It's time. We know how our plan will change and will prepare to serve children five days a week. This week's blog has the purpose to encourage, update and supply you with the support and encouragement that will sustain you through this transition.
Please note the following few items to prepare you for a strong start on October 12th.
- We will work on you IBPD during professional development today
- Plan Time: You will have 8 am - 230 pm Monday October 5th. Additionally, you will have the 45 minutes each morning to plan and prepare. You will also have your PE/Music and Art times available.
- NO PLC this week. This time will allow you to prepare your room, class lists etc. I would encourage you to plan collaboratively. If you need other time please let me know.
- Questions: I'm answering them as they are posted.
- Recess: Please make arrangement to share duty until we can come up with a shared duty schedule.
- Planning: As you work with your team please focus on writing clear learning intentions and success criteria. Review where to post them in your classroom. Focus on using them during instruction and then assessing kids using their work as compared to the success criteria.
- Class Lists: We will be making calls this week to discover what parents will choose as an option. We will be making changes so class lists are balanced ie HYBRID/IN person etc. We will work to stay near the 60-80% range. Please note that there is a color code. Virtual. HYBRID day 1. HYBRID day 2. 5 Days
- Virtual YES/NO
- Continue HYBRID
- Choose 5 days a week.
You have what it takes to persevere.
I believe in your abilities and willingness to problem solve with your team.
For the Comment Section: What are your greatest hopes? What are you concerned about?
My greatest hope is that the kids who were hybrid & are now 5 days a week, maintain growth/success. We haven't seen behavior issues in a few and I think that is due to small class size & a lot of adult interaction. I hope they are able to maintain the positive personal growth with a larger class size. My biggest concern is that everyone stays healthy, physically & mentally.
ReplyDeleteMy hope is that students continue to show the same amount of concentration when nearly the whole class returns. My concern is when students play with their mask, pull it down or chew on it, and they will be closer to other students.
ReplyDeleteMy hope is for a successful transition back to 60-80% capacity and that student/staff interactions remain as positive as they have been for the start of the year. I'm concerned with keeping staff and students safe with the increased number of bodies and decreased amount of space we will have to distance.
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