A year ago, the French school discovered the distance.
Two months of teaching by interposed screen, whatever the school level - elementary, college, high school, or college.
An ordeal for teachers and their students, not at all prepared at the time: "5 to 8%" of schoolchildren went out of the radar at that time, estimated the National Education, ensuring that all returned to their own. bosom at the next school year.
We will have to get back to it: this Wednesday evening, Emmanuel Macron announced the closure of schools from this weekend and a week of distance learning for all from Tuesday April 6 (Easter Monday being a holiday), before fifteen holidays and a face-to-face return for the first degree, but another week of distance for middle and high schools.
In one year, have we learned to home school?
“The main thing that has changed is that we don't go blind,” replies Jocelyne, director of a small school in Charente-Maritime.
Above all, she recalls that for the first degree, it will only be for four days: "We will not lose anyone for such a short period" she hopes.
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So, the distance in his school will be "without video lessons", only with "exercise books" distributed to the little ones this Friday evening, the corrections sent to parents by email and a presentation to be delivered via the letterbox of the school. 'school.
The advantage of this organization, says Jocelyne, is that her teachers will not have to “juggle” between face-to-face and distance learning.
"Because we will welcome in class the children of caregivers, and other priority professions", she recalls.
What about kindergartens?
"It is not viable at this age, they would not understand the principle of distancing," said Carla Dugault, co-president of the FCPE, one of the main federations of parents of pupils.
As a result, everything depends on the families.
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Situation a bit different for older children, where the distance will be - at least - to be applied twice a week.
Nicolas, principal in a priority area establishment, will leave the choice to the teachers.
“Those who feel like teaching on video will do so.
Out of twenty teachers, five or six have already said that they would do it, ”he explains.
Avoid technical problems
Not without difficulty: “Making the call already takes ten minutes.
With connection and communication concerns, there isn't much left of a 50-minute course, ”he notes.
This Thursday and Friday are devoted to transmitting to the students "connection codes and instructions" to ensure the success.
Same organization at the Berlioz school city in Vincennes (Val-de-Marne).
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"In one year, we learned lessons, on the fact of not multiplying the tools of connection, on the absence of coordination or the distension of the bond with the families", details Bruno Bobkiewicz, the principal.
With his teams, the man prepared a methodology "class by class, teacher by teacher", distributed to his flock.
For Philippe Vincent, principal in Marseille and general secretary of Snpden, a union of school leaders, “it will not be insurmountable”.
He spent "a few thousand euros" for the purchase of cables and webcam.
"But if teachers have to teach from home, it will be with their own equipment," he warns.
On this subject, the famous IT bonus of 150 euros, paid to teachers in February for the purchase of ad hoc equipment, "was obviously not enough to acquire properly without using personal funds", notes Stéphane Crochet, of the union teacher SE-Unsa.