RSD Staff Distance Learning Guidelines
Become familiar with these Distance Learning Guidelines. These will help you understand your responsibilities for teaching in this new way and creating a schedule for each week.
Weekly Live Connection
- Per MOU, all teachers will make a phone call to students in their class for the purposes of checking in on the students’ well-being.
- Special Services Staff will connect with the students on their caseload.
- Specialists will contact students with whom they feel the need to do so.
- Teachers will use a contact log supplied by the district to record student contact.
- Ways to connect with families - phone call, Zoom, Google Voice, etc.
Daily Message for New Learning
- A daily whole class message (written or recorded) from all classroom teachers will be posted. It will have a greeting and set objectives for learning for the day before beginning instruction.
- Specialists will correspond with students with whom they feel the need to do so.
- Post on Google Classroom
- Written messages can be posted directly on Google Classroom
- Video can be recorded through Zoom, Youtube, Flipgrid, etc.
Office Hours
- Teachers will hold office hours for students and/or parents 1.5 hours a week
Platforms: Phone call, Google Meet, Zoom, Class Dojo, Blooms, Google Voice, SeeSaw, Remind (can be split over several days)
Weekly Lesson Plan
- Weekly set of lesson plans must be shared with administrators, RSP, SLP, Intervention, and EL specialists the week prior to assigning for consultation on accommodations & modifications by the Friday before.
- Sample Lesson Plans
Daily Student Work Time
TK-2
- ELA/Writing (30 min-1 hour)
- Math (30-45 min.)
- Science and social studies is embedded (at least 1 science or SS lesson a week)
- ELD: integrate into ELA
- 30 minutes of reading (epic, being read to, independent)
3-6
- ELA/Writing (1-2 hours)
- Math (45 min-1 hour)
- Science and social studies is embedded (at least 1 science or SS lesson a week)
- ELD: integrate into ELA
- 30 minutes independent reading
Enrichment Teachers
- 30-40 minute daily lesson for each grade level span (K-1, 2-3, 4-6) of enrichment in art, technology, and PE
- Post on Google Classroom
Enrichment, Intervention & Other Services
- Enrichment teams will upload daily lessons for grade level spans (K-1, 2-3, 4-6). This will be uploaded to the teacher's Google Classroom or to the enrichment teacher’s google classroom.
Plaforms: Google Classroom. - Intervention, RSP, SLP, & EL Support Teams will meet to determine a plan.
Platforms: Google Classroom, Zoom
Learning Targets, Resources & Student Supplies
Know your grade level learning targets if you are a classroom teacher or learning targets for specialists. See also recommended resources for teaching to these targets.
Type of Instruction, Student Work & Communications
Instruction can be a combination of whole class, small group, or individual discovery.
Whole Class:
Teaching can be live or recorded
- Live video through Zoom, Google Meet, etc
- Recorded videos posted on Google Classroom (Zoom, Youtube, Flipgrid, etc)
Small Group/Individual:
- Possible Platforms - Zoom, Flipgrid, etc.
Students:
- will submit work as appropriate.
Plaforms: Google Classroom, Freckle, Envisions, Class Dojo portfolios, etc.
Teachers:
- Teachers will provide feedback to students on assignments that are “turned in” (grading, comments, discussion)
Plaforms: Zoom, Google Classroom, weekly phone calls, etc. - Teachers will respond to the parent or student communication within 24 hours.
Platforms: Phone call, Google Meet, Zoom, Class Dojo, Blooms, Google Voice, SeeSaw, Remind