District - "Only the final classes": A sentence that the school principals in the Miesbach district experience in very different ways in the practice of the alternating lessons that have been in effect since yesterday.
While Werner Oberholzner still wanders through "ghostly empty corridors" at the Tegernsee high school, Michael Hüttl at the Fachoberschule (FOS) Holzkirchen has to try to distribute 15 classes and thus a good half of his students in terms of time and space so that the specifications the general hygiene plan continues to be adhered to.
As in distance teaching, the same applies now: The technology helps to minimize friction losses.
Vocational schools
The FOS relies on hybrid training for its graduating students.
Half of them are sitting in the classroom, the other half switching to live from home via laptop - alternating daily.
So you can map the timetable one to one.
"Resource-saving multitasking" is what the school principal calls this form of teaching.
"It got off to a good start," says Hüttl after the first morning.
"We are also very well positioned digitally."
At the vocational high school in Miesbach, distance teaching has proven its worth, reports headmaster Martin Greifenstein, referring to a survey among 18 to 25 year old students.
“They also like to work independently.” Alternating classes, on the other hand, have disadvantages.
“Then we only have half the class in class.
The rest is left to itself. "
High schools
Oberholzner also sees the changeover model only as the third best solution after face-to-face and distance teaching.
The additional organizational effort for teachers and students is not canceled out by social aspects.
Currently only 36 Q12 students are in the house at the same time.
A nice school atmosphere does not arise - especially since the concern about a potential infection always resonates.
This is probably one of the reasons why almost all students wear FFP2 masks.
Voluntary, as Oberholzner praises.
The headmaster of the Holzkirchen State High School, Axel Kisters, points out that the quiet in the school building also has its positive sides.
In this way, the prospective graduates could prepare well for the exams that are still outstanding in their courses.
For the coming weeks, Kisters wants one thing above all: the ability to plan.
"The less uncertainty, the better."
60 students in the classrooms, 60 at home at the same time in front of the computers during the live stream: "So far, the experiences have been positive," says school principal Rainer Dlugosch about the alternating lessons at the Miesbach high school.
"It is now working quite well because only the Q12 and a few teachers are working in the school building." It only becomes difficult when all students are taught alternately and the load on the data line increases.
Realschulen
The secondary schools are currently not yet in alternating classes.
That comes on February 15 at the earliest, reports Tobias Schreiner, head of the Tegernseer Tal secondary school in Gmund, and refers to a message from the Ministry of Education.
“Until then, we'll stay in distance learning.” The “simultaneous scenarios,” says Schreiner - that is, everyone in the classroom or everyone at home, have proven their worth.
Especially since he reckons that the school's data lines will quickly become overloaded during alternating lessons.
School traffic
The buses operated by Regionalverkehr Oberbayern (RVO) GmbH are still fully closed.
As District Office spokeswoman Sophie Stadler announced when asked, the vacation schedule still applies here.
This is mainly due to the fact that from the 11th grade onwards there is no longer any entitlement to transport.
“Nevertheless, it is important to us that the students come to the schools when they are already open,” emphasizes Stadler.
If there are any problems, the District Office asks for notification.
"Then we can try to find a solution."
sg / ddy