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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, just to clarify...
Your kids had their computer on, and the class was still there (or the video link for the class was still on and active) and a teacher left that on and then called up another teacher and was talking about a kid?
That's... really bad.
I'm pro-teacher, but that should be reported.[/quote]

Yep. That’s what happened. [/quote]

Zoom doesn’t work that way. [/quote]

Class was in session, and kids were supposed to be working independently.

Camera and microphone were on.

The teacher picked up her cell phone and called another teacher to trash talk a kid.

All the students saw and heard what was going on.

Kids messaged the teacher in chat to tell her that the mic was on and they could hear her.

She eventually glanced at the chat, realized her mistake, etc.

This happened. Today. This afternoon. MCPS middle school.

Zoom/video absolutely works this way. [/quote]

My team would just send a text. No way would call each other to complain about a student. We absolutely complain about students to each other. And sometimes that vent is what is needed to move on without being totally drained by the psychic vampire parents some of our students have. Such as the student who tells you at the end of class that they were frozen the entire Zoom and didn’t hear any of the lesson, can you reteaching it during lunch. And this happens 3 times a month, but they can’t watch the Zoom recording because after school their parents takes away their computer and makes them practice piano, their native language, and do math problems until bed time. And thinking this is a joke, you ask the parent who says it’s true and you should reteach during lunch. [/quote]

I’m shocked anyone would blindly trust a coworker to not share that info with admin. While they might be your pal today, who knows how they might feel tomorrow? [/quote]

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