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“Some students do as well in online courses as in in-person courses, some may actually do better, but, on average, students do worse in the online setting, and this is particularly true for students with weaker academic backgrounds.”

That doesn’t mean we don’t try

From EdWeek

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Planning: Your Guiding Principles

What do you value? What do you believe?

Personal Relationships

Google Meet, Google Hangouts and FlipGrid help us maintain and grow personal relationships

Health, Wellness and Safety

Being apart keeps us safer and increases our chances of staying healthy. Learning online helps us keep students safe.

Access and Opportunity for All

Partnering with Comcast, T-Mobile and AT&T has enabled us to get most of our students online for little or no cost. ChromeBooks are available to all students and 100% of students picked them up and have them in their homes.

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Planning: Your Platform and Programs

Google Suite

Online Tools

Online Programs

Familiar to our teachers, we chose Google Classroom, Meet, Hangouts, and Google Suite of products to conduct learning.

Our teachers receive ongoing PD in Screencastify, FlipGrid and Edulastic. These tools integrate with Google Classroom seamlessly.

Familiarity is key. We added nothing new, and went online with our Math, Science, Humanities, and Reading programs.

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Planning: Expectations

Clearly articulate expectations for teachers

Distance Learning Plan

Expectations Memo (imbedded in District Learning Plan)

Professional Learning

What We Said

Post a daily video so your students can see you every day
Use Google Slides or a template to clearly and purposefully communicate learning targets, expectations and links to assignments
Use Google Classroom as the hub of all your class activity
Use Screencastify, FlipGrid and Edulastic as tools for learning and assessing learning

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Our families and students are under stress and adjusting to an unprecedented situation. Go gently and keep the learning moving forward. We cannot afford to halt progress, but we can afford to be empathetic.

It’s about meaningful work, not busy work.

Web site for families with purpose of easy access to sites and programs.

LESS IS MORE