Returning to School Yelm Chamber of Commerce July 14, 2020
March 13 We were doing some amazing things: Achievement Schools Ordered to ● ● Social Emotional Learning Leadership Development ● Shut Down ● Instructional Improvement Assessment ● ● Graduation Rates - 92.1% ● Not able to start state testing, or other year end assessments ● 154 Graduate Yelm! Partners Then... Completed 5,224 parent/teacher conferences ● ● Started online instruction with two weeks of planning ● Strong focus on seniors - all who were on pace to graduate made it
How Did We Do Served 145,000+ meals ● ● Distributed 3,300+ Chromebook During the devices Averaged 92% connectivity per week ● Shutdown? Highly ethical and equitable approach ● to new learning ○ Successful drive through graduation ○ Worked to move learning forward ○ We got better daily with distance learning ● Maintained enrollment and employment ○ Our staff wanted to work during shutdown ○ Maintained safety protocols for staff
We improved our delivery What Did We Learn ● We needed to better support During the parents in this environment Shutdown? Increased live and recorded video - ● from our staff ● Consistent schedules Social emotional opportunities ● really important ○ Zoom lunch with class, parades ○ Office hours We moved learning forward with ● integrity ● Some excelled in the platform
Current Planning - “We Can-Safely” Attitude Each district must submit a reopening plan to OSPI ● ○ Show how we will meet all DOH and L&I requirements ○ Show how we will account for student engagement daily Show how we will meet requirements for ○ ■ Daily health screening ■ Physical distancing ■ Hygiene ■ Facilities cleaning School, regardless of model, will look different ● ○ Normal may not resume for some time ○ Rules and guidance change almost daily New approach for issuing computers to students ●
Planning Groups - More than 250 people Governance Operations Labor Elementary Middle High School K-12 and Facilities Management Instruction School Instruction Teacher Instruction Focus Groups Performing Athletics and Nurse Busing PPE Student Comms Arts Focus Activities PPE and ordering Information Group Health Systems Screening Food Parent Staff Input Staff and Post- At risk Services Survey Data Data Student Secondary populations Wellness Students
What is the Current Plan? In-person instruction with as many students on site as health ● and safety guidelines allow ● Keep students and staff healthy ● Offer an online version where appropriate for families
What is a Hybrid Roughly half the students attend in ● person 2 days per week Model? ○ Alpha, by school, by grade level, by household ● Other half of the students attend online One day all students online ● Some students online full time ● ● Some students attend more than others Most impacted by shutdown ○ ○ Homeless, English Language Learners, some special needs students
Key Features of Hybrid Model Plan for students to be engaged full days, each day ● ● Regularly posted schedules for office hours and support Consistent tools ● Core 4 of Google Classroom, Zoom, Screencastify and ○ Google Docs ○ Live access to teachers and staff during the week Asynchronous (recorded) video access ○ Expectations consistent with a full educational week ○ ● Daily/Weekly Attendance ● More traditional grading, transcripts
This will be Difgerent Daily health screening for students and staff ● Most done at home using online attestation ○ ○ Staff trained in recognition of symptoms ● Strong protocols for potential/confirmed COVID cases ○ Isolation, DOH interaction, contract tracing ○ Possible for localized shutdowns ● Face coverings required for students and staff ○ Teachers may wear a face shield while instructing ● Physically distanced by plan ○ Food service, assemblies, large classes will make significant modifications Want kids to move, get time outside, ○ ○ Wash/sanitize hands
Upcoming Steps in the Planning Process July 22 - Board approval of planning process to be sent ● to the state ● Early August - parent surveys and notifications Assign to hybrid model ○ Determine full time online offering ○ ○ Modify Schedules ● Continue daily planning, retrofit, and adapting to changes in regulations PPE ○ ○ Cleaning supplies, machines
YMS is on Schedule! On schedule, under budget ● ● Will open in fall 2021 ● Yelm History wall ● Nisqually Tribe collaborate on design
Safety Projects Complete by Fall Yelm High School, RMS, Mill Pond - security entrance, lights, ● cameras, door entry security. ● Ft. Stevens, Prairie - security entrance, cameras, internal fire doors, classroom doors, entry security Next Summer Lackamas and McKenna safety projects ● Southworth transition to old YMS ● ● Southworth demolition and rebuild starts
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