Perfect Storm for Teachers

Teachers may not realize that their crisis is forming and growing day by day due to school closures. People are increasingly complaining that their children are not being educated by their teachers, and are not agreeing to give aid to schools and teachers. It is conceivable that before long, people will even question whether teachers should continue to get paid. According to a survey by Horace Mann of 2,490 educators in the U.S. in June, 34% of them are considering leaving the profession due to the financial stress they’re feeling.

The Common Crisis of Students and Teachers

Therefore, it is time for both students and teachers to consider how to continue education with schools closed. Otherwise, students will waste their youth and teachers will lose their jobs.

Virtual Learning Company Performance

Many giant virtual learning companies are bragging about their virtual education products. However, as Trump president said: “Virtual Learning has proven to be TERRIBLE compared to In School, or On Campus, Learning."

Why TERRIBLE and Student–Faculty Ratio

Why? The fatal reason is that student–teacher ratio or student–faculty ratio of virtual learning is too high.

Student–teacher ratio is the number of students who attend a school or university divided by the number of teachers in the institution. For example, a student–teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that there are 10 students for every one teacher. Student–teacher ratios vary widely among developed countries. In primary education, the average student–teacher ratio among members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is just below 16, but ranges from 40 in Brazil to 28 in Mexico to 11 in Hungary and Luxembourg. --- wikipedia.org

Student–Faculty Ratio of Virtual Learning

What is the student–teacher ratio value of virtual learning? We can calculate it through a real virtual learning private school that is offering $400.00 virtual math class for this fall enrollment. On a four-month basis, that is, $100.00/month. According to the US National Education Association, the average salary for a teacher in the US was $5,000.00/month. Considering the virtual learning company's operating costs and reasonable profits, the math teacher needs to earn at least $10,000.00/month from students to get paid and ensure the basic operation of the company. Therefore, the teacher has to teach $10,000.00/100.00 = 100 students. So, the virtual learning private school’s student–teacher ratio is 100. Moreover, because it is a conservative calculation, the actual situation may be much higher than this.

The student–teacher ratio of virtual learning is more than 100.  However, in United States the average student–faculty ratio is 15.

The Shortcomings of the High Student–Teacher Ratio

Due to the high student-teacher ratio, teachers cannot correct the students' homework on the same day. Students enter the next day's new knowledge learning without knowing whether the homework is right or wrong. Such repetition will lead to vicious follow-up. At the same time, because the virtual learning system does not support handwriting devices, students can only do multiple choice questions in homework. There is no problem-solving process, for mathematics, physics, chemistry and other subjects is not feasible.

Virtual Learning vs. Traditional Learning

There is a lot of discussion about "Virtual learning vs. Traditional learning". It shows that people are difficult to give up the advantages of both, and difficult to accommodate their shortcomings. But there is no doubt that if people find a solution that can combine the advantages of the two and discard their disadvantages, which teachers can teach at home, students can learn at home and really get the same quality education as in school, people will not hesitate to choose. THAT IS SWOTE!

What is SWOTE?

SWOTE is Sanwhole Online Traditional Education. SWOTE is an online education self-help platform based on traditional education. SWOTE allows principals to set up virtual schools, teachers teach remotely, and students learn remotely, and can obtain the same quality of education as in school learning.  

SWOTE platform provides students, teachers and principals with all the infrastructure of distance education, including remote network platform, must-have licensing local supporting software and handwriting input equipment. The residents only need computers and Internet access.

In SWOTE platform, principals can establish their own virtual schools, recruit teachers and enroll students. Teachers can apply for the virtual school and carry out the remote teaching same as in school teaching. Students can choose virtual school to carry out remote learning same as in school.

SWOTE combines the advantages of the Virtual learning and Traditional learning and discard their disadvantages, which teachers can teach at home, students can learn at home and really get the same quality education as in school.

SWOTE requires major course student-teacher ratio less than 30 for its online traditional schools. Major course teachers must correct the students' homework on the same day. All the systems support handwritten input.

Safest

SWOTE allows students to learn in-person at home. Students studying at home will not infect other students and educators, and will not be infected by them.

Highest Quality

SWOTE allows students to learn at home. Students are still learning in the traditional way, including teachers in class teaching, students do homework after class, teachers correct students' homework, students correct their mistakes. In this cycle, students learning knowledge, correct their mistakes and consolidate their correctness. As the whole learning process of students is the same as that in school, they are still guided by real people teachers, students' homework and test papers are corrected by real people teachers, so students can get the same quality education at home as in school. Therefore, even if the school is closed, students can continue to complete their studies.

More Opportunities for Teachers

SWOTE allows teachers teach in-person at home. All teaching activities can be completed remotely from home, such as release teaching materials, assign homework and exams, correct each student's homework and papers, contact with students etc. Because it is the same as teaching at school, the workload of teachers remains unchanged or slightly increase, the demand for teachers is basically unchanged. Compared with the existing virtual learning, more teachers' job opportunities are reserved.

Pods - Opportunities for Parents

SWOTE provides an excellent platform for home-school. Parents can set up their own virtual schools like Pods and teach in turn. The SWOTE system only charges a symbolic basic fee.

SWOTE Operation Mode

Virtual schools in SWOTE platform operate as companies. Principal creates virtual school company. The tuition fees paid by students belong to the virtual school income and will be entered into the virtual school account. The salaries of teachers, principals and other expenses are deducted from the balance of the virtual school account. SWOTE collects virtual taxes and fees on the expenditure and income of virtual schools. The cost classification and virtual rate shall be implemented according to the company's management measures. The principal is the CEO of the virtual school, and has full authority to manage the virtual school. Virtual schools are SWOTE assets.

Remote Teaching

In SWOTE, teachers can teach from a distance, such as at home, and get the same salary as in school teaching.

All teaching activities can be completed remotely from home, such as release teaching materials, assign homework and exams, correct each student's homework and papers, contact with students etc. Because it is the same as teaching at school, the workload of teachers remains unchanged.

Remote Learning

In SWOTE, students can learn from a distance, such as at home, and obtain the same quality of education as in school learning.

Students are still learning in the traditional way, including teachers in class teaching, students do homework after class, teachers correct students' homework, students correct their mistakes. In this cycle, students learning knowledge, correct their mistakes and consolidate their correctness. As the whole learning process of students is the same as that in school, they are still guided by real people teachers, students' homework and test papers are corrected by real people teachers, so students can get the same quality education at home as in school. Therefore, even if the school is closed, students can continue to complete their studies.

Pods Micro-Home-School

SWOTE provides an excellent platform for micro-home-school. Parents can set up their own virtual schools like Pods and teach in turn.

• Safest

Unlike pods, which are well known, SWOTE Pods is still a remote education, all children are still learning in their own homes.

• Freest

Conditional parents can help themselves as teachers. There are no restrictions on the teaching content and course arrangement of SWOTE, which is completely decided by parents.

• Fastest

The audit time required to start SWOTE Pods is very fast, and your child can go to class as soon as one day.

• Almost Free

We only charges SWOTE Pods a symbolic basic fee, no other fees. It is almost free.

• Fairest

Both high-income and low-income families can afford it.

Therefore, SWOTE Pods is the safest, freest, fastest, cheapest and fairest.

Take advantage of the secure-by-design infrastructure, built-in protection, and global network that SWOTE uses to secure your information and safeguard your privacy. SWOTE video conferencing system is encrypted in transit and our array of default-on anti-abuse measures keep your meetings safe.

SWOTE provides Sanwhole iMail enterprise-class email services (Similar to Microsoft Exchange) for teachers and students.

SWOTE system as far as possible to complete the activities of teachers and students offline. In addition to watching teachers' online lectures, sending and receiving e-mail, sending and receiving homework or exams, all of them can be completed through Windows desktop software provided by us.

SWOTE system as far as possible to complete the activities of teachers and students offline. In addition to watching teachers' online lectures, sending and receiving e-mail, sending and receiving homework or exams, all of them can be completed through the Windows desktop software provided by us. In this way, the advantages of mobile devices such as mobile phones are utilized, and the advantages of PC and laptop are also brought into play. It solves the problem of online learning only.

We provide more than 10 supporting software, all of which are developed by ourselves. The same interface style, similar use method, integrated in the same window. Powerful, wide range. You do not need to install other software for using SWOTE services.

System Main Features

• Focus on traditional students and teacher' learning interactive process combined with P-D-C-A process control method.
• Homework and examination process control meets ISO 9000 documented information control.
• All traditional paper homework and exams, such as mathematics, English, physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography, etc. And image, audio and video homework.
• Standard learning process, multiple learning process and fully customized learning process.
• Students and teachers only need to add a simple handwriting board except for a PC and internet access.
• Enterprise class e-mail.
• Enterprise-Grade Video Conferencing System
• Integrated multiple Sanwhole own learning tools software including: Word, Excel, Painter, Explorer, Browser, PDF Creator, Website Creator, Daily Note, Presentation, Remember, Reviewer, etc.

Student Do Exam

Teacher Review 1

Teacher Review

Teacher Digital Signature

ISO 9000 P-D-C-A Process Control

A basic homework process includes teachers creating homework, students doing homework, teachers reviewing homework, and students correcting mistakes. This cyclic process meets the famous PDCA process. PDCA (plan–do–check–adjust) is an iterative four-step management method. Here, P is teacher creating homework, D is students doing homework, C is teacher correcting students’ homework and A is student correcting their mistakes.

ISO 9000 Documented Information Management

After the PDCA learning process is determined, ISO 9000 documented information management control should be introduced to ensure the uniqueness, identification and traceability of the process. That is to say, in the process, teachers and students are recognizable, the documents created by teachers and students are not modifiable, teachers' scores are not modifiable, and the operation process of teachers and students is traceable, etc.

ISO 9000 Continual Improvement

The system supports multiple times of students doing, teachers reviewing, and students correcting homework process. And more, iClassroom supports fully customized process control. Create, do, review, correct and so on are just a recommend education process, schools can fully customize different processes. The system does not impose any restrictions on custom processes and can adapt to any custom process automatically.

Rich and Colorful Learning

The system not only can be applied to all traditional paper homework and exams, such as mathematics, English, physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography, etc. but also can support image, audio and video homework. For example, music teachers can ask students to record singing audio for homework.

In fact, any file that can be stored in computer can be used as a medium for homework or exams. For example, professional drawings such as AutoCAD (.dwg) and more.

And, even online resources also can be used as a medium for homework or exams. Such as, website, online image, audio, video, YouTube, Vimeo, etc.

Fashion Learning

The system is equipped with fashionable network interface and supports full web client access. Sanwhole Studio desktop software supports a variety of color schemes and ribbon styles to create Microsoft Office 365 user experience.

Easy Learning

The system requirement is very simple – a simple handwriting board, install one software named Sanwhole Studio.

Remote Learning

The system is a complete remote learning system. No matter where you are, as long as you have can access internet, even if you are on vacation, you can check the documents control status through your mobile phone or carry out full-featured documents control through your notebook.

Examination Optimization

The examination process is the same as the homework process. The difference is that there are time limits and lots of papers in exam. Therefore, iClassroom must allow students to focus on answering questions instead of on iClassroom operation.

The system has made many optimization measures for this purpose. For example, iClassroom has its own Vole Paint software. Vole Paint supports stylus input and can open multiple exam papers at a time. And thumbnails are displayed at the top for each paper. It is convenient for students to read, edit and search papers quickly.

Digital Signature

Students and teachers use Vole Word Reviewer software to do local work. Where the teacher uses it to do Create, Review, Score process. Students use it to complete Do and Correct process.

Both students and teachers use the Vole Word Reviewer digital signature feature to identify the work that has been done. For example, student cannot change original homework or exam papers. Teacher cannot change the done homework which signed by student. But teacher can add comments and score to it. For homework that teacher has scored, reviewed, students can only browse but cannot modify.

If the homework or exam paper is in Microsoft Word format, the teacher can review directly without modifying the student homework or paper content. This is thanks to Vole Word Reviewer's reviewing Microsoft Word document without changing the file function.

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School E-Mail Service

With iMail server, teacher and students can get enterprise class school internal e-mail services. Even if you are on holiday, you can use your mobile phone to process school email.

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Enterprise-Grade Video Conferencing

Take advantage of the secure-by-design infrastructure, built-in protection, and global network that SWOTE uses to secure your information and safeguard your privacy. SWOTE video conferencing system is encrypted in transit and our array of default-on anti-abuse measures keep your meetings safe.

You can join a video conferencing classroom from any device - desktop/laptop, Android or iPhone/iPad.  Present your entire screen or an application window. Chat messaging with students and teacher.

Why should I choose SWOTE?

SWOTE is based on traditional education. Students can learn at home, and obtain the same quality of education as in school learning.

Students are still learning in the traditional way, including teachers in class teaching, students do homework after class, teachers correct students' homework, students correct their mistakes. In this cycle, students learning knowledge, correct their mistakes and consolidate their correctness. As the whole learning process of students is the same as that in school, they are still guided by real people teachers, students' each day’s homework and test papers are corrected by real people teachers daily, so students can get the same quality education at home as in school learning. Therefore, even if the school is closed, students can continue to complete their studies.

Is SWOTE Accredited?

SWOTE can provide detailed student academic transcripts and original test papers to relevant units, schools and universities. SWOTE student process control meets ISO 9000 documented information control that the whole learning process of students, including each homework and examination, has a complete original paper record.

These authentic, complete and traceable information about students can provide enough reference information for relevant units, schools and universities. To which countries, States, cities, schools and universities accredit this information, it needs the joint efforts of you and us. But there is no doubt that our detailed data give you an advantage over other virtual learning.

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Can I create pods micro-school on SWOTE?

Yes, you can.

Parents can set up their own virtual schools like Pods and teach in turn. SWOTE system only charges a symbolic basic fee.

SWOTE Pods is still remote education, and children are still learning in their own homes. Conditional parents can help themselves as teachers. Therefore, SWOTE Pods is the safest, freest, fastest, cheapest and fairest.

Does SWOTE have an attendance requirement?

No, it doesn’t.

SWOTE is based on traditional education. Although students learn at home, students are still learning in the traditional way, including teachers in class teaching, students do homework after class, teachers correct students' homework, students correct their mistakes. Their learning and rest time remains unchanged. They learn regularly and interact with their real people teachers all the time. Therefore, even if students don’t attend school, SWOTE can always master the state of students.

Who teaches students at SWOTE?

SWOTE employs trained and licensed teachers, experienced academicians, and innovative thinkers in their fields, all of whom are experienced in teaching in a virtual classroom. Most teachers have bachelor's degrees and many have master's degrees. SWOTE provides ongoing teacher training and professional development opportunities throughout the year as well.

What kind of support does a virtual teacher provide to his/her students?

SWOTE has no virtual teachers, only real teachers.

SWOTE is based on traditional education. SWOTE’s professional teachers provide same support to students as in school learning including in class teaching, assign homework after class, correct students' homework, etc.

Who is responsible for reading and grading students’ course work?

SWOTE students’ assignments are evaluated solely by their assigned teacher every day who review and grade all work in totally the same way as a traditional teacher would review it.

SWOTE forbids teachers to assign homework only but not correct it in time. The homework of the day must be corrected on the same day. Make sure that the existing mistakes have been corrected when students learn new content.

The 2020—21 school year calendar for SWOTE:

August 31, 2020: First Day of School

September 7, 2020: Labor Day—No Class

October 12, 2020: October Break—No Class

November 11, 2020: Veterans' Day–No Class

November 26–27, 2020: Thanksgiving Break—No Class

December 21, 2020 - January 1, 2021: Winter Break

January 18, 2021: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—No Class

January 25, 2021: First Semester Ends

January 26, 2021: Teacher Work Day–No Class

January 27, 2021: Second Semester Starts

February 15, 2021: Presidents’ Day—No Class

March 29–April 2, 2021: Spring Break—No Class

May 31, 2021: Memorial Day–No Class

June 10, 2021: Second Semester Ends/Last Day of School

School Closed - Additional Administrator/12 Month Employee Days: December 23, 2020; March 30-31, 2021; April 1-2, 2021

What hours will my student’s teacher be available to my student?

Generally, teachers are available standard working hours.

What hours will student attend school at SWOTE?

SWOTE is based on traditional education.  Students must strictly adhere to the same schedule as in school learning.

How, and how often, will my student interact with his/her teacher and/or other students?

Students have the opportunity to communicate daily with their teacher and other students.

Will I need to purchase books or materials for my courses?

All books and instructional materials for the course will be provided to the student. Ask your school principal for more detailed information. Basic school supplies such as handwritten devices, pens, paper, etc. are the responsibility of the student.

How do I purchase a print copy of a textbook?

Once your student's courses have been selected, we will then provide information regarding the purchase of hard copies for your child’s course materials. Please note that additional textbook purchases are not required. Ask your school principal for more detailed information.  

What curriculum does SWOTE provide?

It depends on the school you choose. Ask your school principal for more detailed information.

What technology will student need to participate in SWOTE?

Students are required to provide their own computer equipment and should have high-speed Internet access.

What computer skills do SWOTE students need?

Students do not need advanced computer skills to attend SWOTE. There is only one software named Sanwhole Studio installed in student’s computer. We offer tutorial videos; online help documents to help students become comfortable with the software.

Can I use my Apple, Macintosh computer to access SWOTE system?

No. Sanwhole Studio software can only be installed in Windows system.