What has been the very BEST thing about blended learning for you as a teacher? I have several silver linings.
I very much respect the way my admin. has handled blended learning. We do NOT have to teach students on computers at the same time I teach students in person. The things they do at home are all asynchronous. I get more class participation and much fewer discipline issues.

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We are in person Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri. Wednesdays are all virtual. During in person days, we teach in person students from 745-230. Then from 2:30- 5:30 we have Virtual Academy for students who chose to remain Virtual. Those students work asynchronously throughout the day and then we have live meets by subject during that 2:30-5:30 time. We are paid 40$ an hour extra....BUT it is split between the whole grade level because we rotate around for our subjects. That puts my pay split between 3 teachers. We also have to split the 30 minute planning a day for Virtual Academy 3 ways...which allots me 10 min a day to plan for Virtual. I am exhausted. Grading, recording, creating, and digitizing materials for every Virtual day is taxing. It is not worth the extra $46 a day. It is taking a toll on me personally, my own elementary children, and my colleagues.

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Not a chance...I would have left long ago. They are taking advantage of you...plain and simple

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Advantage of co-teaching hybrid: I am remotely leading the whole class while the classroom teacher interacts with students in person in the classroom and online in breakout rooms. It has been a really strong model for our EL population who just returned in person so that they can have more direct instruction.

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Co-taught with one teacher in person and on remote. We do this every day for 50 min.

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I have been hybrid since September, having both hybrid and remote students on my roster, and my mother taught me if you have nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all.

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Well our district has been hybrid since the beginning of the school year and September Monday all kids remote. The next four days Tuesday through Friday we have to do both in school face-to-face and at home on Google meet. So our district is still doing observations and using the Danielson model rubric.which is not fit for hybrid learning. . So to engage the students is a challenge. For me horrible experience with Admin not modeling for us what it looks like and giving low scores as a result. If admin is greeting us and how we handle our hybrid learning, then it would behoove them to model it for us. After all don’t we always model for our students what we want them to do?

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We will go back soon also, but we only have to take attendance for synchronous and asynchronous together at the beginning of each class. After that, I can let my async kids work independently. I’m thankful for this, as having both at the same time is absurd.

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We’ve been teaching live and at home students simultaneously since the end of December. Don’t know how we even survived before streaming. Prior we had to make different assignments for at home and in school. At home assignments required videos and hours worth of feedback for completed work. Seeing all students all the time is a game changer!

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Our district opened an Online school in September, so I have been teaching from home since then. All of the in person schools are hybrid. I teach three grade levels in my content area from 8:30 to 3:30, 85 min sessions. I love teaching this way! The shy, quiet kids don’t get bowled over and are thriving. Sadly they voted to close the school at the end of this school year and everyone goes back in person in August. I feel bad for the students who had finally found their niche.

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That sounds like a interesting teaching experience and good for those those thrived :)

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I have been teaching hybrid since September and it is not that complicated. Some you guys complain too much instead of trying to find solutions that work. I teach both my in class students and online students at the same time, and anything they need I make sure it’s accessible to both groups in the same format. Hybrid teaching is not that hard.

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I do the same for my classes. Virtual learners and hybrid all at the same time for each class block. Everyone has the same opportunity and using my Elmo to teach and instruct is one of favorite tools.

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I wish we would do this but our district has us doing it at the same time. It hasn’t been impossible but your way definitely sounds better.

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As someone who's starting this in a few weeks I'm curious to see other responses.

I am also since in about a month my district wants to go hybrid... not sure how to do that since I think we will be expected to teach half that are in person and the other half virtually at the same time?

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I’m wondering what they call all of this in Connecticut? Hybrid, Asynchronous, Blended Learning? Curious.

Thanks for sharing! I’m glad it’s going well!

I teach all of my classes synchronized - blended and in-person. It has been the biggest challenge of my career. However, for some students being in the class is too much for them emotionally and they flourish at home and those that need to be in the class room can. The learning is real-time and equitable. So for me that is the biggest benefit of blended learning so far.

Blended what are you talking about???

Well, some of my kids are in person and some at home so my students are of a blended mix for me! 😉
My first post wasn’t clear.

I teach all grades. My elementary are all back in person and secondary will all be in the building starting Monday. We have had only half the students at a time up until now. It's going to feel overwhelming for many of us, including students, to have so many in the hallways and classrooms at once. Many students enjoyed the smaller classes and the flexibility of coming on their "off" days just to ask questions and get help. My English Learners have been not so overwhelmed and could attend each class twice. I'm hoping for a continued block schedule for next year, but I think the plan is to go back to "normal".

Your model in Illinois sounds wonderful. I have taught hybrid every single day since September and I am exhausted.

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