Things to consider:
- Will the alternate day remote learning schedule be enough with just activity classes, support services, and tech cycles (SS and tech cycles will just be offered to some children and/or grade levels).
- So, it's essentially just their activity class that day, and whatever the teacher leaves. Maybe that's a great day to work on something creative? A day for choice boards?
Will materials get lost....yes. We'll really have to enforce responsibility.
Simultaneous lessons:
We currently do not know how we are starting the year: blended or online....
Why we chose the current schedule option:
Tried to avoid 1 group at school while another online, but....the other options presented issues...If grades at school at a time, then each class has to be split in half, which would require two classrooms and two teachers per each grade level. Quality of teaching and learning would be less desirable in this scenario. Teachers wouldn't have breaks, staff would be spread so thin that there would be no room to cover teachers if they got sick. The doctor also did not like 4 days of a group on campus because exposure and sickness is more risky.
morning/afternoon scenario was disregarded because that would be too difficult for parents and teachers.
So, the schedule decided on seemed the easiest logistically. Students are split by last name, there may be some modifcations.
Benefit: F2F, you only have half your students, so that could be good.
You will not teach the same lesson simultaneously.
You can do that: live feed....but not ideal.
Students at home do independent work.
Wednesday is eDay is more a medical reason. Having 2 days between exposure allowed for kids with symptoms to get tested and/or get results.
Parents will have to think about childcare for two days a week.
Community building: Monday group can leave notes for Tuesday groups....Wednesday can be a big community day.
How can lessons be arranged?
Projects could be at home
Independent days: students can work on other subjects (science, STEAM, etc.)
We currently do not know how we are starting the year: blended or online....
Why we chose the current schedule option:
Tried to avoid 1 group at school while another online, but....the other options presented issues...If grades at school at a time, then each class has to be split in half, which would require two classrooms and two teachers per each grade level. Quality of teaching and learning would be less desirable in this scenario. Teachers wouldn't have breaks, staff would be spread so thin that there would be no room to cover teachers if they got sick. The doctor also did not like 4 days of a group on campus because exposure and sickness is more risky.
morning/afternoon scenario was disregarded because that would be too difficult for parents and teachers.
So, the schedule decided on seemed the easiest logistically. Students are split by last name, there may be some modifcations.
Benefit: F2F, you only have half your students, so that could be good.
You will not teach the same lesson simultaneously.
You can do that: live feed....but not ideal.
Students at home do independent work.
Wednesday is eDay is more a medical reason. Having 2 days between exposure allowed for kids with symptoms to get tested and/or get results.
Parents will have to think about childcare for two days a week.
Community building: Monday group can leave notes for Tuesday groups....Wednesday can be a big community day.
How can lessons be arranged?
Projects could be at home
Independent days: students can work on other subjects (science, STEAM, etc.)
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