wirelessdude01 wrote: » The weak link in all of this are us, humans. As a race we are inherently selfish.
History Queen wrote: » Agreed, did you see Niamh Horan onClaireByrne last night? Selfishness embodied.
wirelessdude01 wrote: » I didn't but what did she say? NH is very self entitled at the best of times anyway.
lulublue22 wrote: » Take a look at circular 0024/ 20 - it seems from that , that once u are medically advised to self isolate u are covered. if you are well enough you are expected to work from home. Had to get tested and entire household was medically advised to-restrict movements ( doc adamant no work / school for anyone in the house) from the time I rang the doc until a negative result came back. ETA - I would flag that with your union. You are requested not to go to work if you live with a suspected case.
mirrorwall14 wrote: » Yup. Union contacted by multiple staff across the school as far as I know. This is exactly the situation. If I’m waiting testing everyone in my house is to restrict their movements. ETB say they won’t pay them Covid leave even though they are available to work from home
jrosen wrote: » Yes once you are medically advised to isolate you are covered. Going through it myself at the moment. I do believe its only for people who wouldnt be paid by their employer though. I had read all public/civil servants need not apply as they are paid for sick leave anyway.
mirrorwall14 wrote: » But if working from home (and in my school teaching from home is an option) then why would I use my sick leave if I’m working and not sick just on restricted movement? Isn’t that the whole point of the covid leave circular
jrosen wrote: » Apologies, I think I mis read your original text.
mirrorwall14 wrote: » Its been reigned in again. However we need a letter from the GP/HSE with our name on it saying we need to restrict our movements because of a potential case in the house. Except the HSE don't issue them, they direct you to the website. Some GPs outright refusing to write them saying its not their responsibility and others happy to take the money. So essentially we now have to pay to work from home
Alex86Eire wrote: » My school is a dept school and are just looking for a copy of the text the person who is being tested gets with their result. Makes a lot more sense.
mirrorwall14 wrote: » And thats what it should be in my opinion. But ETBs seem to like creating paperwork for us
TheValeyard wrote: » I see our inspectors are now 'Covid Inspectors' They can come out to schools to make sure Covid restrictions are been adhered to.
History Queen wrote: » Seriously...what the hell is going on with contact tracing and schools?!
joebloggs32 wrote: » Better to be foing something.....otherwise they could end up being redeployed to the front line; teaching, as happened to many in the healthcare sector
rainbowtrout wrote: » Contact tracing seems to be applied to everyone except teachers. If you take a test as a close contact of a student and test positive you are out of action for 2 weeks. Add to that your close contacts on staff.... and the school shuts down. If you're not tested you won't be off work.
amacca wrote: » They should be redeployed to the most difficult schools you can find for a minimum of three years In addition they should be forced to implement the most hare brained of methodologies they champion witb minimal disciplinary back up Might start to develop some understanding of what teaching really has become
Newbie20 wrote: » Sorry to go a bit off topic here but wasn’t sure what thread to post it in. We have no marking on our floors for where students desks should be. We have complained that there should be and the principal has said that it is a disaster in other schools with tape lifting straight away etc. I don’t think this is a good enough reason not to have markings. What are people doing in their schools to mark out the distance between desks?
Newbie20 wrote: » What are people doing in their schools to mark out the distance between desks?
