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We are otherwise very satisfied with our teachers, but some, especially older ones, have not managed the transition.

We are otherwise very satisfied with our teachers, but some, especially older ones, have not managed the transition.

That’s also okay. But honestly, anyone can use WhatsApp. But when it comes to installing TeamViewer or one of the 23,535 other online meetings, we are overwhelmed in the schools. They haven’t even managed to distribute data protection sheets in summer 2020. Somehow, Corona passed by most schools.

So our primary school teacher has not been seen for 2 weeks before the autumn holidays. Reasons are not communicated. It was explicitly forbidden to ask about the reasons. At first, we thought she was pregnant, but that does not seem to be the case. Various sources say that her child has asthma.
In the background, she is apparently still working and preparing the lessons before and after. During the lockdown, she at least posted a few videos. There was no direct contact with the children. The teacher didn’t even manage to drop the new schoolbooks in the mailbox for the children. The parents were supposed to take care of that themselves, so that the children from the emergency care would bring the books (how am I supposed to know who is in emergency care and are 3-4 children really supposed to carry 3 schoolbooks each for 20 other children?)
For in-person lessons, a student was hired. Because she can now only be on site 3 days, we have a third teacher for 2 days. Sometimes the after-school care worker also teaches.
What was previously impossible now suddenly works, just to enable the actual class teacher to stay at home.
Currently, 3 teachers are being paid for one first-grade class.

During in-person lessons before the lockdown, only dawdling and drawing took place. The children were motivated, but nothing progressed. In German, a maximum of 1 letter was taught in 14 days. During homeschooling, we were allowed to teach 2 letters per week. After returning from lockdown, the same game was repeated in presence lessons – 1 letter in 14 days.
You then have to wonder why everything is being dumped on the parents.

Certainly, this cannot be generalized to all teachers, but I have heard similar things from many primary school teachers. In the private sector, something like this wouldn’t work. To be fair, I have also heard of very dedicated teachers.

In the private sector, something like that wouldn't work.

Yes, it does. The bigger the company, the easier and more common it is.

In the private sector, something like that wouldn't work - made my day. What we experienced last year with craftsmen, bankers, and sales specialists, I could write books about. Especially funny when you belong to a professional group that is constantly being criticized in general. Honestly: Why should it be different with teachers than in any other profession? There are dedicated and less dedicated people everywhere. Are you seriously surprised about that?

It was just like that here too. Tasks by email once a week, otherwise nothing at all. And I really mean absolutely nothing! Also in the 2nd lockdown initially the same, then later at least 1-2 times a week a small video conference with the class teacher was added and by the end of the 2nd lockdown even 2-3 hours per week (!) online. Nothing more ever came up and I want to claim that nobody overworked themselves there.

For us, it has been like that since the first lockdown. We didn’t have a single online conference or anything, really NOTHING! Just the email with the tasks..

Sometimes content of the tasks that the children didn’t have in school and we were supposed to teach accordingly (rotational symmetries, ornaments for example, or fractions in recipes 1/4 kg flour, 1/2 kilo this, or 3/4 liter that..)..

Now the children are going back to school regularly and our school has also finally received iPads, but currently they are only used for drawing because of in-person classes :rolleyes: