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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here.

I want my kids to be able to check out books from our classroom and school library every two weeks. I don’t want kids sitting at a computer all day. I want a schedule that is realistic for young kids. I teach 6th grade and an hour is a long time. I personally think live sessions should be 30-45 mins max. If I had to set up my schedule... 15 min MM. 1 hour- Reading/Writing/Word Study 45 mins- Math. 45 mins SS/Science. The rest of the day is asynchronous with conferences and small groups. 9:00-10:15- MM and LA. 10:15-10:45 break. 10:45-11:30- Math. 11:30-12:30 - lunch/break 12:30-1:15- SS/Science.   1:15-4:00 - asynchronous assignments, specials and small groups. [/quote]

I bet that most elementary parents would be fine with this.  It gets the core done in the morning incase parents can't support in the afternoon.  It offers time for small group instruction.  Can we just do this?

I'm really sick of hearing teachers say that they can't possibly do their job right now.  I'm not asking for heroics but an honest attempt at DL would go a long way.  The spring effort I personally saw was disgraceful and the comments I've see this summer from teachers are really disappointing.  As a parent, I've been stepping up for months, researching SOLs and teaching my kids while also working a FT job.  I'm at my breaking point and need help.  I really need teachers to stop making excuses and help teach my kids.  Please.[/quote]

Thanks! I also want to add I want there to be consistency from school to school within a district regarding times and expectations for teachers. I think that is why a lot of parents were not happy. There were some schools who did a great job and others that failed. I think a lot of that has to do with leadership. It was very interesting to me to look at the data regarding choice for DL vs hybrid. My school had a larger DL vote but another school within my pyramid and similar demographics had an extremely large in person vote.[/quote]

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