We have a small percentage of students that have chosen virtual, but I am teaching in-person all week. The challenge is when we lose students to health and safety measures due to COVID, so we have to be ready for virtual teaching when a pod is out to quarantine.
It is scary and also a lot more work but it's nice to have kids in the rooms again. We started with our Special Education students first and then opened it up to regular education students. We are just waiting for the first Covid-19 outbreak to hit our campus. Our high school already have one confirmed case of an athlete. I am communicating with my students using Teams and that in itself is a challenge. Students need to turn on their cameras and speak on their microphones and that is so difficult.
How are the community based organizations, nonprofits, etc. supporting students and families? We would love to have examples to share!
My nonprofit - BOKS - created free at-home physical activity resources to keep kids moving and healthy during these uncertain times! https://www.bokskids.org/boks-at-home/
It has been a hard transition for many but we are making it work.
My school is in-person but I am high risk so I am at home. I am teaching my in-person students with a substitute teaching in the classroom. At the same time I am teaching my distance learners. We are a very small district so there is only one class of TK students. Over most of the school about 1/3 of the students are distance learning but in my class only one stayed on distance learning.
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I am struggling with making connections with my students. Students are very reluctant to participate. I am trying a variety of instructional strategies and tools but even the best students are not motivated to participate. It is very hard to gauge to their needs due to lack of their feedback. How is everyone dealing with these issues? What do you do to increase class participation?
My district also uses Google Classroom. While my students are working in on their slides, I tell them that I am going to eavesdrop on their work. I often leave them quick comments and/or emojis.
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This is tough. Minimize lecture. Allow chat. Use Jamboard. Introduce as many ways as possible to communicate with students and for them to communicate with each other. It’s tough. I teach high school audio video.
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We use google classroom. I teach audio video / animation / digital audio at the high school level. "Showing your work" is often communicating something in any media or making something in any media.
Thank you! I tried to respond to the math teacher who also commented on my post. Somehow I messed it up. Regardless, I appreciate you sharing. Your subject sounds like one that would make the best out of this digital craze ;)
It has become difficult keeping track of students who are being quarantined and moving back online. <br>For High school students, I find that having all students connect to Zoom makes it easier for them to work and collaborate with each other.
We are hybrid with half our students attending every other week and half virtual.
We have face-to-face students and virtual students, and it is very difficult to try to keep them all engaged for a 90 minute class. Then there are the students who will come to school one day and then turn up virtual on the next. I have to consistently tell students to turn on their cameras or try things that make them want to engage in answering questions. I feel so exhausted by the end of the day and wonder how effective a teacher am I being to get students to learn the subject matter.
I'm in central VA. We are totally virtual. Our school board will make a decision tomorrow on next steps for the next nine weeks. Some of the considerations include hybrid and face-to-face for exceptional ed and ELL students. Parent and teacher surveys were sent out to involve all stakeholders. Our school system is very small with under 4,000 students but we are in a high risk area that has had numerous outbreaks among adults and very few with school-age children. We feel that the same as everyone else -- this has been a challenge but we feel we have had many small wins including 1:1 devices and internet access for all students. Hopefully, you all will remain safe and free from outbreaks. All we can do is what we are asked and try to fully follow CDC guidelines. #strongertogether I am thankful for communities such as this where we can share ideas and best practices.
We are virtual and it has been somewhat challenging due to technology glitches. Our parents and school partners have been great in terms of support. Although it is difficult, we will get through this together.