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Schools closed until March/April? (part 4) **Mod warning in OP 22/01**
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mirrorwall14 wrote: »Not even close. Full timetable to be followed. Albeit no homework at Junior level. It’s allowed at senior cycle. And every single subject is to be taught/work assigned from PE to wellbeing as well as all core subjects. All subjects minimum of one live a week. Roll call to be taken. Students have to camera on for the start of class at least so no PJs etc allowed. If teacher chooses to record these for students who cannot attend then it is up to the teacher to ensure GDPR compliance by editing the recording afterwards.
Not only that I believe we’re sticking with the staggered break times and lunchtimes for covid compliance so students will have four class periods in a row etc which isn’t really necessary since clearly we don’t need staggered breaks.
Now having said that, the pressure still feels less than last time on staff when it was ‘go live as much as possible’ which was impossible for some staff and let to enormous staff guilt and burnout. It is more realistic to allow blended this time
Students asked for more structure. But I think the whole school timetable is a lot to ask
Interestingly the guidance department with the student council are collecting the LC students opinions this time with a view to sending it to the Department which I think is a great idea.
I think you should ask to rehaul the plan, trust me coming from a student, sitting the traditional timetable during online school will make the quality of schooling worse and the engagement even worse. I sat doing blocks of 3 classes with a total 40 min break during last lockdown and I think I ended up LOSING knowledge rather than gaining. Students need a lot more breaks with Online school because you're not getting up and moving around between classes, you're sitting at the same desk with your laptop/pc/ipad and you're constantly glued to your PC, this constant engagement with little breaks will create problems in the long term, I know for me it crearted a horrible demotivation and made me want to not log onto the next class (I didn't but I felt like it)
Also giving the exam years more breaks lets them focus on more independent study time, for example the extra subjects usually take place during PE so since PE won't be a class currently, the classes before and after "PE" are break classes, so I have a break from 10:50am until 2:10pm and then finish school at 2:50. I can use that allocated time to work on my History RSR, get assignments and weekend homework done, or sleep a little. I think that'll be great for mental health reasons since you'll never get the same engagement from students Online as you will in the classroom environment.
A silly rule I will however not be adhering to is the fact we have to wear our uniforms on call. I feel this is one of those "school pride" aspects, and will not actually help me learn better. I will wear my own clothes thank you, sitting in Chinos and a woolly jumper at my desk will make me feel uncomfortable at home, and it's unneeded. I feel like its one of those rules that'll be thrown out the window after a day like the 72 hour sanitization rule back in September.
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I think you should ask to rehaul the plan, trust me coming from a student, sitting the traditional timetable during online school will make the quality of schooling worse and the engagement even worse. I sat doing blocks of 3 classes with a total 40 min break during last lockdown and I think I ended up LOSING knowledge rather than gaining. Students need a lot more breaks with Online school because you're not getting up and moving around between classes, you're sitting at the same desk with your laptop/pc/ipad and you're constantly glued to your PC, this constant engagement with little breaks will create problems in the long term, I know for me it crearted a horrible demotivation and made me want to not log onto the next class (I didn't but I felt like it)
Also giving the exam years more breaks lets them focus on more independent study time, for example the extra subjects usually take place during PE so since PE won't be a class currently, the classes before and after "PE" are break classes, so I have a break from 10:50am until 2:10pm and then finish school at 2:50. I can use that allocated time to work on my History RSR, get assignments and weekend homework done, or sleep a little. I think that'll be great for mental health reasons since you'll never get the same engagement from students Online as you will in the classroom environment.
A silly rule I will however not be adhering to is the fact we have to wear our uniforms on call. I feel this is one of those "school pride" aspects, and will not actually help me learn better. I will wear my own clothes thank you, sitting in Chinos and a woolly jumper at my desk will make me feel uncomfortable at home, and it's unneeded. I feel like its one of those rules that'll be thrown out the window after a day like the 72 hour sanitization rule back in September.
I totally agree. Unfortunately I am not school management and the demands from the general public and media for live classes is what’s causing this. Schools are trying to meet unrealistic parental and media expectations for their students because honestly if we aren’t live on the screen this country seems to believe teachers aren’t doing anything.
The department have announced no changes at all to content. So teachers are under pressure. If I don’t slow down my students will be stressed. But if I do slow down I won’t finish the course and the students will be even more stressed in the future. It’s a lose lose situation because the department of education has made zero plans.
Every year group needs announced changes at this stage, even the second years will need changes for next years third years.0 -
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mirrorwall14 wrote: »I totally agree. Unfortunately I am not school management and the demands from the general public and media for live classes is what’s causing this. Schools are trying to meet unrealistic parental and media expectations for their students because honestly if we aren’t live on the screen this country seems to believe teachers aren’t doing anything.
The department have announced no changes at all to content. So teachers are under pressure. If I don’t slow down my students will be stressed. But if I do slow down I won’t finish the course and the students will be even more stressed in the future. It’s a lose lose situation because the department of education has made zero plans.
Every year group needs announced changes at this stage, even the second years will need changes for next years third years.
I fully understand that actually, I know for Geography we ended up rushing through the course and it was a nightmare because even when I did all my homework, I never ended up working properly by retaining the information. My teacher would set us work for the week and then do a zoom call twice a week to go over stuff on her PowerPoints. However this ended up backfiring a little because we were expected to read full chapters in 2-3 days while trying to balance other work from that class which were long and tedious on top of the 6 other subjects your doing. Add un-motivation to this and it's a real mess. Even now in class we were deciding to do the elective or not, and we decided to give it a go but my teacher was rushing through the chapter being like "well its just common knowledge guys, ur fine right?" I had to put my hand up and actually ask her to go a lot slower if she could because it's so hard to keep up and retain what's happening.
We ended up dropping the Elective in the end because it was taught so poorly and rushed so quickly. Other chapters like this which have been rushed are Isostasy and Brazil's socio-economic region back during the start of the year and during lockdown
Don't even get me started on the Field study because that's been changed to Feb 2nd and I feel it'll be pushed back yet again. It's a real mess and that's only Geography! We're way behind on Oral stuff in German, We're behind in OL Maths so the chapters are being taught quickly and not efficiently, there's a reason I'm in OL and its because I don't comprehend it properly so being taught quick is a mess.
I hope we can get this resolved sooner than later because while I don't mind if we get predictive grades, an altered LC or continued assessment leaving it to a late decision will cause the retainment of information to go out the window.
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A silly rule I will however not be adhering to is the fact we have to wear our uniforms on call. I feel this is one of those "school pride" aspects, and will not actually help me learn better. I will wear my own clothes thank you, sitting in Chinos and a woolly jumper at my desk will make me feel uncomfortable at home, and it's unneeded. I feel like its one of those rules that'll be thrown out the window after a day like the 72 hour sanitization rule back in September.
I heard the last time of principals who demanded to be admins on every live call who kicked students off for not having correct uniform on. Pick the important battles, uniform on a zoom call isn't one of them.0 -
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