RETURN TO SCHOOL UPDATE Special Board Meeting July 8, 2020 Dr. Vivian Ekchian, Superintendent
Purpose • How GUSD Has Been Gathering Stakeholder Input • Instructional Models • Preliminary Findings from Stakeholder Surveys o Parent/Guardian Fall School Reopening Survey o Certificated Employee Survey conducted by District o Classified Employee Survey conducted by District o Current orders from Governor and AB77 • Public Health Update • Comments/Input/Questions 2
How GUSD Has Gathered Stakeholder Input • • Virtual Town Hall and Special Board Meeting Remote Learning Feedback from Teachers • • Email address (ReturnToSchool@gusd.net) Certificated Return to Work Survey • • Board of Education Presentations and Public Classified Return to Work Survey • Comment Weekly Meetings with District Leadership • Return to School Task Force and Principals • • Student Remote Learning Exit Survey GTA/CSEA/GSMA Meetings with • Meeting with Student Advisory Council Superintendent • Leaders GTA Survey of Members • • Parent/Guardian Remote Learning Feedback Community Leader Meeting (City of Survey Glendale, Chambers, CV Town Council, etc.) • • Parent/Guardian Return to School Survey Meetings w/ City Manager • • Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Council Meeting w/ CV Town Council President • • GUSD Council PTA Meeting w/ City of Glendale and Local • Special Education Parent/Guardian Meeting Hospital Leadership • FLAG/World Languages Parent/Guardian Meeting 3
Instructional Models Being Considered *all are pending Public Health Directives • Full Return • Distance Learning (fully remote) • Hybrid Model (50% of students on campus at a time) 4
Parent/Guardian Fall School Reopening Survey • Over 9,300 respondents • All schools represented • Survey offered in four languages 5
Certificated Employee Survey • Over 1,200 respondents (95% response rate) • Teachers were 87% of respondents • Positions represented: o Teacher (TK-12) o Teacher (EEELP) o Teacher Specialist o Counselor o Psychologist o Speech & Language/ DHH/ VI o Nurse o Other Certificated 6
Classified Employee Survey • Over 1,100 participants (75% response) • Departments represented: · o Facilities and Support Operations (FASO) (including Custodians)/Planning & Development o School Site Secretarial/Clerical o Education Assistant o Other School Site Support o Nutrition Services o District Office Secretarial/Clerical o Other District Office Support 7
Preference for School Return - Remote v. On Campus Results As of July 7 Parents Certificated Staff ● I would send ● I would prefer to my student to work with school for on- students learning campus remotely 100% of instruction. the time. ● I would prefer ● I would prefer to my student work with continue students directly learning on campus all or 55.2% would send 63.2% prefers some remotely full part of the time. time. to school or all on-campus ● I am instruction undecided. 8
Preferred Schedule for Hybrid Model Results As of July 7 Parents Certificated Staff ● Half Day (AM/PM) ● Every Other Day ● Every Other Week 9
Importance of Child Care Results As of July 7 Certificated Staff Classified Staff Importance of Child Care for Families ● Yes ● Critically Important ● No ● Important ● Not Very Important ● Not Important At All 10
Overall Summary of Survey Results • Rotating day schedule is preferred by both Parents/Guardians and Certificated Staff • Respondents want safety guidelines to be enforced, not just encouraged • There will be child care needs for employees and families 11
Governor’s Orders and AB77 June 23, 2020 • Students need daily live interaction with certificated employees and peers • In a hybrid or distance learning model of instruction, students should be engaging in equivalent curriculum with check-in and/or daily activity with all students 12
Public Health Updates - July 7, 2020 ● Have plans in place for full distance learning. ● Ages 2 and older must wear a cloth face covering. Medical exemptions; will then need to wear a face shield. ● Six feet physical distancing inside and outside classrooms. ● Regular cleaning schedule. ● Institute regular and repeated handwashing protocol. Hand sanitizer is an alternative but soap and water is preferred. 13
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