Is it fair to say teachers need to be more committed?

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www.independent.co.uk/news/education/covid-schools-reopening-ofsted-teachers-b1807935.html

Seems a tad harsh I think

The DfE knew that variants of coronavirus were circulating, they did absolutely NOTHING to ensure that schools remained open by implementing safety measures. Staff and pupils becoming infected forced many schools to close. They knew that education was likely to have to be remote at some point, yet there was little preparation , support and direction from the DfE.

Teachers and unions were blamed by DfE for being unwilling when the reality was the DfE was unfit for purpose, the whole school community should have been supported and kept safe.

Continuing on as normal was suicidal for education. Gavin Williamson and his ilk have created the damage to children in this scenario, not the staff, the majority of who have gone above and beyond from what I've seen.
Teachers are bearing the brunt for his absolute shambolic handling of this, the government need hauling over the coals, not the hardworking staff.

[quote Ibizababyy]@ChloeDecker your right I am angry. I’m angry not just on behalf of my own child but for all children across the country and the level of inequality that there has been in access to provision. It may well be the governments fault that the remote education guidelines were not robust enough to ensure that quality provision was provided and yes I blame them to some extent. But actually this thread started with the suggestion that teachers could have gone the extra mile. You’ll recall I completely disagreed with the suggestion that they should be willing to sacrifice their lives but that I agreed SOME teachers could have done more. Just as many have- yes the government ensuring that all went further would have been better but in the absence of that it is very apparent that some have chosen to meet the basic guidelines only whilst others have met the challenge of remote education providing the basic guideline needed and then some.

As for not doing the teachers work for them- in the absence of my child receiving any actual teaching, me ‘facilitating’ his work ie sitting down and reading him the PowerPoint and asking him the questions/ having the discussion with him, really is the same as doing the teaching surely.[/quote]
Don’t be angry on my child’s behalf.
He’s done fantastically from home.
No bullies.
No class clowns.
No idiots stealing his pen.
He’s flown through he coursework and his teachers have relayed to me that home learning clearly suits him. His work is ‘professional’ quality according to his graphics and media teachers. His English is outstanding now that he has full time use of a computer.
So please, don’t waste your time angry on every child’s behalf...school is utter shit for many children due to the ‘range’ of children who attend.

But the provision has been variable with some children left behind - some winners some losers . Interestingly a school would In normal circumstances would be asked to identify unachievment and construct an action plane. So I'd that now happens it might be different children who are "held back"