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<blockquote data-quote="Traxion" data-source="post: 368499" data-attributes="member: 983"><p>I'm a year removed from the profession, but one thing I will tell you with certainty is that teachers ARE NOT happy to teach virtually from home.&nbsp; Every teacher in my school saw it as a total waste of time and would rather be in person with the students.&nbsp; It got to the point where we'd assign a virtual assignment where all the students had to do was put their name down and they'd get a significant grade for just showing up.&nbsp; And about 15% of the kids would do it, regardless of the consequence to their grade.&nbsp; I tried hard to provide significant learning opportunities on virtual days, but there isn't any buy in or accountablity.&nbsp; I hated penalizing them with a grade but that was about all that was left.&nbsp; So, yeah, put me in front of the kids any day of the week rather than a virtual waste of time.&nbsp; Oh and snow days at the end of the year are nearly as pointless.&nbsp; Imagine an extra week at the end of May with a bunch of restless students.&nbsp; The learning time in January is far more fruitful than May.&nbsp; But, some days you just can't get to school.&nbsp; Here, they closed the interstate and we have maybe 4&quot; of snow.&nbsp; But forecast said 24&quot;, what do you do?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Traxion, post: 368499, member: 983"] I'm a year removed from the profession, but one thing I will tell you with certainty is that teachers ARE NOT happy to teach virtually from home. Every teacher in my school saw it as a total waste of time and would rather be in person with the students. It got to the point where we'd assign a virtual assignment where all the students had to do was put their name down and they'd get a significant grade for just showing up. And about 15% of the kids would do it, regardless of the consequence to their grade. I tried hard to provide significant learning opportunities on virtual days, but there isn't any buy in or accountablity. I hated penalizing them with a grade but that was about all that was left. So, yeah, put me in front of the kids any day of the week rather than a virtual waste of time. Oh and snow days at the end of the year are nearly as pointless. Imagine an extra week at the end of May with a bunch of restless students. The learning time in January is far more fruitful than May. But, some days you just can't get to school. Here, they closed the interstate and we have maybe 4" of snow. But forecast said 24", what do you do? [/QUOTE]

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