Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My 6th grader started a new exploratory section right after winter break, and so far the teacher has missed three or four of the seven class sessions. Not continuous days either or announced in advance, she’ll just randomly send them a message at 10 am that she won’t be there for afternoon class and there’s an asynchronous assignment posted. My kid said yesterday that they don’t get the point of taking the class if the teacher never shows up, and that they can’t even tell what the class is supposed to be about since there’s no connection one class to the next.

I told them it’s the most useless of the exploratory classes anyway so as long as they pass, I don’t care if it’s by a single tenth of a point.



Please let their grade level admin know. I'm an AP in APS and these stories are making me sick. They only way we can help is if you make us aware.



Yes, people should tell you but you should also be popping into classes now and then to see what’s going on.

It's also possible that parents and students are exaggerating. You shouldn't be so quick to believe anonymous postings on DCUM, AP. Note how the person with the ski slope story never came back with any details. Probably BS.

I’m really curious about the ski slope story myself... I am an APS teacher. I can’t imagine trying to teach in a car or anything else. It’s quite a set up that I need to do this right. Right now, it’s the last week of the quarter and my own kid is like a feral child who must fend for himself. We are required to record all classes. If any of this crazy stuff is happening, just give that person‘s administrator the day and the date of the class, and have them pull the recording.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My 6th grader started a new exploratory section right after winter break, and so far the teacher has missed three or four of the seven class sessions. Not continuous days either or announced in advance, she’ll just randomly send them a message at 10 am that she won’t be there for afternoon class and there’s an asynchronous assignment posted. My kid said yesterday that they don’t get the point of taking the class if the teacher never shows up, and that they can’t even tell what the class is supposed to be about since there’s no connection one class to the next.

I told them it’s the most useless of the exploratory classes anyway so as long as they pass, I don’t care if it’s by a single tenth of a point.



Please let their grade level admin know. I'm an AP in APS and these stories are making me sick. They only way we can help is if you make us aware.



Yes, people should tell you but you should also be popping into classes now and then to see what’s going on.

It's also possible that parents and students are exaggerating. You shouldn't be so quick to believe anonymous postings on DCUM, AP. Note how the person with the ski slope story never came back with any details. Probably BS.

I’m really curious about the ski slope story myself... I am an APS teacher. I can’t imagine trying to teach in a car or anything else. It’s quite a set up that I need to do this right. Right now, it’s the last week of the quarter and my own kid is like a feral child who must fend for himself. We are required to record all classes. If any of this crazy stuff is happening, just give that person‘s administrator the day and the date of the class, and have them pull the recording.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My 6th grader started a new exploratory section right after winter break, and so far the teacher has missed three or four of the seven class sessions. Not continuous days either or announced in advance, she’ll just randomly send them a message at 10 am that she won’t be there for afternoon class and there’s an asynchronous assignment posted. My kid said yesterday that they don’t get the point of taking the class if the teacher never shows up, and that they can’t even tell what the class is supposed to be about since there’s no connection one class to the next.

I told them it’s the most useless of the exploratory classes anyway so as long as they pass, I don’t care if it’s by a single tenth of a point.



Please let their grade level admin know. I'm an AP in APS and these stories are making me sick. They only way we can help is if you make us aware.



Yes, people should tell you but you should also be popping into classes now and then to see what’s going on.

It's also possible that parents and students are exaggerating. You shouldn't be so quick to believe anonymous postings on DCUM, AP. Note how the person with the ski slope story never came back with any details. Probably BS.

I’m really curious about the ski slope story myself... I am an APS teacher. I can’t imagine trying to teach in a car or anything else. It’s quite a set up that I need to do this right. Right now, it’s the last week of the quarter and my own kid is like a feral child who must fend for himself. We are required to record all classes. If any of this crazy stuff is happening, just give that person‘s administrator the day and the date of the class, and have them pull the recording.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My 6th grader started a new exploratory section right after winter break, and so far the teacher has missed three or four of the seven class sessions. Not continuous days either or announced in advance, she’ll just randomly send them a message at 10 am that she won’t be there for afternoon class and there’s an asynchronous assignment posted. My kid said yesterday that they don’t get the point of taking the class if the teacher never shows up, and that they can’t even tell what the class is supposed to be about since there’s no connection one class to the next.

I told them it’s the most useless of the exploratory classes anyway so as long as they pass, I don’t care if it’s by a single tenth of a point.



Please let their grade level admin know. I'm an AP in APS and these stories are making me sick. They only way we can help is if you make us aware.



Yes, people should tell you but you should also be popping into classes now and then to see what’s going on.

It's also possible that parents and students are exaggerating. You shouldn't be so quick to believe anonymous postings on DCUM, AP. Note how the person with the ski slope story never came back with any details. Probably BS.

Anonymous wrote:
My 6th grader started a new exploratory section right after winter break, and so far the teacher has missed three or four of the seven class sessions. Not continuous days either or announced in advance, she’ll just randomly send them a message at 10 am that she won’t be there for afternoon class and there’s an asynchronous assignment posted. My kid said yesterday that they don’t get the point of taking the class if the teacher never shows up, and that they can’t even tell what the class is supposed to be about since there’s no connection one class to the next.

I told them it’s the most useless of the exploratory classes anyway so as long as they pass, I don’t care if it’s by a single tenth of a point.



Please let their grade level admin know. I'm an AP in APS and these stories are making me sick. They only way we can help is if you make us aware.



Yes, people should tell you but you should also be popping into classes now and then to see what’s going on.

Anonymous wrote:One of my children’s elective teachers joined at the very beginning of class told them she got wrapped up in a project at home and would not be there for the rest of class. She gave them assignment and left the rest of the time. Can you imagine that happening in person?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader started a new exploratory section right after winter break, and so far the teacher has missed three or four of the seven class sessions. Not continuous days either or announced in advance, she’ll just randomly send them a message at 10 am that she won’t be there for afternoon class and there’s an asynchronous assignment posted. My kid said yesterday that they don’t get the point of taking the class if the teacher never shows up, and that they can’t even tell what the class is supposed to be about since there’s no connection one class to the next.

I told them it’s the most useless of the exploratory classes anyway so as long as they pass, I don’t care if it’s by a single tenth of a point.

Please let their grade level admin know. I'm an AP in APS and these stories are making me sick. They only way we can help is if you make us aware.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader started a new exploratory section right after winter break, and so far the teacher has missed three or four of the seven class sessions. Not continuous days either or announced in advance, she’ll just randomly send them a message at 10 am that she won’t be there for afternoon class and there’s an asynchronous assignment posted. My kid said yesterday that they don’t get the point of taking the class if the teacher never shows up, and that they can’t even tell what the class is supposed to be about since there’s no connection one class to the next.

I told them it’s the most useless of the exploratory classes anyway so as long as they pass, I don’t care if it’s by a single tenth of a point.

Please let their grade level admin know. I'm an AP in APS and these stories are making me sick. They only way we can help is if you make us aware.

These stories are another layer of why everyone needs to get back to the classroom. It's clearly way beyond APS' bandwidth to monitor each and every class/teacher. Some teachers (not all, my youngest teacher is trying her hardest but my child is still suffering) are simply taking advantage of the remote learning at our kids' expense, and it's disgusting. They will never want to return if they can just head off to Disney or skiing or whatever they feel like doing, and send the kids a video in his/her place.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader started a new exploratory section right after winter break, and so far the teacher has missed three or four of the seven class sessions. Not continuous days either or announced in advance, she’ll just randomly send them a message at 10 am that she won’t be there for afternoon class and there’s an asynchronous assignment posted. My kid said yesterday that they don’t get the point of taking the class if the teacher never shows up, and that they can’t even tell what the class is supposed to be about since there’s no connection one class to the next.

I told them it’s the most useless of the exploratory classes anyway so as long as they pass, I don’t care if it’s by a single tenth of a point.

Please let their grade level admin know. I'm an AP in APS and these stories are making me sick. They only way we can help is if you make us aware.

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader started a new exploratory section right after winter break, and so far the teacher has missed three or four of the seven class sessions. Not continuous days either or announced in advance, she’ll just randomly send them a message at 10 am that she won’t be there for afternoon class and there’s an asynchronous assignment posted. My kid said yesterday that they don’t get the point of taking the class if the teacher never shows up, and that they can’t even tell what the class is supposed to be about since there’s no connection one class to the next.

I told them it’s the most useless of the exploratory classes anyway so as long as they pass, I don’t care if it’s by a single tenth of a point.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nearly all of my second grader's math classes consist of a 10-15 minute lesson, three problems that go with the lesson in Seesaw, and then 35-40 minutes of Dreambox.

Same.. OP is talking about MS where they have a blocked schedule. One class meets twice/week for 1.5 hours, being replaced with short videos/asynchronous work.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re not. Sometimes, in real school, kids do independent work all period. It’s not strange that would happen in DL.

Middle schools block scheduling, they only have this class 2 days a week. So if you’re taking an hour and a half of teaching time and giving them a five minute video instead, I would say that’s a disservice to the kids. Particularly if it’s happening frequently

Yes. I was talking about middle school. Even in normal times they have blocked classes every other day. And yes, even in normal times, they sometimes have whole class periods of independent work. Really.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re not. Sometimes, in real school, kids do independent work all period. It’s not strange that would happen in DL.

Middle schools block scheduling, they only have this class 2 days a week. So if you’re taking an hour and a half of teaching time and giving them a five minute video instead, I would say that’s a disservice to the kids. Particularly if it’s happening frequently

Anonymous wrote:Nearly all of my second grader's math classes consist of a 10-15 minute lesson, three problems that go with the lesson in Seesaw, and then 35-40 minutes of Dreambox.