#MCPS KINDERGARTEN JUMP START PROGRAM HOW TO#

You always have to have an emergency lesson in your back pocket so it takes extra planning time as well. It often takes the copy team says to get out to repair so it's extra fun when the internet and the copy machine don't work. Sometimes I have to go get my kids from recess or specials so don't have time to completely unjam it and I feel badly leaving it for the next person but I'll get in trouble if I'm late. I can't even count how many lessons I've had to check at the last minute due to tech failures or how many lunches I've spent unjamming the copier. If they're forcing all this tech on the teachers, they need to make sure it works!Īnother teacher here and this is spot on. OMG! So many issues with the Promethean (sp?) boards daily and the Chromebooks in the higher grades. Such a nightmare.Īnd I agree about the internet issues. And, they have a special Copy Repair Team, so you have to wait until someone can actually come to the school to make those copies. I have made thousands and thousands of photocopies and the copier is always a nightmare. I have been volunteering at my kids' ES for the past 5 years. The copier jammed 4 times and I spent 2 hours correcting the jams. I went into school this summer and my principal asked me to make copies of a document for her. Whenever I make copies I cross my fingers praying that the copier won't jam. People wonder why teachers resort to so many hard copies/worksheets and a lot of it is that we can't rely on being able to connect to the server/internet on any given day. This would never fly in a for-profit world. Yes, it's passive aggressive but I don't care at this point. I've started sending help desk tickets with the statement 'if you want me to be able to do my job, please do yours and ensure we can access the resources we need to be able to teach our planned lessons'. How the supervisor of tech hasn't been fired yet I have no clue. I'll spend a lot of time designing resources on Google (which we're encouraged to do) and then I won't be able to access the internet. I'm a teacher and we lose contact with the network ALL THE TIME. What a waste of money just because they have a program that isn't well designed. This whole Jump Start program was a waste of resources.Īnonymous wrote:I also had issues with getting the program to work on my home computer (kept getting messages that the MCPS server for Jumpstart wasn't installed appropriately.) the MCPS tech people offered to lend me a laptop. Something pretty and fun that goes over some handwriting practice and number recognition and patterns, shapes etc. They could even make up a specific MCPS workbook (in color) that they give out in orientation for probably less money. They'd be better off sending a letter or emailing parents: google youtube video x on phonics and have your kids watch.Īnd you could save the taxdollars spent on the time spent by online curriculum development and technology staff in developing these fairly useless things. do you think most parents are going to have the time or IT skills to do that?Īnd once you finally do that, yes, I agree with the earlier PPs, the content isn't very good.

If you already have a google account (which a whole lot of people do), the link doesn't work, and you have to set up a separate profile in google apps for your kid.

#MCPS KINDERGARTEN JUMP START PROGRAM HOW TO#

they should just send emails with a link for people to enroll, but no, you have to enter the URL (which I got from DCUM, nothing was ever sent to me), then enter the google form, then wait a couple of days, and receive an email with a link to instructions on how to set it up. Anonymous wrote:there is so much wrong with this program.

Mcps kindergarten jump start program