2020-21 Distance Education Plan Parent Informational Night August - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

2020-21 Distance Education Plan Parent Informational Night August 13, 2020

Thank you for your patience ● This has been challenging for all ● Less than optimal conditions ● We appreciate your patience and understanding

A New Vision ...district of choice All Students COLLEGE, CAREER, LIFE ...quality educational opportunities Success

Approach to Distance Education ● Adhering to District Mission and Vision ● Common Course Structure ● Effective Elements of Distance Education

Adhering to District Mission & Vision ● NJUHSD Mission & Vision ● Focus on Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s) ○ Essential Learning Outcomes ○ Clear learning targets, assessment, intervention and enrichment

Input by Committee ● Fall Planning Advisory Committee ● County Task Force ● District Guiding Coalition ● Management Team ● Staff Development/Tech Sub Committee ● Parent, Student, Staff surveys ● Bargaining Unit Negotiations

District Guiding Coalition Vision - To unify and empower staff with tools to collaboratively design and deliver a guaranteed and viable curriculum in an environment that values voice and choice in mastery of essential standards. Mission - To model and support the implementation of the professional learning community process with all NJUHSD staff.

Common Course Structure Goals ➔ Clarity, transparency, structure, consistency. ➔ Schoology LMS ➔ Common Syllabus ➔ Weekly assignments

Effective Distance Education Effective Distance Education is good teaching... done from a distance. ● Presence, Access, Clear Communication ● Universal Design for Learning ○ Engagement ○ Representation of content ○ Action & Expression

Expectations ➔ All curriculum will be delivered through the Schoology LMS. ➔ All teachers will use the class gradebook in Schoology, and will update grades on a biweekly basis. ➔ Teachers will organize curriculum in folders with a delineated naming convention (by week, by unit, or by topic). ➔ All teachers will utilize the district syllabus template for all courses. ➔ Teachers will respond to email correspondence within 2 school days. ➔ A weekly overview of assignments will be posted in Schoology under “Updates”. ➔ Instruction will be delivered asynchronously and synchronously. The District will make every effort to provide accommodations for students with barriers to internet access. ➔ Teachers will provide one hour of Office Hours per week for students and parents to access teachers. ➔ If delivering instruction when students are attending class, lessons will be made available to “full distance” students.

Other Strategies ● Student attendance ● Letter grades ● Addressing barriers ○ Access - individualize approach (hot spots, remote hubs, thumb drives, paper packets) ● Mental Health Task Force ● Food Services, weekly pick ups ● On-campus opportunities ● Staff Development

Staff Development 8/13-8/21 ● Boulders, Rocks and Butterflies … ● Delivered via Schoology LMS ● 6 Learning Modules for Teachers ● Online Platform Training ○ Zoom Pro, Google Voice, EdPuzzle, Padlet, Flipgrid, Peardeck, Desmos, Google Slides, Screencastify, Geogebra, … and more.

Student Orientation 8/17-8/21 ● Boulders, Rocks and Butterflies … ● Delivered via Schoology LMS Site Specific... - Admin Welcomes - Counselor Zooms - Intervention & Supports - Leadership Breakouts - Textbook distribution - Access Legwork

Bell Schedule Class Period Time Minutes Monday/Thursday 0 7:15 - 8:15 am 60 Break 8:15 - 8:30 am 15 1 8:30 - 9:30 am 60 Break 9:30 - 10:00 am 30 2 10:00 - 11:00 am 60 Break 11:00 - 11:30 pm 30 3 11:30 - 12:30 pm 60 Break 12:30 - 1:00 pm 30 7 1:00 - 2:00 pm 60 Distance Education Work 2:00 - 3:00 pm 60

Wednesdays Teachers Students ● ● Staff Meeting Distance Education coursework ● ○ Department Collaboration 240 min on Wed ● Office Hours ● ● Distance Education content Access to Office Hours development & coordination

Teachers are getting creative... ● Art teachers are distributing supplies to students ● Photography students will capture the times ● Ag teachers will be doing home visits, with home projects ● Shops are moving toward small group open shops ● Culinary is handing out food for the home ● Cameras are going home to capture dance routines ● New music software has been deployed to record and load for feedback ● Voice technique, solo pieces, and ensemble music is being collected, with time allocated to theory, composition, and history.

Opening School ● Goal of opening school following Fall Break. ● Tracking cases - staff, students, community. ● Watching and learning from our neighbors. ● The watchlist.

Questions ● Zoom attendance - how will that work? ○ When will schedules be out? ○ Zoom the whole period? ○ Call in? ○ Lessons, or … . ○ Completion of assignments? ○ Will a chromebook suffice? ○ What are attendance requirements?

Questions ● Internet Access ○ Will hot spots be available? ○ Can we check out textbooks? ○ Will library resources be available? ○ Can we access internet in the parking lots? ○ Will Zoom classes be recorded for future viewing?

Questions ● Social-Emotional Support ○ Will support services be provided? ○ What about the impact of hours of screen time? ○ How will my student make friends and connect with current friends?

Questions ● Academic Support and Student Engagement ○ What will be the impact on college entrance? ○ Will there be flexibility with when assignments are due? ○ How will teachers engage students?

Questions ● Labs and hands on classes? ○ How will science labs work? ○ Other shop classes?

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