Anonymous
03/16/2026 14:19
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
ES teacher here-- early release days are exactly the same as regular days, just the afternoon is cut off. My grade has a long morning, so we really don't miss out on much with early release. Math, ELA, small groups, then lunch, read a story, dismissal. We skip recess, specials, and social studies/science.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 12:22
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I plan on going over storm safety tips in my high school English class. We do an excellent job at telling them how to stay safe at school, someone needs to tell them how they can stay safe at home
Really? What a waste of a high school English class.
As I mentioned in the post directly above this, with 24 minute class periods, there simply is not enough time to teach anything using the student led discussion methods I prefer to teach with. I refuse to teach from a single sided standpoint where I force powerpoint and lectures at them without stopping to digest and discuss. This is a much more effective use of this time.
Student led means you are not teaching. No, it’s not effective.
Student led is the latest trend in education. It is what is required of us at this moment in time.
No, it's not. It's a choice, just like a flipped classroom, where there is not too much teaching. Plenty of teachers are teaching. Interesting you are posting here vs. teaching. You using the trendy methods are why students are failing. They don't work.
A trend? When I was in high school in the 80s much of the discussion was student led. It’s not new
It's new in MCPS, it wasn't done back then. Students need real teaching, structured with textbooks and none of this non-sense. This is why scores are way down.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 12:21
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I plan on going over storm safety tips in my high school English class. We do an excellent job at telling them how to stay safe at school, someone needs to tell them how they can stay safe at home
Really? What a waste of a high school English class.
As I mentioned in the post directly above this, with 24 minute class periods, there simply is not enough time to teach anything using the student led discussion methods I prefer to teach with. I refuse to teach from a single sided standpoint where I force powerpoint and lectures at them without stopping to digest and discuss. This is a much more effective use of this time.
Student led means you are not teaching. No, it’s not effective.
Student led is the latest trend in education. It is what is required of us at this moment in time.
No, it's not. It's a choice, just like a flipped classroom, where there is not too much teaching. Plenty of teachers are teaching. Interesting you are posting here vs. teaching. You using the trendy methods are why students are failing. They don't work.
A trend? When I was in high school in the 80s much of the discussion was student led. It’s not new
Anonymous
03/16/2026 11:48
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I plan on going over storm safety tips in my high school English class. We do an excellent job at telling them how to stay safe at school, someone needs to tell them how they can stay safe at home
Really? What a waste of a high school English class.
As I mentioned in the post directly above this, with 24 minute class periods, there simply is not enough time to teach anything using the student led discussion methods I prefer to teach with. I refuse to teach from a single sided standpoint where I force powerpoint and lectures at them without stopping to digest and discuss. This is a much more effective use of this time.
Student led means you are not teaching. No, it’s not effective.
Student led is the latest trend in education. It is what is required of us at this moment in time.
No, it's not. It's a choice, just like a flipped classroom, where there is not too much teaching. Plenty of teachers are teaching. Interesting you are posting here vs. teaching. You using the trendy methods are why students are failing. They don't work.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 11:41
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
I had a quiz scheduled today. I still held most of it, but students will have 15 min to do the paragraph section tomorrow.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 11:25
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
Still teaching my courses today.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 11:21
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I plan on going over storm safety tips in my high school English class. We do an excellent job at telling them how to stay safe at school, someone needs to tell them how they can stay safe at home
Really? What a waste of a high school English class.
As I mentioned in the post directly above this, with 24 minute class periods, there simply is not enough time to teach anything using the student led discussion methods I prefer to teach with. I refuse to teach from a single sided standpoint where I force powerpoint and lectures at them without stopping to digest and discuss. This is a much more effective use of this time.
Student led means you are not teaching. No, it’s not effective.
Student led is the latest trend in education. It is what is required of us at this moment in time.
DP. Student-led is a trend, not sure if I'd call it "latest." More recently it seems like education research seems to be emphasizing the need for explicit/direct instruction. Not that "student-led" elements can't be incorporated, but there has to be a balance. But MCPS probably hasn't caught up.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 11:11
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I plan on going over storm safety tips in my high school English class. We do an excellent job at telling them how to stay safe at school, someone needs to tell them how they can stay safe at home
Really? What a waste of a high school English class.
As I mentioned in the post directly above this, with 24 minute class periods, there simply is not enough time to teach anything using the student led discussion methods I prefer to teach with. I refuse to teach from a single sided standpoint where I force powerpoint and lectures at them without stopping to digest and discuss. This is a much more effective use of this time.
Student led means you are not teaching. No, it’s not effective.
Student led is the latest trend in education. It is what is required of us at this moment in time.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 10:20
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
Anonymous wrote:Are AP teachers reviewing? With shorten class times (early dismissal), what are teachers planning in their classes?
Do you not have a job? Why do you care? What a weirdo.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 10:15
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Such a dumb question. MCPS seriously has some of the dumbest parents. I miss private school.
Bye then. No one is making you stay public
Already returning! Received our acceptance two Fridays ago. So excited! At least I can say I tried public for a year.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 10:04
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I plan on going over storm safety tips in my high school English class. We do an excellent job at telling them how to stay safe at school, someone needs to tell them how they can stay safe at home
Really? What a waste of a high school English class.
As I mentioned in the post directly above this, with 24 minute class periods, there simply is not enough time to teach anything using the student led discussion methods I prefer to teach with. I refuse to teach from a single sided standpoint where I force powerpoint and lectures at them without stopping to digest and discuss. This is a much more effective use of this time.
Thankful for a block schedule
Anonymous
03/16/2026 09:22
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
We are teaching and carrying on as usual. We just won't get to the entire lesson so it will carry over into tomorrow, which is fine and pretty typical regardless. Or when we get to the independent assignment, I just turn it into homework instead of classwork to keep pacing. I have not decided yet.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 09:16
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I plan on going over storm safety tips in my high school English class. We do an excellent job at telling them how to stay safe at school, someone needs to tell them how they can stay safe at home
Really? What a waste of a high school English class.
As I mentioned in the post directly above this, with 24 minute class periods, there simply is not enough time to teach anything using the student led discussion methods I prefer to teach with. I refuse to teach from a single sided standpoint where I force powerpoint and lectures at them without stopping to digest and discuss. This is a much more effective use of this time.
Student led means you are not teaching. No, it’s not effective.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 08:36
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I plan on going over storm safety tips in my high school English class. We do an excellent job at telling them how to stay safe at school, someone needs to tell them how they can stay safe at home
Really? What a waste of a high school English class.
As I mentioned in the post directly above this, with 24 minute class periods, there simply is not enough time to teach anything using the student led discussion methods I prefer to teach with. I refuse to teach from a single sided standpoint where I force powerpoint and lectures at them without stopping to digest and discuss. This is a much more effective use of this time.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 08:34
Subject: What are teachers planning to cover in class tomorrow (March 16)?
Anonymous wrote:I plan on going over storm safety tips in my high school English class. We do an excellent job at telling them how to stay safe at school, someone needs to tell them how they can stay safe at home
I assume this is a joke.