Thursday, March 13, 2008
What is a typical day like
The website I linked describes a day in the life of a virtual school teacher. The sample teacher used also teaches face-to-face classes and acts as a mentor to new vhs teachers. It is hard to imagine just how many hours go into teaching online and how would that compare to face-to-face teaching.
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I was thinking the same thing about how many hours go into teaching online. With as many students as our Virtual High School (VHS) has, even the several hundred teachers must go through at least a couple hundred students each year. To be able to have phone conferences once a month with each student and a parent is astounding. I'm looking forward to spending more time observing how this is done and excited about seeing each of our perceptions about it.
The link you posted is so helpful to answer questions that I have been getting from friends and family about how the whole idea of virtual schooling works. As the teacher I'm working with said to me, "people always want my job, but they don't realize how much time goes into it." I was also interested in the idea of the site coordinator and will be interested in learning more about that in relation to virtual schools.
I asked my mentor if she spent more time as a classroom teacher or as a virtul classroom teacher. She said teaching in a virtual school took more time, as the school runs 12 months a year, with 2 weeks off each semester. She is available to students from 8am to 8pm. Working from home is entirely different from working at a bricks & mortor building; there are perks to both.
I asked my mentor teacher if she spent more time as a classroom teacher or as a virtual classroom teacher. She said the 2nd, since the school is open 12 months a year, and she is available from 8am to 8pm on weekdays.
I asked my mentor teacher if she spent more time as a classroom teacher or as a virtual classroom teacher. She said the 2nd, since the school is open 12 months a year, and she is available from 8am to 8pm on weekdays.
I loved the website that you posted. So many friends and family members have asked me to explain how virtual schools work and this was an awesome resource to send to help them understand both the students and teacher's schedules. I am also interested in the site coordinator and so I am going do some more searching to find out what that is all about.
Here are some comments on the website "What is a typical day like". Very interesting website; especially how it shows the perspective of a teacher, a student,and the site coordinator. A good feature of any virtual school is the offering of courses a student couldn't take in his/her own school. This is the case for the fictional student Natalie. I can see this happening for students in rural areas or smaller schools as well. Here is a place where they can go to take challening and unique courses and receive HS credit. Also interesting that the school accomodated her taking the course during the regular school day. I assumed the student would have to take the course on their own time. I also found it interesting that their fictional teacher Jill was able to design her own course to teach at the virtual school. The school I have been studying uses set curriculum that provides the teachers a frame from which to work.
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