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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP. I’m sorry you are having a crappy experience. I’m an APS upper elementary teacher and want to address some of your issues:
-yes the hours are 9-2:20. This is determined by APS, not teachers.
- my class has live meetings 9-11:40, 12:30-2:30 daily
- we do a short lesson and then students do an independent assignment. That’s what we did in the classroom too. During the independent assignment there is a shared screen reminding students of the instructions (what they should do, what they should do when they finish before our next synchronous activity, who needs to finish a previous assignment, and what materials they need to get together for the next part). 
-during the independent part, I am in a small group “room” open to all who need help. I am also a heck of student work as it is turned in for grading and calling individual kids who need reteaching because they didn’t do well on the assignment. My special Ed coteacher is in another “small group” room working with students with IEP’s to access the assignment and reteach as needed with those students. This generally takes the entire independent time.
-we reconvene synchronously and repeat this for each subject all day long. We have a ten minute break in the morning and usually another in the afternoon.
-our grade-level read alouds are recorded and shared because we don’t all have access to the book and we have found that what works best is to screen record the kindle version so students can both see the text and hear the text. I also have an audible account and the professional read aloud versions add so much to the listening experience so I use that too. it’s hard to do a traditional hold the book up read aloud because students need the pictures for picture books and not every teacher has a document camera.
-Mondays I have planning meetings from 9-11, 12-2, and in between I am preparing materials for the week. Most grade levels are splitting the work and preparation of digital materials, which takes a while to make because it’s a different format than we used last year in person. Everything has to be remade

I have planning meetings after school 2 days per week. I am typically at my computer 8:30-4:30/5 each day, minimum. .[/quote]

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