Is This Really Happening?
Is This Really Happening?
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A short message from your Learning Experience Team.
We are here to help. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions or ideas!
Planning for and teaching a remote learning experience is a new endeavor for all of us, and learning to do so with the youngest students in our district will certainly take us on a journey we never anticipated. We expect that we will learn many things about ourselves as learners, as well as, about the resiliency of our students during this journey.
As we navigate the transition to a remote learning environment, Mason’s guidelines for remote learning are to provide consistency for our families and students. Knowing your students are accustomed to your way of instructing, continue to create assignments and organize learning in ways that are familiar to your students, yet also provide consistency across grade levels and classrooms in order to create predictability for families. Let’s work together to be sure we have the best “Response” to this “Event” which will produce the most positive “Outcome” for the best learning in Mason.
Our New Normal...
Our New Normal...
There are many things we will need to do to make this transition smooth for our students, our families, and ourselves. We will need to be incredibly reflective and honest with ourselves and our trusted colleagues to take on this new challenge. But we know that you all can rock this!
Take some time now to read through the following blog posts from some of our trusted thought partners. They give us some great advice on how we can take care of ourselves and our students as we make this transition.
Learning about yourself as you shift to home based learning... by Allison Zmuda
Maintaining School Momentum as Learning Moves Home... by Mike Anderson
5 Tips for Families as They Transition to Home Learning... by Aaron Roberts
The Emotional Crisis of COVID-19: A Call to Action... by Dr. Tracy Pinshow Navon
#remotelearning- It’s Happening… by Silvia Tolisano
Relationships: Always More to Learn from Responsive Classroom
Some Logistics...
Some Logistics...
What Are Students Doing?
What Are Students Doing?
This week students will maintain their learning momentum by engaging in learning activities that support and enrich their experience on the MCS Learning Momentum site This site will be shared with families later today. It was put together by the Learning Experience Team and Teacher Leaders. It is also an evolving resource; if you have suggestions for the site - please share them on the suggestions form!
Click here to review a full breakdown of what students and families are doing during each phase of our plan.
Click here to review a full breakdown of what students and families are doing during each phase of our plan.
Beginning April 6th: In Grades PreK-4 Teachers will be sending home a daily email to families detailing the learning for the day.
Beginning April 6th: In Grades PreK-4 Teachers will be sending home a daily email to families detailing the learning for the day.
** Note - We will test this out with families on April 1st-3rd.
This email will be a template that we will learn about in more detail later in the week. By using a consistent template across all grades, parents will have a familiar space to access and understand the learning goals for the day. The template is very general and easily customizable. If you would like to personalize your template - that is fine! Just please maintain the basic tabling format, and remember - you will be copying and pasting this into an email.
Templates will also be linked to your Schoology pages.
Templates will also be linked to your Schoology pages.
This link will be helpful to families in the event that an email goes to junk, or they miss a day, or accidentally delete. In addition, if a call comes in to the office, administrators and/or admin. assistants will know where to look for your document in order to assist the family.
FAQ:
What about teachers who team?
Teaming teachers will need to collaborate so that families only receive one email each day. We recommend creating one Template Doc together that you are both working from.
What about Special area/ Gifted Teachers teachers?
Each grade level and special area team will have a shared document that will be shared with teachers. Homeroom teachers will add your plans to their daily email - this will prevent families from receiving multiple emails each day.
What about Reading/ELL/IS?
You will want to collaborate with the classroom teachers you are working with. At this time, we do not believe you will need a daily template -but this can be changed or updated as necessary. Rather, we anticipate that your work will not be a post, but rather Google Hangouts with your students on a regular basis.
Now it's your turn! You are going to go ahead and get your template document ready and placed into your Schoology folder.
Now it's your turn! You are going to go ahead and get your template document ready and placed into your Schoology folder.
All Homeroom, Gifted, and Special Area Teachers should follow the steps/video below.
All Homeroom, Gifted, and Special Area Teachers should follow the steps/video below.
Related Services/Intervention/Reading/ESL - details will follow from your direct supervisor - you can skip down to the next green bar.
Related Services/Intervention/Reading/ESL - details will follow from your direct supervisor - you can skip down to the next green bar.
Step 1: Make a copy of the template below that corresponds to your instructional position:
Step 1: Make a copy of the template below that corresponds to your instructional position:
Kindergarten - Fourth Grade (daily) UPDATED: Weekly template, click here to make a copy
Note: Special Area/Gifted - you do NOT need to make a copy - just copy the link below and jump to step 4.
Step 2: Rename your copy as indicated in the title
Step 2: Rename your copy as indicated in the title
** Note - for teaming teachers - name it (last name 1, last name 2)
Step 3: Set the correct sharing settings:
Step 3: Set the correct sharing settings:
a. Click the Share button
b. Click Get Shareable Link
c. Change settings to Anyone with the Link can View
Step 4: Copy the Share Link
Step 4: Copy the Share Link
Step 5: Open your Schoology Page:
Step 5: Open your Schoology Page:
PreK: In the materials tab of your Social Emotional Gradebook
K-3: In the materials tab of your Work Habits Gradebook
4th grade: In the materials tab for each content gradebook that you teach (i.e. LA/SS or Math/Science)
Specials/Gifted: In the materials tab for each course you teach
Step 6: Add your link:
Step 6: Add your link:
Click on the Add Materials Button
Choose: Add File/Link/External Tool (choose link)
Paste in your Template Link and Type the Name: Remote Learning Experiences
Click Add
Drag link to top so it is the first thing on your list
Untitled: Mar 15, 2020 10:20 PM.webmBe sure to connect with your students and families!
Be sure to connect with your students and families!
Some ways you can connect:
Set up a class flipgrid with commenting so kids can talk back and forth to one another
Do a Facebook Live session
Make Phone Calls
Record a video
Check Out...
Check Out...
Optional Learning:
Optional Learning:
OPTIONAL LEARNING: Webinar: When My School Closed: Best Practices Used By Schools Closed by Coronavirus
Monday, March 16 @ 8:00PM
Spend an hour learning from four educators from school around the world whose schools have closed due to the coronavirus. They'll share everything about what's worked well and what hasn't related to providing digital education for students. Come prepared with your most pressing questions, as we'll save plenty of time for Q&A
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