September Reopening July 6, 2020 Agenda Review latest guidance - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

September Reopening

July 6, 2020

Agenda

• Review latest guidance (high points) from OSPI
• Overview of the current work
• Review parent and staff surveys
• Interests
• Discussion on possible plans for reopening
• Next steps

Guidance from OSPI

• Health checks when student arrive at school
• 6’ distancing requirement for classrooms and cafeterias

○ Reviewing classes (i.e. music, choir) to assure safety

• Grouping students (i.e. keeping elementary students together)
• Modifications for food service
• Hygiene practices
• After school activities

Current Work

• Staying on top of local guidance from OSPI & Health
• Parent and staff surveys
• Early conversations with principals
• Weekly updates to parents
• Staff website for latest work and plans

Task Forces:

• Health requirements for this fall (complete)
• Learning platform
• Online Curriculum Adoption

Parent & Stafg Survey

Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree

Parent Survey - 6919 Responses

Parent Survey - 6919 Responses

Partial Weeks - Whole Days Partial Days Every Day

No Preference as long a regular schedule

Full Time Online Other

Parent Survey - 6919 Responses

Comfortable with Safety Precautions Not Comfortable Until Vaccine

Parent Survey

Open Ended Response

What would you like the district to consider when planning for the reopening of school?

• 35% - Parents have a difficult time educating their children. They need

teachers.

• 37% - Go back to school full time - school as normal
• 10% - Similar platform used to teach
• 8% - Childcare concerns
• 4% - Consistency is important
• 4% - Sports questions
• 3% - Safety protocols

Staff Survey - 1145 Responses

Certificated Classified

Staff Survey - 1145 Responses

Partial Days Every Day Partial Weeks - Whole Days Regular Schedule Full Time Online

Staff Survey - 1145 Responses

Comfortable with Safety Precautions Not Comfortable Until Vaccine

Staff Survey

Open Ended Response

What would you like the district to consider when planning for the reopening of school?

• 40% - Safety
• 8% - Consistency
• 7% - In class as much as possible
• 6% - Teacher Workload
• 6% - Childcare
• 5% - Equity
• 5% - Concern about non-engaged students
• Other common responses: SEL & Mental Health, Special Education,

Specialist/Elective program, Expectations for Students, Internet access

Summary of Surveys

As summary of key points from both surveys:

SURVEY SUMMARY

Possible Models

Several Possible Models

Priorities & Interests

• Keep students and staff safe
• Provide for students furthest from educational justice and those requiring

in-person services to fulfill their basic education needs

• Maintain student engagement/learning
• Students physically present as often as possible
• A model that supports in-person and online learning - fluid
• Fair to parents with regard to childcare and learning resources

“AM - PM” Model

• Every student comes to school everyday for a half-day, Monday-Thursday
• Longer workday for staff, which results in 4-day workweek

Positives:

• Students at school daily so student engagement increased
• Daily embedded planning time for teachers
• Solves cafeteria distancing requirements
• Consistent schedule

Negative:

• Long day for teachers
• Stretch Transportation resources

“A - B” Model

• Full days for students, but only half the student body on any given day
• Teachers would have one day without students to support distance learning,

PLC work, and planning Positives:

• Consistent schedule
• Daily embedded planning time for teachers
• Full days for students

Negative:

• Student engagement could be reduced
• Students in school fewer days each week

Other Models

• We have not settled on a model for September.
• No model is perfect. All models stretch our resources. The previous two

models align best with outlined priorities and interests.

• Plan to collaborate further with stakeholders on model options before

selecting one and allocating resources.

Preparing for Students

Bethel Virtual Academy & Learning Platform

Work Preparing for Return to School

• Bethel Virtual Academy (BVA) being set up

○ Registration open ○ Reviewing Online Curriculum with a teacher committee ○ Determining what it means for an enrolled student

• Secondary Reviewing Student Learning Platform

○ Committee of 75+ reviewed options ■ Build out all courses in CANVAS

• 150 hours per course
• Teachers indicating willingness to work now

■ Purchase an online platform with courses built that allows teachers to modify

Next Steps

Next Steps

• “Pre Work” complete (with principals, Child Nutrition, Transportation) so we

have an idea of what’s possible

• Conversations with BEA; will have similar meeting w/PSE
• Looking at methods to get staff feedback and buy-in
• School board needs to approve the back-to-school plan prior to August 20,

2020

○ Submit approved plan to OSPI

* Tight timeline. Communicating plans to parents.