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Longer blocks necessitated this, but I wish I was doing it all along...

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Allowed for some flex for math lab.

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Elimination of weekly X Block was nice. We only used it when we needed it.

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Elimination of weekly X Block was nice. We only used it when we needed it.

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Alignment of MS and US schedules was helpful and allowed for more cross-over

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Alignment of MS and US schedules was helpful and allowed for more cross-over

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No conference period at the end of the week. MWF was better.

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No conference period at the end of the week. MWF was better.

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Not getting kids to keep their camera on.

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Not getting kids to keep their camera on.

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Teachers lost about a 5 weeks of learning time per course

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Teachers lost about a 5 weeks of learning time per course

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The HW cap of 30 minutes per class meeting (90 min per week) for Upper School. 

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The HW cap of 30 minutes per class meeting (90 min per week) for Upper School. 

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Some departments prefer more frequent meetings for shorter length of time (math).

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Some departments prefer more frequent meetings for shorter length of time (math).

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Clubs/Organizations could meet virtually around lunch times

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Clubs/Organizations could meet virtually around lunch times

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Directional arrows, some entrances/exits not really used or hard to enforce. Good intention.

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Directional arrows, some entrances/exits not really used or hard to enforce. Good intention.

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Conference Period only at the front end of the week was problematic

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Conference Period only at the front end of the week was problematic

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Consistency of having 60 minute classes. 

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Consistency of having 60 minute classes. 

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Longer passing time allowed for more individual conversations with students.

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Longer passing time allowed for more individual conversations with students.

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Not having pictures of students as their Zoom avatars.

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Not having pictures of students as their Zoom avatars.

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The HW cap of 30 minutes per class meeting (90 min per week) for Upper School. 

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The HW cap of 30 minutes per class meeting (90 min per week) for Upper School. 

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Important to institute break in the middle of a 1-hr class.

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Important to institute break in the middle of a 1-hr class.

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Tuesday Conference Period was the strongest

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Tuesday Conference Period was the strongest

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3 meetings per week, but longer (1hr) meetings.

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3 meetings per week, but longer (1hr) meetings.

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Four blocks a week are optimal. APs really struggling 

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Four blocks a week are optimal. APs really struggling 

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Still hard to find time for one-on-one meetings with advisees. Current schedule does allow for some quicker meetings between classes.

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Still hard to find time for one-on-one meetings with advisees. Current schedule does allow for some quicker meetings between classes.

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Some teachers need to see students every day so students can practice every day

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Some teachers need to see students every day so students can practice every day

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Meaningful one-to-one meetings with students on Zoom.

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Meaningful one-to-one meetings with students on Zoom.

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math classes 3 times a week was not enough... we had to cut out curriculum.

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math classes 3 times a week was not enough... we had to cut out curriculum.

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Conference Period attendance decreased during remote weeks. 

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Conference Period attendance decreased during remote weeks. 

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Losing a Monday on a three-block schedule meant major gaps (1/3 off)

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Losing a Monday on a three-block schedule meant major gaps (1/3 off)

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Lots of kids hanging around between class, unsupervised.

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Lots of kids hanging around between class, unsupervised.

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MS Tuesday for 6th grade all core classes too much in one day.

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MS Tuesday for 6th grade all core classes too much in one day.

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Hour long blocks allowed time for discussion!

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Hour long blocks allowed time for discussion!

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Students booked for early lunch at noon instead of attending entire D block learning lab.

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Students booked for early lunch at noon instead of attending entire D block learning lab.

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Writing Labs on Zoom are much more effective

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Writing Labs on Zoom are much more effective

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Offering early morning and evening labs has led to more traffic and engagement

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Offering early morning and evening labs has led to more traffic and engagement

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Parenting programs on zoom- accessibility, equity etc

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Parenting programs on zoom- accessibility, equity etc

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15 minute transition time was too much. 10 would be ideal.

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15 minute transition time was too much. 10 would be ideal.

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Students found not having conference at the end of the week difficult.

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Students found not having conference at the end of the week difficult.

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Using zoom to meet students outside of school time. Much more flexible.

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Using zoom to meet students outside of school time. Much more flexible.

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Theoretically, we don't have a problem with less homework, but less homework does cut into the curriculum quite a bit. Can we compromise?

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Theoretically, we don't have a problem with less homework, but less homework does cut into the curriculum quite a bit. Can we compromise?

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Faculty and Division meetings happening at the same time makes it difficult for teachers who teach cross divisionally to get to both meetings or get the information. 

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Faculty and Division meetings happening at the same time makes it difficult for teachers who teach cross divisionally to get to both meetings or get the information. 

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Is it possible to record the meetings just like classes and post?

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1:1 meetings with Advisees during their remote weeks. 

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1:1 meetings with Advisees during their remote weeks. 

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When classes don't meet everyday, different sections of same course get off schedule. 

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When classes don't meet everyday, different sections of same course get off schedule. 

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They also get off sync with days off.

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Evening admissions events - being able to present remotely as a faculty.

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Evening admissions events - being able to present remotely as a faculty.

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Tuesdays very long for Middle School students - all classes meet.

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Tuesdays very long for Middle School students - all classes meet.

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Students typing into the chat rather than sharing their comments verbally (they're not pushed to practice important communication skills)

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Students typing into the chat rather than sharing their comments verbally (they're not pushed to practice important communication skills)

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Laying eyes on advisees more often in the mornings (during morning meeting and all-school meeting)

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More writing labs in US, including morning and evening.  Zoom makes these work for all.

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More writing labs in US, including morning and evening.  Zoom makes these work for all.

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Advisee meetings via Zoom have been more frequent allowing for more conversations

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Advisee meetings via Zoom have been more frequent allowing for more conversations

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Writing labs did not really work in the MS.  Needs to be incorporated in a purposeful way

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Writing labs did not really work in the MS.  Needs to be incorporated in a purposeful way

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This year's schedule was just as harried if not more so given the additional anxiety. Less transitions!

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This year's schedule was just as harried if not more so given the additional anxiety. Less transitions!

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While we know this is a pandemic problem, athletics was slightly challenging due to COVID protocol and without games it was hard to keep kids engaged. 

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While we know this is a pandemic problem, athletics was slightly challenging due to COVID protocol and without games it was hard to keep kids engaged. 

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Take home assessments with no time limits. Great for students with extended time or testing anxiety.

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Take home assessments with no time limits. Great for students with extended time or testing anxiety.

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Middle school students having access to phones 

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Middle school students having access to phones 

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One-on-one meetings with students over Zoom.

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One-on-one meetings with students over Zoom.

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Students who couldn't attend afternoon classes due to time differences had a very different learning experience from those who were in the U.S.

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Students who couldn't attend afternoon classes due to time differences had a very different learning experience from those who were in the U.S.

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Remote Faculty Meetings have allowed more of us to be involved and attend.

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Remote Faculty Meetings have allowed more of us to be involved and attend.

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Remote AWARE meetings have allowed more of us to be involved and attend.

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Remote AWARE meetings have allowed more of us to be involved and attend.

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Moving students of concern to after class on Wed instead of Fri lunch has allowed for a less frenetic feel on the last day of the week. And doing them on Zoom is great.

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Less time for homework and relying solely on class time

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Less time for homework and relying solely on class time

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Accepting late work. Or allowing for resubmissions to correct mistakes for credit.

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Accepting late work. Or allowing for resubmissions to correct mistakes for credit.

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Sometimes because of special schedules we would only see a class once a week.

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Sometimes because of special schedules we would only see a class once a week.

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Rules that are unenforced/hard to follow are problematic (e.g. 30 mins of HW).

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Rules that are unenforced/hard to follow are problematic (e.g. 30 mins of HW).

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Longer blocks are GREAT if we can move around and split up to do different tasks in person, but really tough if they need to sit still for the whole hour. Can't get the wiggles out!

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Only having it every other week was tough for kids who were struggling; not much time to talk about them.

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Students typing into the chat instead of not speaking at all allowed everyone to share ideas more comfortably

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It doesn't always work to send middle schoolers to upper school language classes

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It doesn't always work to send middle schoolers to upper school language classes

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Conference Period over Zoom has worked really well. Students don't have to run from room to room.

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Conference Period over Zoom has worked really well. Students don't have to run from room to room.

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Generally as someone who teaches during D block, I have perhaps 10 minutes to shove lunch in at my desk. That is not great.

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Generally as someone who teaches during D block, I have perhaps 10 minutes to shove lunch in at my desk. That is not great.

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having the MS day end at 2:15 on Wednesday and Friday except for sports and optional study hall

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having the MS day end at 2:15 on Wednesday and Friday except for sports and optional study hall

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Teaching 3 times per week forced teachers to consider what to cover...and to have permission to "cut" content.

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Teaching 3 times per week forced teachers to consider what to cover...and to have permission to "cut" content.

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Blurred boundaries between working time and non-working time-- increasing student sense of teacher/staff accessibility in unplanned ways 

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Blurred boundaries between working time and non-working time-- increasing student sense of teacher/staff accessibility in unplanned ways 

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Trying to keep the typical Advisory system in a hybrid model doesn't work.

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Trying to keep the typical Advisory system in a hybrid model doesn't work.

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What are assessments for? Different assessment techniques-- failed and successful-- call into question the purpose of assessment. How do we use untimed/open-resource assessments?

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What are assessments for? Different assessment techniques-- failed and successful-- call into question the purpose of assessment. How do we use untimed/open-resource assessments?

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Accessibility to guest speakers all over the country (such as Rosetta Lee)-- speakers over Zoom equally engaging to speakers in the auditorium

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Accessibility to guest speakers all over the country (such as Rosetta Lee)-- speakers over Zoom equally engaging to speakers in the auditorium

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More protected time to meet with MS advisees during conference period 

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More protected time to meet with MS advisees during conference period 

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Students were thrilled to be able to still do sports, even though there had to be so many adjustments.

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Students were thrilled to be able to still do sports, even though there had to be so many adjustments.

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Lack of time boundaries on assessments has not served high anxiety students well.

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Lack of time boundaries on assessments has not served high anxiety students well.

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D block study hall in Waldo seemed to be less effective/not well-utilized.

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D block study hall in Waldo seemed to be less effective/not well-utilized.

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Hour long classes were good. I finally feel like I know how to use them well.

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Hour long classes were good. I finally feel like I know how to use them well.

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More teachers are thinking outside of the box and developing more creative assessments and projects

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More teachers are thinking outside of the box and developing more creative assessments and projects

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Improved digital communication with students-- sending them videos of us commenting on assignments, using loom, using short screencasting to answer quick questions (easy to reproduce), using Zoom to meet with students after the class day when we can't find a time to meet in person

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Improved digital communication with students-- sending them videos of us commenting on assignments, using loom, using short screencasting to answer quick questions (easy to reproduce), using Zoom to meet with students after the class day when we can't find a time to meet in person

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Take home testing has been difficult for kids with  executive function and/or time management challenges

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Take home testing has been difficult for kids with  executive function and/or time management challenges

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Keep this! Any way, though, to make sure all teachers are available? Class deans - this is one more thing they didn't get to take advantage of.

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Ability to be kinder when it comes to deadlines, etc. without feeling like you are being a pushover or not doing your job.

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Ability to be kinder when it comes to deadlines, etc. without feeling like you are being a pushover or not doing your job.

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Losing important non-verbals because students are keeping their cameras off. 

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Losing important non-verbals because students are keeping their cameras off. 

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This may resolve itself, but having school virtually sometimes creates an opportunity for families to extend their vacations or "leave school" early. 

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This may resolve itself, but having school virtually sometimes creates an opportunity for families to extend their vacations or "leave school" early. 

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MS - I like the 3x/week class schedule, but what is the value add seeing kids 5x/week? Why is this better or not?

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MS - I like the 3x/week class schedule, but what is the value add seeing kids 5x/week? Why is this better or not?