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Zooms are allowing us to meet with parents for important meetings. In those "face to face" meetings we are able to show parents our empathy and allowing us to talk WITH them, not "to them".

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More than one monitor will do wonders.

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Breakout Rooms

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Students don't know what the issue is with getting on Zoom

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Students don't know what the issue is with getting on Zoom

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They can't describe what the issue is.

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Synchronous learning makes me feel like a teacher again and I feel great being able to make connections with my students.

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Synchronous learning makes me feel like a teacher again and I feel great being able to make connections with my students.

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Hard to maintain integrity of the test... all tests are available now and hard to do MC in remote

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Teachers are feeling overwhelmed with learning new tech, grading , writing letters of recommendation and lesson planning. Perhaps a half a day once in awhile or an asynchronous day would help.

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Teachers are feeling overwhelmed with learning new tech, grading , writing letters of recommendation and lesson planning. Perhaps a half a day once in awhile or an asynchronous day would help.

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fewer overall absences than I normally would this far in.

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All of the tech tools that we never used before are expanding our teaching tool kit. 

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All of the tech tools that we never used before are expanding our teaching tool kit. 

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Keep the schedule as is. It is going great and I have not heard any complaints from students.

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think all wednesdays should be half days..just breaks up the week.  with review lessons and class discussion being encouraged on these days

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think all wednesdays should be half days..just breaks up the week.  with review lessons and class discussion being encouraged on these days

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with advance notice can be used for snow days...

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with advance notice can be used for snow days...

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flipping the classroom..

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schedule seems to work..and definitely asynch for part of the block..to address individual needs during class

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schedule seems to work..and definitely asynch for part of the block..to address individual needs during class

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the students who need the most help, (extra support/technology) are still struggling consistently. 

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the students who need the most help, (extra support/technology) are still struggling consistently. 

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Moving our start a little earlier and our end a little earlier reflecting the normal school day.

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Having one day a week off from synchronous would be helpful in workload...hard to find time to learn tech, convert in-person lessons to virtual, write letters of rec, create authentic assessments, and grade!

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Having one day a week off from synchronous would be helpful in workload...hard to find time to learn tech, convert in-person lessons to virtual, write letters of rec, create authentic assessments, and grade!

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on Wednesdays, have an SEL day/ asynchronous!

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on Wednesdays, have an SEL day/ asynchronous!

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We did it nearly all spring, what harm would it cause? It would provide opportunities to personally check in in and meet with our most needy students, and give everyone a small mid-week mental health break.

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What happens when we return to school and our Special Education student's ICS or Resource Center teachers are still teaching remotely. 

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What happens when we return to school and our Special Education student's ICS or Resource Center teachers are still teaching remotely. 

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Students and staff feel safe which in my opinion is the most important factor.

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Students and staff feel safe which in my opinion is the most important factor.

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Any students that seem socially isolated, perhaps using a staff or peer mentor program so that they feel included.

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Any students that seem socially isolated, perhaps using a staff or peer mentor program so that they feel included.

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I get to know my students' names the earliest because on Zoom it tells me already.

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I get to know my students' names the earliest because on Zoom it tells me already.

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The daily synchronous schedule has made remote much more like regular school and increased student participation.

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The daily synchronous schedule has made remote much more like regular school and increased student participation.

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I love having office hours built in. Time students already know we are ALL available, and they can make sure they can come and see us. No excuses for not being available because they are built in. 

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I love having office hours built in. Time students already know we are ALL available, and they can make sure they can come and see us. No excuses for not being available because they are built in. 

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breakout rooms allow us to truly have private conversations with students who really need it. This is basically impossible when in-person. 

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breakout rooms allow us to truly have private conversations with students who really need it. This is basically impossible when in-person. 

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During this time, everyone needs some time to decompress. If given a day to just prep and plan, I believe ALL teachers would feel less stressed and ALL the kids would too. Additionally, it would give opportunities for more required socialization that truly some kids need and won't join clubs to do it. (Virtual or in-person)

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Synchronous has been phenomenal and it makes it feel like a normal routine. If there is to be some sort of Wednesday break, I think it should be a half day as opposed to an asynchronous day - the latter would not limit screen time, just learning face to face time. But I also maintain that the current schedule as devised is working perfectly, in my opinion, and probably shouldn't be changed. 

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Synchronous has been phenomenal and it makes it feel like a normal routine. If there is to be some sort of Wednesday break, I think it should be a half day as opposed to an asynchronous day - the latter would not limit screen time, just learning face to face time. But I also maintain that the current schedule as devised is working perfectly, in my opinion, and probably shouldn't be changed. 

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Breakout Rooms allow you to meet with small groups for a personalized remote experience.

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Breakout Rooms allow you to meet with small groups for a personalized remote experience.

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It is exhausting to try to be upbeat and try to emotionally connect with kids virtually.

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It is exhausting to try to be upbeat and try to emotionally connect with kids virtually.

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I am able to email right away when I need a student and get faster response.

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I am able to email right away when I need a student and get faster response.

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I really like the concept of office hours as a way to work one on one with students

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I really like the concept of office hours as a way to work one on one with students

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There should be some ability to be asynchronous and not be required to be on Zoom all day, every day.

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There should be some ability to be asynchronous and not be required to be on Zoom all day, every day.

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It's like pulling teeth to get students to unmute themselves to talk. Even in breakout rooms, they rather collaborate in silence by typing onto documents.

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It really feels, more than ever, that kids can mentally check out if they want. Of course they could have done that before, but now I can't guarantee they even have the sound on. Management strategies I've developed over the years, like using non-verbal communication and eye contact are impossible in this virtual format. Getting concrete virtual classroom management strategies would be really helpful because we were kind of thrown into the deep end on this.

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Keep the schedule as it is but stress the idea that students can work asynchronously during the Zoom block.  Putting students into individual breakout rooms is great for this! 

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Keep the schedule as it is but stress the idea that students can work asynchronously during the Zoom block.  Putting students into individual breakout rooms is great for this! 

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I go days without seeing or talking to colleagues. I miss passing people in the halls, during preps, or lunch.

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Synchronous Zoom meetings have vastly improved my outlook on remote teaching.  The asynchronous model from the spring made me feel so disconnected from my students.

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Synchronous Zoom meetings have vastly improved my outlook on remote teaching.  The asynchronous model from the spring made me feel so disconnected from my students.

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The schedule is amazing. Nobody looks exhausted. The hour for lunch gives us all a mental break. I would love to see a schedule similar to this adapted for when we go in person. (Have all students have the same lunch. Buy more lunch tables and spread out through the first floor. Make mobile  lunch service locations for sandwiches and salads and pizza. Allow everyone to have that extra time for lunch.) Also extra passing time would be tremendous when we get back.

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Lesson planning for remote takes about 4 times longer than in person. You have to record videos (and if it goes astray, you have to restart or cut videos together). Everything just seems to take longer.

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Students just don't respond during class like they would when we're live. It's like shouting into the ether. I have resorted to prerecording lessons without "wait time" and using breakout rooms in smaller groups to get that Q&A experience. But when you're in a breakout room, you have no idea what's happening elsewhere. There is a lot of trust in this environment. Thank goodness I teach a lot of seniors.

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Tools like Screencastify are game-changers. I couldn't imagine not having it moving forward.

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Any adjustment to schedule will become another round of 2+ weeks of us trying to get a handle of "how do I teach now?" Just keep it as is and let us figure out how to use breakout rooms and screencasts to try to free up time for one on one learning.

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Being on Zoom all day, every day is overwhelming physically and mentally. Asynchronous time in between would alleviate that.

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Teaching 6 classes (vs. 5 & a HAP) is harder than ever. MORE to prep, plan, grade, parents to contact, Zoom, screen time, less prep time built into your day, etc. Those who aren't feeling as overwhelmed should consider those teachers who are scheduled to teacher 6 classes. IMO it makes a BIG difference!

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What will it be like when we are expected to be in school & teach remotely? Adding more work to our plate is going to be hard to manage. Knowing specific plans and set-up (technology availability, # of people in rooms, what safeguards will be in place) would help.

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A student gave me the best zoom advice of all. 

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A student gave me the best zoom advice of all. 

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While having class conversations and student presentations, if a students voice gives bad audio feedback, shut the video and it will fix it. We also do radio station audio checks or student sound-off before conversations and the students greatly appreciate the sound check. Students also say their name before talking because we're often looking at a slide presentation.

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Live instruction has made remote learning so much more productive than the asynchronous model for my students. I enjoy interacting with them again and I've been able to connect and have one on one time with students in a way that in some cases is more personable than in actual school.

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Already overwhelmed in remote, hybrid is only going to be harder to manage

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Already overwhelmed in remote, hybrid is only going to be harder to manage

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Class sizes are way too large to check in with each student in breakout rooms

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Class sizes are way too large to check in with each student in breakout rooms

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I'm not rushing out the door at 6 AM to get to school.  I can have a cup of coffee in the morning and wake my kids up and be normal.  I don't miss the 4:30 AM alarm.
Live instruction has made all the difference so far!!

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If I'm sharing my screen, I can't see every student and kids can check out so easily.  I'm not sure what the fix here is.  Maybe another way to choose how to layout the screen?  Maybe be able to shrink the screen sizes and put them around the border of your screen, so I can still view all of them while we are looking at a screen share. 

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If I'm sharing my screen, I can't see every student and kids can check out so easily.  I'm not sure what the fix here is.  Maybe another way to choose how to layout the screen?  Maybe be able to shrink the screen sizes and put them around the border of your screen, so I can still view all of them while we are looking at a screen share. 

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I know going back is the goal- especially for parents.  Just thinking about my own kids.  I would have sent them to school, but now that they are 100% virtual, not sure I want to upset the apple cart AGAIN and introduce them to a hybrid model that will change the routine they have going.  Do we want to change kids routines too soon?

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It should be part of our lessons. Gives the kids a break, gives us a break, gives us the opportunity to have those small group/individual conversations. Gives me time to do some things that need to be done, so when 3pm rolls around, I don't have hours and hours of work on top of helping my 3 kids with their virtual work. It's exhausting

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Breakout rooms are awesome!  However, suggestion that Zoom can give us the ability to save groups, so we don't have to recreate them every time!  For example, I had my students choose groups for a multi day project.  I have to put them in groups every time and it takes time to do that.  I would like to save a group and just be able to initiate that the next time we meet.

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More asynchronous time. Virtual synchronous learning every day for 3 blocks is much more taxing, stressful, and makes our workload/preparation time much bigger.

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More asynchronous time. Virtual synchronous learning every day for 3 blocks is much more taxing, stressful, and makes our workload/preparation time much bigger.

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Please do not limit synchronous learning time for everyone because a small minority of teachers are feeling a bit stressed out. Stress comes with any career, and we have a responsibility to educate our students. Cutting that by one fifth to placate some teachers is not right. My students report that they like the schedule and that they enjoy live instruction much more than non-live instruction. 

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Please do not limit synchronous learning time for everyone because a small minority of teachers are feeling a bit stressed out. Stress comes with any career, and we have a responsibility to educate our students. Cutting that by one fifth to placate some teachers is not right. My students report that they like the schedule and that they enjoy live instruction much more than non-live instruction. 

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Agreed ^^^ some perspective is always good. 

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Agreed ^^^ some perspective is always good. 

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pairing down to most necessary standards/content

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pairing down to most necessary standards/content

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I will let Dr. Tienken do my talking in this powerful zoom conference he was on with a panel of other NJ prinicipals and superintendents in August: https://youtu.be/2nsldebds9M

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RestartED Virtual Town Hall: Teaching and Learning in Remote and Hybrid Environments

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based on this picture of the set up of my room, I am assuming that hybrid is remote learning for all with the caveat that there will be physical bodies in the room increasing the chance of catching corona. Mind, that I am actually okay with that assumption. However, could it not be better to use hybrid for targeted instruction for those who happen to be physically present while a flipped lesson or other asynchronous learning has been provided for the cohort scheduled to be remote?

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Teachers are stressed trying to make all of this work. Scheduling google classroom takes a long time since you can't schedule more than one class at a time. Converting lessons to virtual, making screencasts, trying to get kids on zoom, grading....
Kids who are having wifi/zoom issues are so far behind.
Everyone needs a day to catch up. No zoom Friday, every teacher posts a small assignment for attendance, and then kids can do the assignment and catch up. Counselors can meet with kids, rather than having them miss class. Teachers can grade or meet with other teachers or counselors.