JREMS ESOL Team Meeting by Erin Lowry https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4 Post your ideas, questions, and concerns about co-teaching. en-us 2020-08-25 10:24:03 UTC 2020-10-22 19:57:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Will English learners be returning to in-person learning in the near future? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/852976370 2020-10-22 15:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/852976370 If English learners DO return in the near future, will their teachers who have small children be allowed to continue teaching virtually? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/852980306 2020-10-22 15:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/852980306 Will students be exclusively working on computers in the building? Will students be expected to take their computers back and forth between home and school so they can work in the building and virtually? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/852988418 2020-10-22 15:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/852988418 Are we even going to go back hybrid or just return straightaway to 5 days a week? This is confusing and scary based on how the 25+ schools are returning. https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853252513 2020-10-22 16:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853252513 https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853698658 Having 3-4x the exposure of other teachers due to our positions. 
Breaking all the "pods" as a teacher who will work with every pod in the grade level (or multiple grades). ]]> 2020-10-22 18:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853698658 https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853713992 Not being able to quarantine if I am exposed to a student/staff member with COVID.

]]> 2020-10-22 18:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853713992 4th Period https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853715740 Can we use the extra "async time" for ESOL services? There are enough kids to have 4 classes. Which would lower the class sizes too...]]> 2020-10-22 18:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853715740 https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853718230 Kindergarten and LRE-C students may be the MOST unlikely to be able to comply with the bare minimum safety measures. ]]> 2020-10-22 18:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853718230 Will rooms be limited to 15 students or 15 TOTAL people in each room? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853725532 2020-10-22 18:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853725532 Contact Tracing https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853729687 Will the district be following the new guidelines that says close contact is 15 minutes cumulative over a 24 hour period?]]> 2020-10-22 18:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853729687 Being penalized for Occurrences https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853737004 If I'm require to be at school and put my own children in daycare, will I still be penalized for occurrences that are bound to impact me that will not impact my virtual coworkers?]]> 2020-10-22 18:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853737004 I am concerned that it was admitted in this meeting that there is currently no plan for how we are going to bring students back. Some of us are returning in a few weeks. That scares me https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853737370 2020-10-22 18:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853737370 ...bringing a deadly disease home to family members who are high risk. https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853737782 2020-10-22 18:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853737782 Why are we going back before a plan has been finished? Why not make the plan and THEN bring teachers and kids back? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853741331 2020-10-22 18:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853741331 Providing legally mandated service for ESOL students https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853743144 If we become content teachers, how will we still cover all the ESOL students at our school?]]> 2020-10-22 18:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853743144 Testing https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853745331 Will the district be implementing a robust testing plan? COVID spreads MOST readily PRE symptoms - an on-your-honor questionnaire with temp checks will NOT prevent the spread. ]]> 2020-10-22 18:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853745331 I am concerned that the 21224 zip code (where Ruhrah is located) continues to have the third-highest infection rates in the state. https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853746657 2020-10-22 18:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853746657 https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853750293 Districts across Maryland and the US have had to STOP in person instruction in the last few weeks. What do we have that will allow us to be able to do what NO other district has been able to successfully do? ]]> 2020-10-22 18:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853750293 https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853776361 BCPSS has had to lay off staff and clearly expressed that they are in a budget crisis. How do we know we'll have the money to provide all the PPE, etc. necessary to come back in person? Board members explicitly expressed that we do not have the money last week. ]]> 2020-10-22 18:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853776361 BCPSS capacity to enforce the CDC guidelines on a daily basis in an already overwhelmed system. https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853789989 2020-10-22 18:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853789989 https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853796991 Why are we opening now? The third wave is spiking dramatically across the country and the holidays are coming, when we can be sure students and families will travel. Can we wait until COVID numbers go down? Maryland has had concerning trends for over 17 days, when the Roadmap to Reopening says we need to "pause" any further reopening plans at 3 straight days. ]]> 2020-10-22 18:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853796991 https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853800530 If Kindergarten is expanding into new rooms, who will be teaching those extra classes?]]> 2020-10-22 18:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853800530 https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853800755 at risk people. Couldn't the district provide an incentive for healthy teachers willing to go back early? At risk people are not given much of an option.]]> 2020-10-22 18:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853800755 If the class limit size is 15 and our school has 80 kindergarten students, that means ~6 educators and rooms. Where will those other 2-3 K teachers come from? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853801010 2020-10-22 18:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853801010 https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853803950 Why are we talking about disrupting the relationships students have built with their teachers by reopening? None of our classes have fewer than 15 students. Will they be assigned a new teacher in the middle of the year? For what purpose?]]> 2020-10-22 18:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853803950 If my co teacher is choosing not to go back in person to teach the students (who are going in)...where does that leave me? Would another teacher replace the co teacher? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853826250 2020-10-22 18:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853826250 Communication with families who are illiterate in their first language. eklowry https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853829649 2020-10-22 18:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853829649 I have a question about the progression of the school's re-opening from here. What will happen next, and what is the broad timeline? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853850704 2020-10-22 18:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853850704 https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853851742 This decision should have been made after all the work that needs to be done was completed.]]> 2020-10-22 18:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853851742 https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853853765 We were/are a COVID hotspot. Why is our school going back given the location?]]> 2020-10-22 18:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853853765 That BCPSS does not have the resources and organizational skills to keep people in its buildings safe. The roll-out of this reopening is unclear and poorly communicated. https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853883938 2020-10-22 18:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853883938 I'm concerned about trying to teach language while wearing a mask. They need to be able to hear me and see my mouth. I need to be able to see and hear them as well. https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853887318 2020-10-22 18:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853887318 When is the soonest that English learners (or the next group of students after K/LRE-C) will return in-person? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853889622 2020-10-22 18:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853889622 https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853914269 Will there be a discussion on what the different leave options are when applying for high risk leave?]]> 2020-10-22 19:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853914269 I would like to know whether there will be options for unpaid personal leave for those who don't qualify as "high-risk" under the CDC criteria but have high-risk family members. https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853914461 2020-10-22 19:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/853914461 If I'm told to return to work, would I still co-teach? Will I work in the same room as another teacher?Would I still work with the ELA teacher and teach 3 different sections?Will these 3 sections be considered the same pod or would they be 6 pods (assuming the majority of students wanted to return)? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/854090620 2020-10-22 19:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/854090620 If only some students from each section return, would this mean new sections and new schedules for students? What happens if I return, but some of the students on my roster decide to stay virtual? Would they get a new teacher? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/854092998 2020-10-22 19:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/854092998 I've just settled my students into a routine and fear this would be disruptive to their learning. I've also worked really hard to build relationships with their parents.If I am told to return, but most of my roster chooses to stay virtual, will I be assigned new students? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/854093770 2020-10-22 19:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/854093770 If I were told to return, would I be expected to simultaneously teach students in-person and virtually? https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/854094861 2020-10-22 19:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/eklowry/99df1veafctwu0m4/wish/854094861