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Finally got to look at the secondary guidance.
I'm gong to leave Y12 to one side - I teach a further maths group of 3 students so as long as they can be in at the same time its only a little issue.
Year 10. I have one year 10 group. Our Y10's have four one hour lessons...
I'm gong to leave Y12 to one side - I teach a further maths group of 3 students so as long as they can be in at the same time its only a little issue.
Year 10. I have one year 10 group. Our Y10's have four one hour lessons...
...per week. So if maximum 25% of Y10s in on any one day holds then I would have to be in school four days a week a to see them all.
So heres the problem. The guidance also requires the school to maintain predominantly online learning for these students plus the same to...
So heres the problem. The guidance also requires the school to maintain predominantly online learning for these students plus the same to...
...all other year groups (including our Y9 who are also studying a GCSE curriculum.
I'm unclear how we will be able to maintain a high quality online offer and be in school teaching students at the same time.
Now, the plan could be that the expectation is that all teachers...
I'm unclear how we will be able to maintain a high quality online offer and be in school teaching students at the same time.
Now, the plan could be that the expectation is that all teachers...
...will from June 15th be in school full time and run the online courses from there. I'd say two things to that:
1) I would then be doing this with a substantially reduced level of technology infrastructure thus reducing the quality of provision, and
2) I'm unsure that a...
1) I would then be doing this with a substantially reduced level of technology infrastructure thus reducing the quality of provision, and
2) I'm unsure that a...
...school internet connection has the upstream capacity to cope with all teachers working remote lessons from inside school.
Now, these problems are not insoluble. But they need to be thought thru. And DfE need to recognise that they may cost money.
tbh, I don't know how...
Now, these problems are not insoluble. But they need to be thought thru. And DfE need to recognise that they may cost money.
tbh, I don't know how...
...teachers have managed to deliver the quality they have with just their crappy school laptops. They've worked miracles to be honest.
First job here is to specify a minimum level of kit to deliver remote learning and upgrade where necessary. Perhaps use the same mechanism...
First job here is to specify a minimum level of kit to deliver remote learning and upgrade where necessary. Perhaps use the same mechanism...
...as they did for MPs, where they were given an additional allowance to facilitate working from home. This could easily be done for teachers through the tax system (by, for example, providing a tax allowance of 4 times the value of any qualifying equipment purchased..
As I...
As I...
always say, this isn't going away soon. We'll be working this way for some time. We should be properly equipped for the task, both in school and at home.
