Snow Days

[BmorePat87]

(10-30-2019, 10:04 AM)GMDino Wrote: I was hoping you'd jump in to give an educators perspective.

Obviously there are all sorts of nuances to how a rule like this would be written and enforced, I was more on the "the school better pay for my internet if my kids are gonna use it to learn" angle.  

But going off your post:  What if that was put in as part of the curriculum?  Some sort of plan that if there are days that fall within the rule there is a set program for the teacher to present to the student.  It could be as easy as (based on the grade level) a reading that would be discussed in the next class or a group of questions/problems based on what was taught in the first nine weeks as a refresher.  

To me it doesn't have to be a full class that continues to teach new things to move everyone forward but something to ease the pressure of the makeup days.

That's similar to our emergency lesson plans. It's something we have in the room in case it is a last minute absence and we cannot coordinate the lesson. 

For government, I have a set of political cartoons on file for them to analyze and articles to read and take notes on. For psych, I have a chapter in the book for them to work on that I know I cannot work into my normal curriculum, so it's bonus material for fun if I am ever out. For sociology, they use a National Geographic, my class is full of them, to write about another culture. 

Mostly skill building. That would be fine, but that would likely then be a central office initiative and, again, just skill building. I personally do not know how much stock I'd put in it. We tend to be dismissive of anything but our own materials or those of people who trust at work. 

If anything, it would best serve as a nongraded, extra help. At that point, there's a ton of resources all ready out there for that. Crash Course or Khan Academy being some of them. 

The only thing about snow days that messes me up is when I miss A day B day classes, so one gets ahead of the other.