What teachers are going thru with remote teaching.

[KittyKitty]

Struggles of remote teaching.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

"I got 26 in here".

Lucky it's that low.

 

[jrmasm]

Is it wrong that I laughed?

I don’t know.

 

[DopeyDame]

Oh my goodness... that first one I swear I've heard all of those word for word from my 3rd graders teacher!

 

[China Expat]

My neighbor teaches grade 3 remotely. Yesterday she posted that she was "done" and didn't think she could continue as a teacher what with the demands and the pace, as well as teaching her two 5th graders. She works from 7 am until 8 pm, gets her girls squared away, and then plans until 11 pm. She said the exhaustion is coming from the increased emails, tech issues, planning, recording lessons, and grading. i could hear her frustration.

 

[CogsworthTN]

It is horrible. I am a 5th grade science teacher. I teach 27 remote students and 71 students who are in my classes at school. It is so time consuming doing both, not to mention planning lessons and google classroom lessons. Today, I along with other teachers, were notified that after fall break we would also be responsible for teaching Intervention classes to our home room students in math, writing, and reading. Oh, I forgot to add, we lose planning at least twice a week to substitute teach in absent teachers classrooms and I also have to disinfect every desk at the end of my classes. I have 6 classes.

I love my students dearly, but this year they are putting too much on teachers. I have never experienced so much stress and spent so much of my time. The only thing that keeps me smiling and going is November 2020, June 2021, and September 2021...my upcoming Disney trips.

 

[MrsCobraBubbles]

Here's my own virtual teaching moment:

I was leading a virtual social skills group. We were doing a scavenger hunt and everything was going great until I asked the kids to find something with stripes and one student removed his pants (because they had a stripe down the sides). I don't feel like my trainings over the summer properly prepared me for that

 

[Carol_]

With a kindergartner in 100% online school, as a parent I’m pulling my hair out and I’m paying for professional help. I cannot imagine the stress on the teachers. Our system is so convoluted as to be laughable. We’re going hybrid soon and I understand not at all how teachers will handle that.

 

[KristaZ]

I'm a Special Education Teacher and I'm split this year between an in-person 5th grade class and a virtual 3rd grade class, these videos pretty much perfectly describe the virtual teaching parts of my day. It's such a relief when I get to work with my in-person kids and feel like I know what I'm doing at least somewhat (while navigating all the restrictions we now have to put on ourselves and the kids).

 

[Kittyblue]

I could add a few...
Could you please tell your sister to stop twerking the background?
Lets not point a flashlight at our zoom camera.
Come out from under the bed please.
(weird verbal noises) If we can't be quiet right now lets make sure we're on mute.
I think you'll understand the lesson better if you stop spinning in circles...

 

[Owlpost23]

Our preschool is hosting remote learning.One day,as I was walking out of the kitchen,I saw a student in the hallway doing "gym class".I looked at the screen and there was the teacher in his bed with a cup of coffee.SMH.

 

[Suger Mag]

So glad I teach on the college level... I already had online classes so switching to remote for the other in person was not difficult. We are mailing supplies to our A&P students... they found it so funny they all got brains in the mail LOL

My husband on the other hand... He taught math (geometry and algebra) to the Upward Bound students virtually this summer using Zoom and a white board from our living room, this was a first for him and I was so proud of how he learned on the fly and adapted and still connected to his students. His is continuing to do remote math, this fall in addition to doing in person therapy and math at the private school he works at.... he is an adjustment counselor in addition to being a teacher.. So far so good, students are engaged and learning and feeling positive. I do think it is a huge help that his classes/groups are small which makes it much more manageable.

 

[hereyago]

My dgd is in Kindergarten and I want to bust out laughing during virtual school.

“Carter”, you are saying words but they are not the ones that are on the screen.

 

[Debbie Jean]

My neighbor teaches grade 3 remotely. Yesterday she posted that she was "done" and didn't think she could continue as a teacher what with the demands and the pace, as well as teaching her two 5th graders. She works from 7 am until 8 pm, gets her girls squared away, and then plans until 11 pm. She said the exhaustion is coming from the increased emails, tech issues, planning, recording lessons, and grading. i could hear her frustration.

My next door neighbor told me she is taking early retirement in January. The stress was overwhelming and she spent half her times in tears. She is not the first person in the teaching profession I have heard this from.... many, many would echo exactly your friend's experience. When the dust settles, teaching as a profession will be gutted. For the first time I see people who honestly feel attacked and betrayed... by administrations, parents, communities... at the very moment they most need support and encouragement. The saddest thing is that so many talented and wonderfully devoted professionals are questioning their career choices and deciding to leave.

 

[mrs. magoo]

Remote learning is certainly not showing my best talents as a teacher. I am struggling to connect with the kids. I teach high school special ed. I have 2 classes of autistic classes, 2 classes of resource, 2 co taught classes. I am spending from 6am to 4:30pm on my computer. This is asking so much of us. Plus I just had to write an IEP on a kid who I have taught for 2 weeks remotely. I feel so incompetent and this is my 26th year. I have 6 more years until retirement but who's counting.

 

[Darcy03231]

I feel for all the teachers out there. I had my neighbor's kindergartener this spring (March-June) and I truly don't know how you do it. I left her know in June that if remote learning were still going on in the fall she would have to find someone else. My time taught me I'm not cut out to be a teacher!

 

[holden]

I feel so bad for the teacher and students. This is not how learning should be.

My DD13 is really struggling. Her teachers have been helpful, but she just can't do any more computer time after an 8:30-3:30 day. It's mentally exhausting and a completely different experience than in-person learning.

We have hired two teachers to tutor her on Saturday and Sunday. So basically, she's doing school seven days a week.

 

[KittyKitty]

Here's to all the teachers out there.

 

[Princess_Ariel_5]

It’s been awful. I’m a teacher and seriously considering leaving the profession. I’ve even begun to apply to other jobs.

 

[Magical2017]

I teach at a university. I spend hours creating interactive classes. I have my own struggles plus what we are dealing with as a family.

My youngest started middle school and seems to be doing quite well. He enjoys the breaks in between classes. His teachers really try to engage the kids. My oldest is floundering as a high school freshman and finds it truly miserable. It does not help that many of his classes are more lecture-based. They do not use Jamboard or breakout groups for class discussions. He has ADHD and it has been hell. Both kids are in the GT/AP classes but the delivery is like night and day.