"Teachers model behaviors that students mimic. When we model healthy, growth-producing relationships, students see how they work. When we model respect, kindness, and a range of emotions, students notice how we regulate and respond. But even more importantly, is the opportunity to help adults continue their social and emotional learning journey and become happier, healthier members of the community, both at school and in the wider community" - Distance Learning Playbook
ACTION PLAN FOR THIS WEEK:
*Keep a dedicated workspace - A space where you can easily teach and engage students
-Kitchen
-Spare room
-Garage
-Classroom
*Set ground rules with the people in your space
-Talk with your partner or kids about boundaries during instructional time (no cooking in the kitchen from 10-12)
-Post a sign on the door with a live instruction schedule
-Do laundry during the week so the washer isn't running while you are teaching
Where is your dedicated workspace?
What are your ground rules?
What guidelines you want to share with your students while they are working from home/daycare, etc
AVID
Advancement Via Individual Determination
Our AVID commitment is to hold all students to high expectations, Students need to be explicitly taught how to use organizational tools. They need to be monitored and held accountable. Take the time to teach your expectations and check in to make sure they are adhering to those expectations.
AVID Material
All AVID materials are distributed.
WICOR
W- Writing to Learn (we spent a lot of time on writing last year, with a heavy focus on teaching students how to read a text, pull out important information, take notes and use evidence to answer Essential Questions) Students can not write with out experience (in person, virtual or otherwise). They can not write about something they have not had a number of experiences with. We can not skip this step, they need visuals, multi-media, sensory, compare and contrast and other opportunities before they can write to a topic or subject.
C- Collaboration - We explicitly taught students how to collaborate, we used the 4 L's (or a variation). we provided sentence frames, assigned roles for each collaboration partner and followed up with feedback and checking for understanding.
O- Organization - It is so important to keep students organized, with hand held items, digital items, etc. We will all use the AVID binder and require students to be AVID ready (set a 30 second timer and they should be able to find what you are asking them to find- if not they are not AVID ready and they need support to become AVID ready. Peer support, teacher support, parent support, etc. )
R- Reading to Learn - Once students acquire the skills to decode, they shift to reading for a purpose, to learn. It is important that we are not just assigning reading to read, but rather to make connections, and expand a students learning process. Close Reading Skills are a great skill w need to teach all students. Use your protocols to walk them through how to identify important information and answer the Essential Questions.
EQUITY
Our equity goal for the year - Provide access to a quality education for all
We have started reaching out to families of students who are not participating. As you know, students and families are doing their best, and even with home visits and personalized insensitive, some are still not logging on. We will keep trying.
Due to Equity Conference being digital this year, we are going to cancel our attendance and I will take the same group next year that I had lined up for this year. I will ask Lori to cancel all. We never paid, so you can just ignore the emails that are coming in.
NUTS and BOLTS
Don't forget to check the bit.ly/HarrisonHub for all your Harrison needs
New attendance protocols. Please remember to do attendance daily, due by 11:59pm the follow day. Weekly Engagement Records need to be completed, signed and submitted to Amy the following Monday.
TK-2 Please check with your students and families and let them know that the reading books are not consumable. Only ELA practice book and math, the reading books are soft but need to be returned.
Screeners came out from Cori Orlando on Tuesday 9/8 - check your email.
Please remember to check in on each other. It is a lonely job and it can feel very isolating. Please be safe physically, mentally and emotionally.
Tutoring is coming soon for students. Information to come. (Looks like late September or October)
Teachers, don't forget to reach out to your assigned superior/aide - they are here to help.
This week-
Brown will be onsite Wednesday -Friday
Roe will be Onsite Monday and Tuesday
Lori will be onsite all day Wednesday and 11-3pm Thursday and Friday
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