Aiken County Schools Remote Learning

Expectations for Remote
Instruction in Response to
COVID-19
Health and Safety
Our number one priority is the health and safety of our staff and
students; therefore, teachers are not expected to teach if not well, and
students are not expected to complete assignments/attend remotely if
they are not well.
Remote Learning / Instruction
Defined
Remote learning is defined as the temporary move from face-
to-face learning in a physical classroom to learning from home.
Remote learning may be provided for one student, a group of
students, a whole class, or a whole school. Remote learning is
not synonymous with virtual learning; however, live online
sessions may be required when a whole class or whole school
temporarily shifts to remote learning.
Remote instruction is defined as instruction provided by a
teacher who is in isolation or quarantine but who is able to
provide instruction.
General Assumptions
• Teachers have a dedicated device that he/she takes home daily.
• Students are assigned devices to take home. Any students who have opted out
of a device are expected to complete assignments.
•Teachers use Schoology to upload assignments.
•Teachers utilize Teams as the delivery platform for live instruction.
• Students know passwords for digital platforms.
• Schoology, Teams, Clever, Online Textbooks not accessed through Clever
• Students have access to textbooks, either hard copy, consumable, or digital.
• Teachers are actively engaging students in accessing and using digital platforms
during the school day.
• Teachers are proactively communicating to parents and students
expectations/log-in information, etc.
Possible Remote Learning/Teaching
Scenarios
1. Individual or Groups of Students Who Are Quarantined
(student quarantines are staggered)
2. Teacher Who Is Quarantined
3. Whole Class is Quarantined or Whole School Remote
Individual or Groups of Students
Who Are Quarantined
Option 1: Livestream classroom instruction (not required)
• Teacher provide/email parent & student(s) a link to Teams for the same
class period/class time on the student’s face to face schedule.
• Teacher set up laptop facing the smartboard or self.
• Teacher are encouraged to record lessons in order to easily capture
attendance. These may also be uploaded to Schoology.
• The teacher is not required to engage with students who participate
remotely while live streaming. This must be clearly communicated to
parents and student.
• Quarantined students submit assignments via Schoology or email.
• Quarantined students contact teacher via email for assistance.
Who Are Quarantined
Option 2: Teachers can deliver content through Schoology.
• Teachers can pull lessons and activities from the Schoology GVC or create
their own lessons and deliver through Schoology.
• Teachers are encouraged to include direct instruction (from digital
resources such as texts, videos, simulations – Safari Montage, Brainpop,
GVC, Reflex, Gizmos).
• Teachers, parents, and students will utilize email to communicate any
issues.
Who Are Quarantined
Option 3: Paper copies of assignments
• When teacher is notified that a student has been quarantined, the
teacher will make a copy of the assignments within 24 hours and follow
school procedures to deliver those to the student.
• Teachers should provide resources for students to be able to complete
work independently. For example, texts, models, images, examples,
charts, manipulatives.
Teacher Who Is Quarantined /
Isolated
• This applies to a teacher who has been quarantined (close contact) or isolated
(positive).
• The teacher is feeling well and able to work.
•The teacher will work away from the school site.
• The teacher has adequate connectivity.
• The teacher would not be counted absent if he/she delivers instruction as
mentioned below.
• Teacher livestreams instruction for his/her students.
• Substitute manages classroom as teacher provides instruction
• Students use devices with headphones to watch live instruction
OR
• Substitute uses desktop to project teacher through Teams for instruction (preferred).
•The decision for a quarantined/isolated teacher to work remotely should be made
jointly by the principal and the teacher.
Whole Class / Whole School Is
Remote
• Classroom instruction is provided by teacher, if able.
• Teachers work at the school site to deliver instruction unless the
teacher is quarantined or in isolation. If the teacher is not well,
someone at the school level should cover.
• Teacher delivers instruction via Teams and assignments through
Schoology.
Special Population
Considerations
• ESOL teachers will work with content area teachers to ensure
accommodations and modifications are made for students through
ELLevation and should check in with students through Teams.
• ESOL teachers will work to adjust schedules at the elementary and
middle level to serve students. At the high school level in elective
courses, ESOL teachers will use the same options as general education
teachers.
• Special Education teachers and service providers should use
contingency plans developed during IEP meetings to guide instructional
expectations (duration, frequency, and content area). Delivery of these
services should be documented as required.
• Administrators should ensure case managers are aware of
quarantined/isolated students to ensure continuity of services.
PD and Support
SC Instructional Hub
(aka Safari Montage)
Reminders of Digital Tools
• Utilize our digital resources.
• Ensure necessary staff know how to access digital platforms and our LMS
(Schoology)
• Instruction Hub
• Reflex Math*
• Dreambox Learning*
• Edmentum for High School
• Khan Academy (Links to MAP scores)
• WIN Software
• Math Nation*
• Read 180
• Raz Plus*
• BrainPop*
• Gizmos*
• Commonlit.org
• Quill*
Things to Consider
• Not all students have access to technology. Even with hotspots, some
students in rural areas do not have reliable access.
• Make sure students have access to textbooks.
• Schools should proactively plan for pairing teachers and support staff to
cover Teams should a teacher not be able to teach. Those individuals
should be added as members of Teams. Consider adding administrators to
every teacher’s Team.
• School administrators have access to all teacher accounts and should be
familiar with how to access a teacher’s Schoology assignments should it
become necessary.
• Consider how to support parents’ knowledge and experience with
technology.
• Proactively communicate with students and parents about procedures,
schedules, and frequently used programs.
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