Rob Grundy

Toronto District School Board educator (He/him)

[Take Me Outside @takemeoutside]

📣 Calling all educators! 📣

Our FREE Spring Outdoor Learning Virtual Workshop Series is now open for registration!

These 60 min virtual workshops bring together some of the top names and organizations in outdoor learning!

Don’t miss out! Register at: https://t.co/bT2ROFC7Eb

[Toronto District School Board @tdsb]

Kindergarten registration starts today! 🍏

Find out more and come learn with us ➡️https://t.co/F4vhKPHbRi

#KinderTDSB

[Jason To | 杜澤信 @Jason_To]

"Every teacher in our study was clear that being asked to teach in a blended-hybrid manner was the worst way to be asked to teach...This is not whining about working hard at all. It’s a professional assessment of a flawed model."
https://t.co/4nvyqYPyyg

[AlexisMcDonell @curiouskindie]

@tdsb this is ridiculous. What is the point of having a policy if you aren’t going to even follow it?
Also, it makes it seem like you have no idea what goes into a day of synchronous teaching that you think that we can just have that ready to go at the drop of a hat. 🤯

[Brandon Zoras @brandonzoras]

@SsimmonsTdsb That was my job this morning…breaking kits of 5 to kits of 2 with my n95 on, viral wiped table and gloves on. We have photocopied instructions with them but the “test tube racks” were limiting, was going to get creative to cut them in half but would need a saw.

[Elementary Educators @ETFOeducators]

To ensure safety in #onted schools, ETFO is calling for a return to monitoring and reporting COVID-19 cases/outbreaks in schools, and ensuring school communities are made aware of these cases/outbreaks, especially individuals who are close contacts.

[Pawanjit (Pav) Kaur Wander @PavWander]

You know what causes a lot of instability in mental health?

Constant shifts in the way that we can do our jobs effectively, having no confidence that those in charge of keeping me and students safe, and inconsistent messaging about priorities during a massive crisis.

#onted

[Dwayne Matthews @dwaynekmatthews]

Do we have a solution for lunchtime in Elementary schools where students eat and talk 15 to 30 in a room for 30 mins? Have we considered that 50% of people/children have long COVID symptoms @jbrownETTPrez @Sflecce @imgrund

[Joe Cressy @joe_cressy]

NEW. Announcing Team Toronto's plan to urgently hold targeted vaccine clinics for kids & education workers to help ensure safe school reopening:
-4 education worker clinics at City-run mass clinics
-27 school clinics for kids & education staff
-Redeploying City staff in support

[Rob Grundy @rob_grundy]

There’s also no December report card - those go out in February. How are these decision makers so out of touch with what actually happens in schools? The reporting schedule is based on the ministry's own rules!

[Mabel Lee @Mabel_Lee_OSN]

@robertbenzie I agree that schools should’ve been shut before Christmas, but “Secret Santa Week”? We are teaching curriculum up to and including the last day of school. This ‘third insider’ demonstrates a fundamental lack of respect for our primarily female workforce.

[Tara Slone @TaraSlone]

They had the summer of 2020 to prepare, they didn't. They had the winter break of 2020 to prepare, they didn't.

They had the summer of 2021 to prepare, they didn't. They had the winter break of 2021 to prepare, they didn't.

Now here we are.

[Gator⚡Gum @gator_gum]

PSA: The role of schools is not to keep the economy going.

[Rob Grundy @rob_grundy]

@metromorning @RebeccaZandberg What’s the scientific justification for children 12 and under isolating for 5 days, but unvaccinated adults isolating for 10? How are these groups different?

[Michael Warner @drmwarner]

If @ongov is serious about schools being 1st to open/last to close, start planning now.
-#COVIDisAirborne PPE for teachers/staff
-3 shots for teachers/staff
-upgrade ventilation as much as possible
-focused effort to get kids vax’d
-rapid “test to stay”
-routine RAT surveillance

[Fix Our Schools @Fix_Our_Schools]

Ford could find an extra $500-MILLION in new revenue for Toronto public schools tomorrow.

Fix Our Schools & TDSB have called for yrs for provincial gov't to amend outdated Education Development regulations. 💰 is left in developers' pockets, not invested in Ontario's schools.

[Toronto District School Board @tdsb]

Applications to our Early French Immersion program are now open. 🍏

Want to learn more?

Join us for one of our information sessions or learn more here ➡️ https://t.co/q0pdEIomba

[Dr. Michelle Au @AuforGA]

Vaccinated people are like wet logs, unvaccinated like dry kindling. COVID is the fire.

Can wet logs catch fire? Yes.

Can wet logs SPREAD fire once they catch flame? Sure.

But it’s MUCH harder to start a fire with wet logs, and nearly impossible when there’s no more kindling.

[Jamie Mitchell @realJ_Mitchell]

This entire section of the front matter to the grade nine math curriculum appears to have been removed.
Why?
Because some far right politicians got upset.
Why are they driving #OntEd curriculum?

YOU should care about this deletion, even if you don’t teach math.

[Downie Wenjack Fund @downiewenjack]

Today, over 500 radio stations across Canada are participating in A Day to Listen.

Some of the stories you hear could be distressing.

If you are Indigenous and need support, reach out to the Hope for Wellness help line 1-855-242-3310.

More resources: https://t.co/VAuhRHpKDO

[AlexisMcDonell @curiouskindie]

I want my kids to return to in person learning - and I want them to stay in person without having to “pivot” back and forth all year long. How are we going to make that happen? What’s the plan? We want to see the plan!