Educators share the thoughts and questions racing through their minds right now.
pandemic, many parents have already faced a major challenge: homeschooling their children while working full-time.
What happens to me if I get sick from a student? Do I have to use my sick days to stay home? What happens if my children get sick and have to quarantine? Why are the state education agencies still working remotely when they expect me to return with a class full of students? Why aren’t teachers being consulted just like the parents on our preferences? Who is responsible for online learning when I will already be teaching for a full day in my classroom? How can our leaders threaten to take away...
“Nobody wins this fall! My biggest concerns are around safety and funding — underfunded districts, with even greater demands being placed on school systems than ever before. As a classroom teacher, I spend a lot of my own money for the classroom and supplies. ... And balancing a crazy schedule with my kids being home part time while I am likely working in the building full time. I get the stress of that as a parent, but it shouldn’t fall on the schools to be babysitters.
I’m scared school will be joyless as a teacher and for my daughter as a student while we try to limit close interactions. “Have you ever potty trained a kid while working from home? I can’t count how many times my son interrupted video calls with his pants around his ankles loudly announcing that he has just pooped and was ready for me to wipe him! How many tears shed over a puddle of pee on the floor that I couldn’t address because I had a parent on the line in near-tears about their own child’s struggles.
So many questions, too much politics, and not enough thinking of the small things or the little people.“I’m at a loss. The hybrid option is a terrible idea. How can I be at school and at home? Who will watch my kids if I don’t have the same schedule? Grandparents are out, because they can’t take the risk of exposure. I can’t bring them with me to school because then they are taking a risk, and who will watch them while I teach? Distance learning is the only option that I can see.
Will teachers/staff have to use their own sick time if they need to quarantine due to exposure? Where will we get substitute teachers if someone is out ill or on quarantine? Who will support remote/virtual learning in a hybrid model where students are there on a rotating schedule? Teachers would still be teaching full time and won’t have the capacity.” ― Kandi Ellis
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