Lesson 1 Teacher Notes: Fill & Download for Free

To make sure I’m getting in my steps for the day.To make sure all students are on task and not stare sleeping/day dreaming/doodling/passing notes/on the wrong websites.To glance out the window to the parking lot and make sure my van is okay.To glance out the window to the hallway and make sure no students are wandering the halls aimlessly.

Based on my experience of having online lessons.Don’t snitch. This applies to so many things. The main thing is usually being late. Don’t snitch on people when they’re late, because 9/10 times they’re having wifi problems. Don’t make it hard for them.Don’t judge people if they eat. We’ve all been there— waking up late and starving, but realizing you have exactly 15 seconds to open up your computer and log into zoom before the teacher counts you as late. Let the poor kid eat in peace.Please switch off your mic. I’ve seen people leave it on for the whole lesson, or accidentally open their mic, and usually, that isn’t a problem, but it’s a problem when you do it on purpose and when start hearing loud music in the middle of the lesson and random screaming coming from the neighbourhood.If someone is unmuted, tell them! Tell them in private chats, public chat, message them, email them… just tell them to avoid embarrassment. We all go through this— logging into zoom and forgetting to mute. Just tell the person that they’ve forgotten to mute. It avoids a lot of embarrassment.Wear something decent. Please don’t be that kid who still wears pajamas to class. At least try and make an effort to put something else on. A sweatshirt, hoodie, anything. It literally takes 5 seconds. We don’t wanna see your pajamas.Know when to switch on your camera and when to switch it off. If the whole class has their camera on, turn your camera on. You can adjust it to show a little bit of your face. If the whole class has it off, please turn it off as well. It makes everyone feel weird and out of place. Please don’t do that.Take notes. At least take a screenshot or something, I don’t care, just take notes. Please don’t be the kid that messages everyone in the class asking for notes right after the lesson. It’s ok if you do it once or twice, but after you do it a lot, it becomes annoying. Please don’t do that.That’s basically everything. In conclusion, please don’t be a jerk, and wear something other than pajamas.Stay alive,Mags

There are systems in place for such things in most school districts. The usual process is something like this:For learning disabilities:Teacher recognizes a pattern of a student not comprehending lessons.Teacher consults other teachers to see if they recognize the same issue with the student.All teachers compare notes on the student to see if the same thing is happening in every class.Parents are informed of the teachers’ concerns.Parents and teachers (and an administrator, by this point, usually) decide to order testing for the student.Testing is done by a third party.A similar process happens for behavior disorders, except there’s usually more documentation involved, since the student has to have a documented record of disruptive behavior and the school must show escalating attempts at correcting the behavior. That is, you can’t just go from zero to a diagnosis of O.D.D. There are a lot of steps in-between.Learning disabilities are usually caught before age 10 in students. Behavior disorders often manifest themselves when a student goes through puberty. I work with kids in the 11–14-year-old age range. I’ve never suspected a learning disability that wasn’t already well documented in the student, but I have seen several well-behaved students go downhill quickly once they hit puberty.