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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Excellent!

The Hybrid was going to be a mess.  Teachers would get sick, no subs, half-assessed or no learning on the home days, etc. [/quote]

Are you a teacher? If so, did you teach live lessons? I don't know any teachers that were teaching live in the spring that want to go back to that - it was a horrible experience. Not until today did I consider applying for leave, this changes my outlook about going back to school completely.[/quote]

Wait, so there's a whole host of teachers who want to quit based on DL? On what grounds could you apply for leave?[/quote]

In my teaching community I do not know one person who taught live lessons in the spring that wasn't holding onto their sanity by the time May 29th rolled around and couldn't wait for it to be over. It is thankless, frustrating and emotionally draining. I would guess the majority of teachers were not doing live lessons.

Any other teachers around that can speak favorably about live learning? I need some hope.[/quote]

Teachers seem to want to be paid not to work at all. [/quote]

Not this teacher (who you are responding to), I would volunteer to be back in the school working with my special needs kiddos tomorrow , full - time if someone would let me. But don't worry, if I think my mental health will go off the cliff in the fall I will quit, rather than take leave.[/quote]

Hey fellow sped teacher, that person is just salty. Don’t take it to heart! I’m with you, I want to be in person with my kiddos too! Online it was really tough to get parent on board, not the kids. 
If their child would have one tantrum they’d apologize and be like we are done! I’m like ‘no wait they will work, deep breaths’

This is hard for parents too, I’m sure they feel heartbroken their kiddos won’t be doing class in person. [/quote]

This is where parent coaching and have clear expectations of the the "class room" rules will be during DL.  How are kids expected to behave? What are the warnings or rewards for behavior and completing tasks?  What terminology should parent be using? That are the options and plans for getting behavior back on track?

I am really worried about being expected to sit for 2 hours of general education plus at least another 30-90 minutes of SPED services via the computer. It just too much Computer time for a group of kids that generally don't do well in this format.
And the ever changing schedule added to our stress in a major way!!  One week morning meets were this day, the next they changed, along with other sessions/ lesson and sped services. Changing schedules for kids that need routine and already hate the computer.. brilliant!
Now don't get me wrong our teachers were wonderful the sped services were okay. But we can't do all of it in one day at least not on the computer.  
We definitely need a team plan and all the teacher and other staff need to use the same terms and have the same expectations.[/quote]

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