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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been chill this year because this is a new and fluid situation. I will lose my shit next year if they do concurrent. There is no reason for it. Use Virtual Virginia or home school. Adults and teenagers will be vaccinated. There is no reason to not send kids to school.

No concurrent. Just no. Nope. Nope. Nope.[/quote]

I did some part time virtual teaching this year. I wAnt to be back in the classroom next year. But this is giving me pause. I’m a little nervous to apply for jobs and then find concurrent to be happening. Wondering if other people feel the same.

Brabrand needs to come out and say FOR SURE that there will be no concurrent. That was a temporary solution many schools used but not sustainable for regular education. [/quote]

A teacher friend of mine in Fairfax said Brabrand said it will be concurrent. The hope apparently is if the choice for virtual is concurrent fewer families will pick it. My friend is freaking out because they don’t know if they can do concurrent again. Hoping the board overrides if that’s indeed the plan. It is not ok to do concurrent for another year. Teachers nor parents think so. [/quote]

Jesus, I just don’t know if I can do it.  They will definitely need to keep to a 4 day schedule if it’s concurrent.  I feel like I have been hit by a truck come Friday afternoon.  [/quote]

There is no way Mondays will be off again next year.[/quote]

If they keep the concurrent model, they won’t go to 5 days.[/quote]

Yes they will. VADOE will not issue the seat hour waiver for Monday and won’t need to. Probably 90% of families will pick in person. Concurrent 5 day will mean in addition to 20+ in person kids teachers would have to somehow keep track of and teach kids at home on the device at the same time. It’s hard enough now . When my in lesson class is once again full, if they stuck me with 1-2 at home kids to teach at the same time, no matter how much I wouldn’t want to, [b]no matter how much I would want to be fair to them, I promise you I would get caught up with the in person kids and all that goes into monitoring, helping, teaching them and would absolutely forget the at home kids.[/b]

In that sense, telling parents if they stay virtual they don’t get a dedicated virtual teacher, they get a distracted in person teacher who won’t be able to teach a couple kids online very well would probably help dissuade parents from choosing virtual. The problem is, for the ones who still do, their kids are going to get crappy teaching and the teachers will be stressed trying to manage their online needs with a normal full in person schedule. [/quote]

+1
It’s happening now. I teach ES students and I have 17 in person split over the 4 days. I’m trying to stay engaged with those at home but most of them don’t have their cameras on and don’t volunteer or respond. They weren’t participating when we were all virtual so nothing has changed with them. I try to keep them engaged and check with them when I realize my focus has been drawn away, but the in-person students do draw most of my focus. Students who weren’t engaged while at home are now participating when in class. I can actually see what they are or aren’t doing and address it quickly. The students who were engaged while at home are still engaged while at home, so I still have them plus those who are in person. The others I lose track of.[/quote]

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