Most recent public comments by Kelli Williams https://nowcomment.com/users/147654 https://nowcomment.com/documents/377143?scroll_to=3332048 https://nowcomment.com/documents/377143?scroll_to=3332048 I am not a teacher in the academic space, nor do I have kids in the educational system so I’m forming my opinion on this subject, based on friends or family who are teachers, or had kids in school during the Covid-19 Pandemic. My teacher friends had a love/hate relationship with ERT. Most of them enjoyed being able to teach from their homes, though did struggle with managing their students. The behavioral issues they would deal with in the classroom didn’t go away, but changed, and in some ways were harder to deal with. They struggled with attendance, with feeling like their kids weren’t learning enough, or were theyteaching well enough. Overall it was great emotional struggle. So much so, a few of them sought alternate careers after that first year! My friends who were parents of kids in school pretty much hated every minute of it! It made managing work/life balance tough. With everyone at home working or going to school it affected bandwidth on the home networks, resulting in countless technology issues, not to mention privacy to work or study with all the added distractions. ERT was not something teachers or parents were prepared for. Whereas online Learning is typically well thought out and planned. Hopefully we don’t have to use ERT again, but now that schools, teachers and parents better understand it, if the need arises again, hopefully we are better prepared to make it more positive experience for all. Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:25:24 -0400