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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a teacher.  I've been working on things for next week.  Because I teach early primary, with the exception of one online math program where I'll assign regular work (kids can work independently for 15 minutes per day), every single lesson will have to be supervised by an adult, just like in the classroom.  Online teaching is necessary to ensure kids don't lose more progress, but [b]it won't be something kids can do on their own.  K-2 takes full adult supervision nearly 100% of the time, 3-4th, about 50% supervision, and 5-8th about 25% supervision.  Even high schoolers need some amount of help. [/b] No one wanted this, but here we are.  I wish every parent the best regardless of whether their kids' teacher provides work or not, though I truly hope they do.  We need to you sit next to your kid a few hours each day to help them learn.  That's what we do each day and now that we can't be there, we need you to be there.  Good luck![/quote]

I don't think that the complainers on DCUM have fully realized this.[/quote]

Seriously. When I think about how much hand-holding my 7th grade classes need, I really am sympathetic for parents who are about to become home-school teachers for every subject. It's even going to be painful getting kids to be able to access and navigate instruction on the various apps teachers will be using to make good lessons, and then they'll have to complete the actual activities. I hope we can just provide feedback on what kids produce instead of assigning grades. Kids can continue learning now, but the idea of evaluating work completed under these circumstances is absurd.  [/quote]
Hello, 7th grade teacher PP. I am a parent of a 7th grader and I like your idea of no grades but focussing on feedback.  My kid is pretty self-directed and doing the instructional materials, and in fact wants me to butt out. (I chalk this up to typical 13yo attitudes.) The aspect of remote learning that most worries me is my child not getting any personalized feedback about how they could be thinking on their own. I've discovered dozens of online learning resources but most are automated or simply one-sided (e.g., watch this video). Without the teacher feedback I don't think my child is really using their brain as much. I wouldn't mind grades for my child on individual assignments since they are motivated by them. Maybe one way to address it is to allow students to do do-overs if they need to...it could help address frustration kids will have in fully learning via remote. Just a couple of thoughts there.[/quote]

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