Schools complicating hybrid and remote learning schedules.

[HeatherC]

Is your district complicating things more than seems necessary? Ours is ridiculous. Hybrid two half days in person every other week. Kids attend 1/2 day then take bus and logon for remote in afternoon. If hybrid, just do full days twice a week...every week.

My sister’s district did great back in the spring. When they went remote each kid had to log on for their “normal” class schedules and teachers taught live like they would in person. So if math is 9:00 to 10:30, everyone logged in and teacher taught the lesson like they would at school. They basically followed the daily schedule and it worked great for the most part. I believe they shortened the times a little for everyone to connect and disconnect and then re login for the next class.

Now I am hearing schools doing English one day, Math another or one week this and another week that. Having a hard time wrapping head around why.

My daughter teaches 6th grade math and just had a zoom meeting with her co workers. They were asking for input on how to implement remote since that is what her school is doing. My daughter suggested keeping the same schedule but cut the classes back to an hour each. (normally 90 minutes) So for math, the first half hour she would teach the lesson, the next half hour they would work on it and then review etc.. Very similar to what they do at school. If they are then able to switch to hybrid, they would just continue the schedule at school what ever days they attend She was shocked when everyone said that was “brilliant”. We were like, what? Why make things more complicated?

Anybody else’s district seem to be complicating things?

 

[tvguy]

Seems pretty well organized to me ESPECIALLY given what a mess last semester was. Looks a lot like the modular schedules we had when I was in Junior High School 1969-1971. However, nothing is perfect. One district here was supposed to resume next Tuesday but have pushed back the start until a week from Monday because someone forgot to get a license for their remote learning software! DOH !

 

[design_mom]

I don't think ours is too bad, but there are a lot of parents complaining about it. Ours is hybrid 2 days one week and 3 days the next. "Group A" goes every Monday and Thursday, and alternating Wednesdays. "Group B" goes all day Tuesdays and Fridays and the opposite Wednesdays. This is how our Kindergarten schedule has worked for years (full day Kindergarten, but not every day). They've basically just adapted the Kindergarten schedule to all grades. You get used to it.

On days when they are not in class, there will be asynchronous online learning. The teacher will post videos and assignments that they can access at their leisure... but apparently there will be some way to tell if they actually accessed them (I don't think there was in the spring, although my daughter did all of her assignments.)

Our district is also offering a "committed distance learning" (all online) option. For that, they haven't released the full schedule. However, there will apparently be synchronous and asynchronous aspects. There will be certain times that students need to be online and participating in groups with the teacher... and other times where they can work independently at their convenience. But, again, they said there would be some way that they would be monitoring to make sure students were accessing the system every day.

 

[sam_gordon]

Our local HS is breaking the normal 7 periods/day (one period is lunch/study hall) down to six. Three classes will meet M/W & alternate Fridays. The other three will meet T/T and alternate Fridays. I have no idea what middle school and elem are doing.

That's for those that choose in person learning. You can also choose remote learning or home school.

 

[2China2009]

Right now for middle school and high school we are at 25% capacity. My girls have in person class once a week on Fridays starting the 18th for first 3 weeks. Wed they are off and the rest is elearning from home. I would suspect this schedule will be in place for quite sometime until all the kids are home FT. I love having my kids at home and they love e learning so it is a win win for all of us.

 

[Skippy918]

We start school next week and everyone is virtual for 3 weeks and then we choose if we want to continue virtual or go in person. So far it’s a 50/50 split between the two. The district is not offering hybrid.

 

[HeatherC]

Right now for middle school and high school we are at 25% capacity. My girls have in person class once a week on Fridays starting the 18th for first 3 weeks. Wed they are off and the rest is elearning from home. I would suspect this schedule will be in place for quite sometime until all the kids are home FT. I love having my kids at home and they love e learning so it is a win win for all of us.

Will there e learning be live or work on their own?

 

[HeatherC]

We start school next week and everyone is virtual for 3 weeks and then we choose if we want to continue virtual or go in person. So far it’s a 50/50 split between the two. The district is not offering hybrid.

How does the virtual work? Regular classes during regular class time or assigned work to access when they want?

 

[sam_gordon]

When they went remote each kid had to log on for their “normal” class schedules and teachers taught live like they would in person. So if math is 9:00 to 10:30, everyone logged in and teacher taught the lesson like they would at school. They basically followed the daily schedule and it worked great for the most part. I believe they shortened the times a little for everyone to connect and disconnect and then re login for the next class.

I have thought since this whole thing started that this would be a good way to handle it. The only problem I could think is how do you handle the kids who don't have reliable internet/devices.

 

[Skippy918]

How does the virtual work? Regular classes during regular class time or assigned work to access when they want?

It’s a combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning. The teacher will be teaching the virtual kids while in the in class kids are in the classroom. This is for middle school. I think with elementary it’s different teachers for each.

 

[HeatherC]

I have thought since this whole thing started that this would be a good way to handle it. The only problem I could think is how do you handle the kids who don't have reliable internet/devices.

Yes many districts simply don’t which I totally get. The district my daughter teaches in didn’t have reliable internet and some families had no computers back in the spring. Luckily, have worked very hard to get internet to every family now along with brand new chrome books so hopefully the fall will be much better all around.

‘What has caught my attention is the districts that seem to be complicating things are wealthier communities where this is not a problem so I find it all very interesting as to why they are doing what they are doing.

 

[Kamy04]

Design Mom, if you’re in Ohio, I think our kids are in the same district.

 

[design_mom]

Design Mom, if you’re in Ohio, I think our kids are in the same district.

I bet we are! Nice to "meet" you.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

It has come to my attention that the remote schedule for HS does not start till 10 in my district. Can someone please tell me why? Normal school schedule starts at 815 tell me why after all this time they cannot get up for that time. This needs to just stop. Why do they need THIS accommodation? I guess if you are up all night playing Fortnite you need to sleep later!

 

[MomOfDisneyPrincess]

It has come to my attention that the remote schedule for HS does not start till 10 in my district. Can someone please tell me why? Normal school schedule starts at 815 tell me why after all this time they cannot get up for that time. This needs to just stop. Why do they need THIS accommodation? I guess if you are up all night playing Fortnite you need to sleep later!

As far as I can tell, our online schedule will follow the old in person schedule, which is 7:30 for high school. That will be quite the adjustment for DD who has been used to an 8:45 start time in middle school! But, seriously, 10 am is just ridiculous.

 

[martikus]

We choose hybrid so 8th grade goes every other day. On home days learning without teacher but lessons teacher made. Our state is doing terrible with cases so I’m fully expecting we will be 100% online eventually.

the 100% online version is going to run more like traditional school with kids logged in all day getting taught. I’ve heard about 25% chose that model.

I think they have done the best they can. Schools only had 3 months to rethink it all and most teachers are off contract in summer. I’m sure will be better than this spring but I’m not expecting perfection. Just trying to take it one day at a time.

 

[Kittyblue]

Right now were on complete distance learning, 4-5 30 min zoom sessions spread throughout the hours of 8-3. When they go hybrid the plan is 1/2 the class M/T all day, the other half Th/F, Wednesdays off.

 

[MrsCobraBubbles]

My kids' school district is going back at 100% so it's business as usual there. The district I work at is doing a hybrid schedule where they split the school 50/50--half the class attends in-person monday and tuesday, the other half attends Thursday and Friday, and the kids who aren't attending in person do virtual classes.

 

[sonnyjane]

Is your district complicating things more than seems necessary? Ours is ridiculous. Hybrid two half days in person every other week. Kids attend 1/2 day then take bus and logon for remote in afternoon. If hybrid, just do full days twice a week...every week.

My sister’s district did great back in the spring. When they went remote each kid had to log on for their “normal” class schedules and teachers taught live like they would in person. So if math is 9:00 to 10:30, everyone logged in and teacher taught the lesson like they would at school. They basically followed the daily schedule and it worked great for the most part. I believe they shortened the times a little for everyone to connect and disconnect and then re login for the next class.

Now I am hearing schools doing English one day, Math another or one week this and another week that. Having a hard time wrapping head around why.

My daughter teaches 6th grade math and just had a zoom meeting with her co workers. They were asking for input on how to implement remote since that is what her school is doing. My daughter suggested keeping the same schedule but cut the classes back to an hour each. (normally 90 minutes) So for math, the first half hour she would teach the lesson, the next half hour they would work on it and then review etc.. Very similar to what they do at school. If they are then able to switch to hybrid, they would just continue the schedule at school what ever days they attend She was shocked when everyone said that was “brilliant”. We were like, what? Why make things more complicated?

Anybody else’s district seem to be complicating things?

The problem with doing “live” teaching is what do you do for young kids with parents that aren’t home, kids that have to go to daycare during the day if school is not in session because their parents have to work?

 

[HeatherC]

It has come to my attention that the remote schedule for HS does not start till 10 in my district. Can someone please tell me why? Normal school schedule starts at 815 tell me why after all this time they cannot get up for that time. This needs to just stop. Why do they need THIS accommodation? I guess if you are up all night playing Fortnite you need to sleep later!

This is what I am talking about. They are just making things more complicated..