learning as just like your classroom, only on a computer. It’s a completely different environment. A child logging off to do homework is like a child leaving the school building in the middle of the lesson.[/quote]

What happens when a child logs off for lunch? Is it the same as the kids leaving the school building? What do you think teachers do during lunch? Do you think they will be sitting on the computer watching all the kids eating lunch in front of the screen? Or do you think they log off and go eat? In the school the kids are being monitored in the lunch room by lunch aides. Who is helping these kids get lunch and eat their food at home? Also who is monitoring these kids eating lunch? Are you going to tell me that you expect the DL teacher to do it? [/quote]

The lunch break and other breaks are not included in the required 3.5 hours of instructional time. [/quote]

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