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Leadership Actions to Mitigate a COVID Learning Loss Webinar June 11, 2020 Slides

Introductions

Joseph Sassone, M.Ed. Melissa Lambert, M.Ed.

Upcoming Offerings

10-minute check-ins with school and district leaders

The Return Chronicles

3 Ways to Get the Most From Our Presentation

• Take notes on the actions you want to implement

quickly.

• THINK of ONE QUESTION you would like us to answer

while we’re together.

• Decide on just one ACTION you plan to complete in the

next 24 hours.

3 Leadership Actions to Mitigate a COVID Learning Loss

• 1. Accelerate learning don’t remediate
• 2. Leverage synchronous and asynchronous delivery types for

distance and in-person learning.

• 3. Support your team with a Decision Matrix as you develop a

learning loss strategy

Physical Environment to Prevent COVID Outbreak Social/ Emotional Health and Supports Attend to Basic Needs Grade Level Content is an Academic Priority Equitable Supports for ALL Learners Powerful Partnerships with Families

The Return

REMOTE LEARNING CONTINUES HYBRID OPENING IN-PERSON OPENING

Support teaching and learning remotely for the majority of students. Support teaching and learning remotely and within the school building for the majority of students. Support teaching and learning within the school building with the chance

• f rolling closures.

Unfinished Learning

Unfinished Learning Refers to any prerequisite knowledge or skills that students need for future units that they don’t have yet

Summer Loss

Summer Loss Equal to about one month of grade-level learning that took place during the school year

LEARNING LOSS

COVID

COVID-19 Loss A learning loss of 30 percent in reading and 50 percent in math

Accelerate Learning Don’t Remediate

Accelerated learning requires that students consistently receive grade-level materials, tasks and assignments along with appropriate scaffolds that make the work accessible.

Leadership Actions to Mitigate a COVID Learning Loss

• 1. Make a commitment and anchor your strategy to ensure grade level

instruction is an academic priority despite your RETURN scenario.

• 2. Don’t rush to use diagnostic assessments to determine what

students have lost during remote instruction in order to remediate their learning.

• 3. Use formative assessment practices to determine next steps in

instruction on knowledge, skills and language acquisition.

• 4. Provide an additional layer of support to Multilingual Learners and

students receiving special education

What can you do now?

• 1. Adapt your scope and sequence/pacing guide now!
• 2. Prioritize the most critical prerequisite skills and knowledge for each

subject area and grade level

• 3. Plan your approach to diagnosing students’ unfinished learning

through formative assessment practices

• 4. Give teachers permission to the adjust pacing calendar to add in

additional lessons for critical prerequisite skills

Understand Diagnose Act

• Study the priority standards for upcoming instruction
• Identify critical prerequisite skills and understand students

need access grade level content

• Determine student understanding of prerequisites based on

diagnostic or formative data

• Determine If gaps exist for the whole class or a small group
• Whole class needs: plan to build needed scaffolds into

upcoming lessons. If needed, adjust pacing calendar to add in additional lessons

• Small group needs: plan differentiated instruction or

coordinate to address gaps within targeted intervention periods or extra instructional time

Train your School Leaders and Teachers

Achieve the Core. Christina Allison 12/17

Factors Emphasis Benefits

Applying a Balance of A/Synchronous Sessions to Remote Learning for MLLs

Physical Environment to Prevent COVID Outbreak Social/ Emotional Health and Supports Attend to Basic Needs Grade Level Content is an Academic Priority Equitable Supports for ALL Learners Powerful Partnerships with Families

The Return

Model the Way Inspire a Shared Vision Enable Others to Action Encourage the Heart Challenge the Process

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership

Decide on just one ACTION you plan to complete in the next 24 hours.