What I want to happen:
To be allowed the same distancing and safety measures as anyone else returning to work. Those coming into contact with lots of people, such as in shops etc, have PPE, distancing, limited numbers, screens etc. If it's not safe for them to be featuring to normal it can't be safe for us to be. What measures are going to be taken to keep us safe in the same way as everyone else?
To be told how to teach primary children while maintaining 2m distance. It's been a long time since "chalk and talk" where the teacher stands at the front and lectures a class. Teaching methods today do not fit with distance. What are we expected to do? If it's to return the the lecture style then we need support/time for both us, our pupils and parents to adjust.
Ventilation and air flow sorted. As a safety measure windows in my school can only open a few cm, not nearly enough for proper ventilation. But if we remove the safety features surely we're swapping one risk for another?
Resources. Schools are underfunded. This isn't a new thing but it is a fact. We share resources like text books, concrete materials for maths, art supplies, projector and lighting remotes, science resources, ICT etc etc etc. Are we still to share these things? Not use them? Be given funding to get more?
Cleaning. Funding was so low that desks were only cleaned every second/third day in my school. Will this be increased? Will I be expected to do it?
Start and end times, breaks etc. Will these remain staggered as planned or be back to usual? If back to usual, 400 children and staff will be using a dining hall within a 45 min period. How is distancing and hygiene maintained here?
Parents. Will meetings be going ahead as normal or will there be another way? If there's another way how will it work? Are they allowed into the grounds? If not, how do we safely get 200 infant children to and from their parents at a single gate at start and end times?
Testing and outbreaks. How will testing work? If one person in a class has symptoms do they all need to be tested? Is it just that class? that class plus siblings? The school? If they school has a pupil who tests positive does it close? If it closes do we return to home learning? If so when do we get the chance to set this up?
Return in August. The day before finishing when this new announcement was made I was in my new classroom, setting it up for 12 pupils and new ways of working. Desks had been removed to other buildings, soft furnishings and books (books!!) Had been removed and I had my class list. Now everything has changed. When is there time to get it back to "normal" - the inservice day before pupils return is filled with things like child protection and fire training that is required by law. Classification of our school takes weeks. Our leadership team worked flat out to classify into classes no more than 24 with two groups for blended learning. We can't fit these classes into the building if all pupils return together so reclassification needs doing. When do we get time for that?
In normal times I cover ncct - time out of class that each teacher has for planning, marking and preparation. This means I don't teach 33 children - I teach 240 aged 4-12 a week, moving between classes. Is this going to be allowed? If not, how are teachers going to get this time?
These are just a few of my questions and concerns, off the top of my head. There's other issues like helping younger children with shoes etc, water fountains, first aid, behaviour and I'm sure a million other questions. This is not the same as returning adults to an office - for one I don't know any office where the members will occasionally wipe their snot on another person's leg or instinctively climb onto your knee for comfort.