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Derby Public Schools
PK-8 Schedule for Distance Learning
Revised 3/30/2020 (Added 8-8:15 for assignments to be posted based on parent survey)
8:00 - 8:15 a.m. - Post Content to your Google Classroom
Include a positive message to start the day
Post daily schedule for your classroom including unified arts/special ed/pupil services
Posting daily assignment with an expected due date/time
Option to include video messages and links to other learning sites
Include “office hours” - when you are available to conference with students
9:00 - 12:00 p.m. - Office Hours
Includes conferencing with district and building administrators at pre-scheduled times
Reaching out to students/families who are not accessing materials online/checking in
Should be active in Google Classroom and messaging with students as appropriate to support learning
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Feedback and Planning Time
Providing feedback to students through Google Classroom
Scoring assignments and entering grades in gradebook
Checking email and responding to student and parent questions in your Google Classroom
Check iReady usage and student progress
Collaborating with grade level/content area colleagues to plan for next day’s assignments and activities (posted by 8 a.m. the next school day)
Conferencing with district and school administration at pre-scheduled times
Attendance Practices
Elementary School Attendance Procedures:
Attendance will be taken daily by the classroom teacher each day by 9:15 a.m. for the previous day. Attendance calls will be made to absent student homes each day by members of the attendance team, however teachers should still be attempting to communicate via email or Google Classroom to engage students.
In order to be considered present for a day, a student must complete at least 50% or more of his/her assignments. If a student is not completing more than 50% or more of his/her assignments, the student will be marked absent for the previous day.
If a student is consistently not meeting the daily expectations, please continue to reach out to the student and family to provide support. Make sure to log all parent contact in Powerschool. The attendance team will also be monitoring attendance on a daily basis.
Middle School Attendance Procedures:
Attendance will be taken daily by the classroom teacher each day by 9:15 a.m. for the previous day.
Attendance calls will be made to absent student homes each day by members of the attendance team, however teachers should still be attempting to communicate via email or Google Classroom to engage students.
In order to be considered present for a day, a student will need to complete assignments for at least 1 class. To be considered engaged in distance learning a student must be completing/ submitting assignments in a minimum of three classes per day.
High School Attendance Procedures:
During the distance learning period, daily student attendance will be taken using Google classroom. Attendance specific classrooms have been created for each grade level. Students should join their respective grade level classroom and check-in daily (Monday through Friday). The attendance classroom codes are below:
Grade 9: wr77wso
Grade 10: j4sgsvw
Grade 11: r5azmlt
Grade 12: klpi3p3
Students will need to complete the Google attendance form once daily (Monday through Friday). Students will have until 11:59 pm to check-in for the day. All attendance data will then be uploaded into PowerSchool under the “homeroom” period. To be considered to be engaged in distance learning, a student must be completing daily questions and assignments in their classes. Staff will monitor student progress on a regular basis with follow up support (phone calls, emails, etc.) if necessary.