Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 09:59     Subject: 2-hour delay
Anonymous wrote:Good. Right choice. Sorry in-person teacher who can't teach from home apparently, even presumably having to for the first half of the year.


My kid's teacher has been teaching from her classroom all year. I don't know if it's a space issue, a noise issue, an internet connectivity issue, or what, but she's not the only one.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 09:28     Subject: 2-hour delay
This is the first winter ever of having every child equipped for virtual learning. I'm sure in hindsight DCPS would have decided that 2-hour delays make no sense, and pivoting to all VL is the most reasonable, with the caveat that some teachers would need extra prep or backup plans for such days.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 09:21     Subject: 2-hour delay
too bad DCPS couldn't come to this conclusion earlier so all students could have had a full day of virtual instruction. And before some staff were already commuting.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 09:17     Subject: Re:2-hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Teacher here who signed up to teach in person. I am unable to teach from my house so I am glad DCPS called a two hour delay. It’s wrong to think teachers that are in person should easily go from in person teaching to virtual. My in person lessons look way different from my virtual ones.



Parents really have no clue what it is to create lesson plans or the difference between teaching in person versus online. I’m constantly amazed at the ignorance posted on this forum, especially when it couple with rage. Parents are getting a glimpse into their kids’ school day and suddenly they’ve become experts on teaching and curriculum design. Morons.


Quit making parents do 50%+ of your JOB and they'll let you be the so-called professional you see yourself as. If I wanted to be an education professional I would have gone to university for that. Teachers want to be seen as professionals only when it's convenient or serves their argument. Otherwise, they are somehow a special population who rules should be rewritten or sidestepped for.


I’m a parent, not a teacher. I taught at the college level though. Your level of vitriol is astounding. Seek help. Teachers do not deserve this hostility. We are all coping with this pandemic nightmare. Stop complaining and see what you can do to help. While I would like for my kids to be back in school, I also recognize this whole pandemic has been mismanaged at every level of the government.


Oh the hypocrisy of taking others to task after resorting to name calling ("morons"). Talk about astounding. Got any self awareness in that bag of self righteous indignation you're carrying around, professor?
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 09:06     Subject: Re:2-hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Teacher here who signed up to teach in person. I am unable to teach from my house so I am glad DCPS called a two hour delay. It’s wrong to think teachers that are in person should easily go from in person teaching to virtual. My in person lessons look way different from my virtual ones.



Parents really have no clue what it is to create lesson plans or the difference between teaching in person versus online. I’m constantly amazed at the ignorance posted on this forum, especially when it couple with rage. Parents are getting a glimpse into their kids’ school day and suddenly they’ve become experts on teaching and curriculum design. Morons.


Quit making parents do 50%+ of your JOB and they'll let you be the so-called professional you see yourself as. If I wanted to be an education professional I would have gone to university for that. Teachers want to be seen as professionals only when it's convenient or serves their argument. Otherwise, they are somehow a special population who rules should be rewritten or sidestepped for.


I’m a parent, not a teacher. I taught at the college level though. Your level of vitriol is astounding. Seek help. Teachers do not deserve this hostility. We are all coping with this pandemic nightmare. Stop complaining and see what you can do to help. While I would like for my kids to be back in school, I also recognize this whole pandemic has been mismanaged at every level of the government.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 09:00     Subject: 2-hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:two-hour delays make no sense. For equity sake you have to do the same for everyone, so the in-person kids are two hours late but so are the virtual kids. Just make everyone remote for the day again! So stupid.


The start time for virtual students should not be delayed. This isn't equity.


At our school, the teachers simulcast the lesson to the in-person and virtual kids from the classroom, so there isn't any way to have different start times for the two groups.


NP but that’s why I think they should just make the day all virtual. Only a small percent of kids in the district are getting IPL, from an actual teacher in the classroom, who isn’t also doing virtual.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 08:59     Subject: 2-hour delay
Well everyone should be satisfied now that DCPS has decided to pivot to all virtual, and with a 2-hour delay start! Maybe they heard the outcry on this message board 🤷🏻‍♂️
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 08:59     Subject: 2-hour delay
Good. Right choice. Sorry in-person teacher who can't teach from home apparently, even presumably having to for the first half of the year.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 08:56     Subject: 2-hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:two-hour delays make no sense. For equity sake you have to do the same for everyone, so the in-person kids are two hours late but so are the virtual kids. Just make everyone remote for the day again! So stupid.


The start time for virtual students should not be delayed. This isn't equity.


At our school, the teachers simulcast the lesson to the in-person and virtual kids from the classroom, so there isn't any way to have different start times for the two groups.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 08:56     Subject: 2-hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:what is simulcast? I can't keep up on the terminology. It was hard enough to figure out asynchronous. Please, someone explain so a dummy like me can understand.


I might not be using the right term. There are kids in person and kids that the teacher is teaching to at home at the same time. Concurrent is maybe another term for it? I don’t even know any more except that it’s a hot mess.


Yeah I still agree with other posters that it should just be a full virtual day for all students. A two hour delay is dumb when you can easily switch to virtual learning.


Not for families who need the CARES classrooms.


Families who need CARES classrooms still have to keep kids home for two hours and figure out a way to get them to school. That doesn’t exactly help them if they have to be at work at 9 am.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 08:55     Subject: Re:2-hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Teacher here who signed up to teach in person. I am unable to teach from my house so I am glad DCPS called a two hour delay. It’s wrong to think teachers that are in person should easily go from in person teaching to virtual. My in person lessons look way different from my virtual ones.



Parents really have no clue what it is to create lesson plans or the difference between teaching in person versus online. I’m constantly amazed at the ignorance posted on this forum, especially when it couple with rage. Parents are getting a glimpse into their kids’ school day and suddenly they’ve become experts on teaching and curriculum design. Morons.


Quit making parents do 50%+ of your JOB and they'll let you be the so-called professional you see yourself as. If I wanted to be an education professional I would have gone to university for that. Teachers want to be seen as professionals only when it's convenient or serves their argument. Otherwise, they are somehow a special population who rules should be rewritten or sidestepped for.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 08:53     Subject: 2-hour delay
Now they’re saying all learning will be virtual today, buildings closed for staff and students.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 08:53     Subject: 2-hour delay
Well this should give everyone something to complain about! https://twitter.com/dcpublicschools/status/1362760218313183232?s=21. LOL
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 08:45     Subject: Re:2-hour delay
Anonymous wrote:Teacher here who signed up to teach in person. I am unable to teach from my house so I am glad DCPS called a two hour delay. It’s wrong to think teachers that are in person should easily go from in person teaching to virtual. My in person lessons look way different from my virtual ones.



Parents really have no clue what it is to create lesson plans or the difference between teaching in person versus online. I’m constantly amazed at the ignorance posted on this forum, especially when it couple with rage. Parents are getting a glimpse into their kids’ school day and suddenly they’ve become experts on teaching and curriculum design. Morons.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2021 08:44     Subject: 2-hour delay
Anonymous wrote:just proves again that dcps didn't think things through and plan for anything. 80% of kids aren't IPL so because of the 20% we are all without school. Its ridiculous.

Our school has IPL isolated classrooms, not simulcast (which sounds worse than DL - someone tell me how its good for all kids and how, I don't see it). So 83% of our kids are not getting instruction when their teachers are home ready to teach and know how.


Evergreen message.

Yes. We need an elected chancellor so someone can be freaking held responsible besides the mayor who does lots of things besides education.