Reply to Maryland Recovery Plan for Education has been posted

Forum Index » MD Public Schools other than MCPS

Reply to "Maryland Recovery Plan for Education has been posted"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did a video conference last week in a mask. There were 4 other locations, all with masked people. Everyone heard one another with no problems.

Teachers need to buck up and stop complaining about masks.[/quote]

Did it last for 7 hours and you were the primary speaker? And even when it wasn’t your turn to speak did you constantly have to ask Bob to stop tapping his pencil, or Mary to focus on her work? Was Nancy constantly out of her seat so you had to ask her 5 times to return to her seat? Was Steve pointing out everyone else who was pulling down their masks to get some air so you had to constantly remind everyone in the conference about proper mask wearing protocol? Did Tom’s parents get a note from his doctor saying that he can’t wear a mask so all of the other participants complain that it’s not fair that they have to wear a mask but Tom doesn’t? Was Robyn obsessed with taking sips from her water bottle as a way to not have to have her mask covering her mouth, but she’s still “technically “ following the mask rule?

Did all of the participants in your video conference have impulse control, or were they 7 year olds who don’t control their impulses? Just curious..[/quote]

so what is your solution to learning in the fall?  Genuinely curious.  [/quote]

Quite honestly, I don’t know. There are so many logistical challenges no matter the option. The alternating schedule is interesting, but raises concerns. I’m thinking about the number of students who are waiting at school way past dismissal on early release days because no one picked them up even though it had been on the calendar months in advance and reminders had been sent home via phone, email and hard copy in the backpack. They sit in the office while phone calls home are made, and phone numbers may or may not be functional. It would be very similar with an alternating schedule. Kids showing up on their unassigned day, or parents sending kids anyway because they missed their assigned day and figured they could just make up the day when they want.

I understand that so many things make sense on paper, but these things that make sense on paper rarely work as planned in schools in reality. We see evidence of that all the time in schools. The decision makers aren’t the ones impacted so they pat themselves on the back for their work but we are the ones left to problem solve in real time when their “makes sense on paper” ideas don’t actually work. Masks are another one of those things. I wish I had the answer but I’m concerned that elementary teachers, staff and students will be put at risk. I hope there are options besides in person learning for elementary teachers and students who are in high risk groups. If a kid can’t wear a mask due to asthma or whatever other condition, then they can’t come to school and need to do distance learning. There are just too many people who require exceptions to the rule, and there’s no point to start in person learning if only a certain number of people will follow the guidelines. [/quote]

+1,000,000

I don't know what the solution is either. I'm a private school teacher doing the distance learning thing that the parents who post here want (teaching live classes with real grades and real feedback) but my school isn't going to last if we can't find a solution. Believe me, I want to be back in my classroom. But I just don't see a way to do that in a way that doesn't get us shut down with an outbreak multiple times per year.

As for the public system, the US has foisted its social services onto schools for years, as schools are locally funded and our federal government is unwilling and incapable of building a real safety net. And now the bill has come due. I have no idea what we're going to do, but it's going to be bad. Really bad. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics