In my virtual staff mtg today, admin stressed to focus on reconnecting w/ students as oppose to assess/evaluation.

Oh, BTW OUAC might want marks in late April.

Wait what?

Also: remote learning does not work well w/ Growing Success, the gov't's own policy doc on assess/eval

I teach all art courses. The last minute announcement to school closures meant that most of my students left behind half-finished art pieces in a building that now no one can access except once for 15 mins.

I have a half full kiln of unfired clay.

It takes 10 hrs to fire clay.

But even with that, I can manage. I am creative, resourceful, & teach blended learning. I can figure things out. I can be flexible.

Just as soon as:

- the gov't figures out what they want w/ assessment/evaluation
- I find out the tech & supplies accessibility of all my students

When @Sflecce mentioned there's a teacher-led program, he forgot to tell teachers what that is.

He forgot to tell us whether we have midterm report cards or not.

He forgot to tell us how to reconcile their own policies outlined in Growing Success w/ remote learning.

We still don't know how students w/o tech are going to have access to tech. There is no official directive on that. Some staff don't even have access to tech.

Yet somehow I should:
- Not worry about assess/evaluation
- Wait & see on report cards
- Get ready to calculate marks

Look I get it. It's a global pandemic. We're all doing the best we can.

But some of us really need to curb our expectations here & stop putting the cart before the horse.

Remote learning won't replace school. We need to take our time & think carefully before acting.