We are between semesters. Trust me, they have work but since I haven't even met many of my students yet I'm not able to assign them work at the moment. I keep rearranging all of my class plans day by day to fit everything in with regards to school testing days. I'm ready to teach them the moment we get back, and they will still need to learn all the material just in a shorter span of time.

Does your private school have 184 days in the school year?

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Anonymous wrote:My son's private is continuing to assign homework assignments which are being collected via online submission and graded even during the school closures. Teachers are communicating with students consistently during the school closure. I guess that's what you get when you do private vs. the union driven public schools. So glad we left MCPS for private.

Many MCPS teachers, including myself, are doing the same thing. It isn't a union issue. Stop politicizing my vocation.

My private school son has lots of friends in high school at a W school, and not one has anything to do during the snow closure. They are just sitting around playing on their x-boxes. On the other hand, DS is working on daily assignments, preparing for upcoming tests/quizzes, reading. Teachers are sending daily emails with reminders of assignments and invitations to email them with any questions or concerns. Oh, and, yes, our teachers all have internet access at home.

They don't have work or they aren't checking to see if they have work?

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Anonymous wrote:My son's private is continuing to assign homework assignments which are being collected via online submission and graded even during the school closures. Teachers are communicating with students consistently during the school closure. I guess that's what you get when you do private vs. the union driven public schools. So glad we left MCPS for private.

Many MCPS teachers, including myself, are doing the same thing. It isn't a union issue. Stop politicizing my vocation.

My private school son has lots of friends in high school at a W school, and not one has anything to do during the snow closure. They are just sitting around playing on their x-boxes. On the other hand, DS is working on daily assignments, preparing for upcoming tests/quizzes, reading. Teachers are sending daily emails with reminders of assignments and invitations to email them with any questions or concerns. Oh, and, yes, our teachers all have internet access at home.

Do all the students have internet access at home? Are the students required to have laptops? If so, it is totally fair to expect both students to keep up and for teachers to continue assigning work.

At a public school where students are not required to have internet access and computers at home, teachers can't assume they do and therefore cannot assign/require work.

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Anonymous wrote:My grades are done and I am spending the unexpected time off with my children. I have checked it and responded during breaks in the past, but for me it is a slippery slope. Once I start to go back to bringing work home, it is difficult to maintain the right work/life balance that I need.
I say, go ahead and send the email, but don't be put off if you don't get s response until school resumes.

Your work/life balance? You have been off for a week! I hope my kids never get you for a teacher.

Not that PP, but my middle school parking lot is typically packed by 6:30 am with teachers who arrive an hour and a half before our duty day to plan, copy, email, and grade. That alone is the equivalent of an extra day of work each week. Times 4 that is an extra week of work. For those of us with young children, we have to draw the line somewhere between our students/your kids and our own kids.

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Anonymous wrote:My son's private is continuing to assign homework assignments which are being collected via online submission and graded even during the school closures. Teachers are communicating with students consistently during the school closure. I guess that's what you get when you do private vs. the union driven public schools. So glad we left MCPS for private.

Many MCPS teachers, including myself, are doing the same thing. It isn't a union issue. Stop politicizing my vocation.

My private school son has lots of friends in high school at a W school, and not one has anything to do during the snow closure. They are just sitting around playing on their x-boxes. On the other hand, DS is working on daily assignments, preparing for upcoming tests/quizzes, reading. Teachers are sending daily emails with reminders of assignments and invitations to email them with any questions or concerns. Oh, and, yes, our teachers all have internet access at home.

I come from a family of teachers and there has always been this odd attitude that they want to be treated like white collar workers but have the work schedule of a blue collar worker. It just doesn't work that way in today's world. There are very few professional positions where work or requests can be ignored after hours.

Fortunately, my children's teachers are good about getting back to us on emails. So much can be taken care of with a quick response as opposed to scheduling an in-person meeting.

I wish people would stop with the teacher bashing. Then people wonder why all the good ones end up leaving....

Anonymous wrote:My son's private is continuing to assign homework assignments which are being collected via online submission and graded even during the school closures. Teachers are communicating with students consistently during the school closure. I guess that's what you get when you do private vs. the union driven public schools. So glad we left MCPS for private.

Many MCPS teachers, including myself, are doing the same thing. It isn't a union issue. Stop politicizing my vocation.

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Anonymous wrote:Most teachers check and respond regularly. But some may not have access to a computer/internet at home. No harm in reaching out and giving it a try.

What the? Some teachers don't have a computer at home? 1995 called, they want your excuse back.

I'm sure it's very few, but just as I wouldn't assume that every child has regular access to a computer and internet at home, I would not assume every adult does.

Yeah, I'm gonna try that as an excuse for not doing work from home...see if that works.

Must be nice to live in your world of privilege and assumptions.

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Anonymous wrote:Most teachers check and respond regularly. But some may not have access to a computer/internet at home. No harm in reaching out and giving it a try.

What the? Some teachers don't have a computer at home? 1995 called, they want your excuse back.

I'm sure it's very few, but just as I wouldn't assume that every child has regular access to a computer and internet at home, I would not assume every adult does.

Yeah, I'm gonna try that as an excuse for not doing work from home...see if that works.

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Anonymous wrote:Most teachers check and respond regularly. But some may not have access to a computer/internet at home. No harm in reaching out and giving it a try.

What the? Some teachers don't have a computer at home? 1995 called, they want your excuse back.

I'm sure it's very few, but just as I wouldn't assume that every child has regular access to a computer and internet at home, I would not assume every adult does.

Anonymous wrote:My grades are done and I am spending the unexpected time off with my children. I have checked it and responded during breaks in the past, but for me it is a slippery slope. Once I start to go back to bringing work home, it is difficult to maintain the right work/life balance that I need.
I say, go ahead and send the email, but don't be put off if you don't get s response until school resumes.

Your work/life balance? You have been off for a week! I hope my kids never get you for a teacher.

Anonymous wrote:Most teachers check and respond regularly. But some may not have access to a computer/internet at home. No harm in reaching out and giving it a try.

What the? Some teachers don't have a computer at home? 1995 called, they want your excuse back.

I do check. All of the time. I wish I could do a better job separating work from home, actually.