Comprehensive Distance Learning Family Sessions - August Starting - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Comprehensive Distance Learning Family Sessions - August Starting at 11:00am ● All microphones are on MUTE when you clicked on the ZOOM link - please double check that your microphone is on mute ● We will begin with a slide presentation and overview - some of your questions may be answered in our presentation and overview ● After our presentation, questions may be forwarded by using the Q & A feature on the bottom bar of the ZOOM screen

Comprehensive Distance Learning Overview 2

Why I n order to resume in-person instruction in any form, including hybrid instruction models Comprehensive when students are only sometimes in the classroom, the following conditions must be Distance met: Learning? County Metrics (Must be Met Three Weeks in a Row) 10 or fewer cases per 100,000 people ● over 7 days Governor Brown and ODE Ready Test positivity of 5% or less over 7 days ● Schools, Safe Learners: Community COVID 19 Metrics Statewide Metrics (Must be Met Three Weeks July 28, 2020 in a Row) Test positivity of 5% or less over 7 days ● 3

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Comprehensive Distance Learning Return to School Plan 7

Guiding Principles ▪ Ensure safety and wellness: Keep students, families and stafg physically and emotionally safe. ▪ Cultivate connection and relationship: Care for the social-emotional needs of students and stafg. ▪ Center Equity: Difgerentiate to meet the learning needs of every student with an intentional focus on our most marginalized student populations. ▪ Innovate: Keep learning the priority by creating a strong learning environment no matter what delivery model. 8

Stakeholder Engagement - Support - Outreach Our Numbers 1006 students + 893 parents 3200 - Chromebooks loaned to completed Spring Distance Learning students (spring) Survey 189,574 - Grab and Go Meals (4 school sites since March to July) 176 - Spring Distance Learning 13,183* - Food for Families (SUN Teacher Survey Pantries + IRCO Backpack + Los Francos Food Truck 773 families completed Summer Safe Partnership + Grow Portland) Schools; Ready Learners Survey 2,389* - Farm to Family Food Boxes (Pacific Coast Fruit Company USDA Grant 6 - Family Communication Sessions Partnership) ▪ 5 Virtual Spanish (May + August) * includes direct deliveries to families homes by DD and ▪ Virtual African American (begins August 25 SUN Stafg 90 - Direct Family Phone Calls 9 ▪ 75 Spanish

Stakeholder Engagement Our Lessons Learned ▪ Every family has needs and priorities are difgerent - flexible supports are needed □ Positive and Thankful vs. Overwhelmed □ Too much work vs. Not enough work ▪ Everyone (students, parents, stafg) is trying to figure out how to have “life balance” □ school, work, and family ▪ Parents want more direct instruction with teachers □ merely posting assignments on Google Classroom and expecting student to complete the assignment is not efgective instruction ▪ Consistent platforms that teachers use to instruct and turn in assignments ▪ Clear and Consistent Communication □ Between our schools and our families □ Additional culturally specific communication sessions are needed to connect with native language and families groups ▪ Accountability and Progress Monitoring of Student Performance ▪ Social and Emotional Supports ▪ Continue to partner and work side by side with our families and our Community 10 Partners Organizations to help our students

Teaching and Learning Applied Learning Applied Learning Students build ofg of the teacher's facilitated learning in meaningful ways where the students are challenged to go deeper in their understanding through making connections from a number of concepts. Applied learning may be done individually or in collaboration with peers, family and community. 11

Academic Conditions: Key Features ● Student learning happens five days per week. A combination of synchronous, asynchronous, and applied learning. ● ● Synchronous Learning includes ELD & Special Education Services. Daily synchronous connection to teachers & opportunities for peer interaction. ● ● Students assigned the same group of teachers whether in a virtual or hybrid model. Courses aligned to grade level standards. ● ● Access to digital curriculum Report cards and opportunities for regular feedback from teachers. ● ○ Elementary Proficiency-Based Grading Secondary: Letter Grades ○ ● Elementary: Music, PE, and Wellness (Social Emotional) MS & HS Four periods per day- core classes plus electives. ● ● Daily scheduled teacher offjce hours for student and family support. 12

Operational Conditions: Key Features Nutrition Grab and Go Meals will continue to August 28 - updates for Fall Pending ❏ Exploration of distribution via bus routes about September 14 ❏ Food Pantries will continue - updates for Fall Pending ❏ Attendance Will be taken daily and monitored by stafg ❏ Sports and Extracurricular Activities Seasonal Sport Calendar changes - continued updates pending ❏ 13

Student and Family Support Key Features: Equity and Access ❏ Meet students’ basic needs Ensure equitable access to learning resources - technology + instruction ❏ ❏ Proactively design responsive strategies to communicate and support our impacted and marginalized student and family groups Mental, Social and Emotional Health Prioritize focus on building relationships with students and families ❏ Explicit teaching of social emotional skills ❏ School Counselor- increase connection to mental health services ❏ Increased training -Restorative Practices, Mindfulness, trauma sensitive practices ❏ 14

Special Education Services in a Comprehensive Distance Learning Model (CDL) IEP services will be provided- ❏ Synchronous Learning-Live video instruction via general education, special ❏ education teacher and/or Speech Language Pathologist Asynchronous Learning- additional supplemental materials and practice ❏ If some IEP service cannot be met in CDL ❏ IEP team must meet to review these services and determine if services is ❏ needed in a CDL model. IEP Team must consider how students education needs are being met in a CDL ❏ model Ensure that the student can access to their education and are making process ❏ on their IEP goals and objectives 15

Digital Learning Needs Key Features: Computers Devices ▪ EACH STUDENT will be provided a Chromebook so they can engage CDL □ Phased Approach for Chromebook □ Spring Device Distribution, Current Device Inventory, New Device Order □ 2300 new Chromebooks in late September/early October □ Intend to purchase Touchscreen Chromebooks for K-1 with future orders 16

Technology Support Student and Family Support ▪ Print and Video tutorials to help parents and students □ Translated into our top native languages spoken ▪ Technical ‘Helpdesk’ via email and phone to support Families □ Building Level Computer Lab Assistants □ Family and Community Partnership Coordinator □ Bilingual Liaisons ▪ Ongoing plans and supports for Internet Access for our Families □ Hotspots □ Broadband Access □ DD Educational Foundation and other Grants 17

Technology Support Technology Timeline: ▪ High School Chromebook Distribution the week of August 31st ▪ Elementary/Middle School Chromebook distribution will happen the week of September 7th Sept 11th - Chromebook distributed completed ▪ 18

Sample Draft Elementary Calendar 19

Sample Draft Middle School Schedule 20

DDHS Schedule 21

Questions 22

1. Follow Up Steps 2. Future Communication Sessions THANK YOU! 23

Elementary (Menlo Park, Mill Park, Cherry Park, Ventura Park) Friday 8/28 9:00 am Tuesday 9/1 6:30 pm Elementary (Gilbert Heights, Gilbert Park, Earl Boyles, Lincoln Park, West Powellhurst) Monday 8/31 6:30 pm Middle School (Alice Ott, Floyd Light, Ron Russell) Thursday 8/27 7:00 pm David Douglas High School / Fir Ridge 24 Wednesday 9/2 6:00 pm