Is it obvious when a child is falling behind?
Guido: Yes. Not only in person, but also online. What s been so wonderful about this year is we have had this way of assessing students online that has made it easy for us to see where they re at with their reading levels. And we re able to see where are they at and compare that to where they should be at. So I m definitely able to see who s behind and who needs a little bit of help.
Spafford: It s not that easy because all these other factors that we are no longer in control of or we are not seeing right in front of our face. It s everything that s on the other side of the screen, with their cameras off. We usually see the signs. They re struggling. They might be frustrated. They might be disengaged and not present and all those other ways that we could quickly fix.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) The COVID-19 pandemic changed the lives of many students and teachers throughout the Bay Area and now many are preparing to return to the classroom with new rules and guidance on in-person learning.
Annemarie Guido teaches second grade at Lietz Elementary School in San Jose. Her first year as a teacher was just last year.
ABC7 News Anchor Ama Daetz spoke with her about preparing to have some of her kids back in class in a matter of days. I m really excited. And what s been so great is our families have a choice. They can stay in-person or online, Annemarie said. So about half of my kids are coming in-person with me and half of them are staying online. I m going to be teaching the kids in-person in the morning and then they ll go home. And then in the afternoons, I ll log onto Zoom and I ll Zoom with the rest of my kids, and every Wednesday we ll have a whole group online Zoom meeting. So I am so excited and ready to get back into the classroom. I cannot