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Communication Preferences for Remote Learning

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Communication Preferences for Remote Learning

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Some way for us to collect parents' preferred methods of communication and best times to speak with them and/or their child.  Preferred times for Google Meets/check-ins with their children.

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Support groups for when the students come back

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Support groups for when the students come back

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A way to get paper to the students.. whether it be loose-leaf, workbooks, worksheets, etc

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get out in community more  and/or community meetings hosted at our school...

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get out in community more  and/or community meetings hosted at our school...

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What sites do they enjoy? What is easy to navigate?

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What sites do they enjoy? What is easy to navigate?

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We should record training videos for the parents to watch on how to do different things.. access Google Classroom, email teachers, use resources like jamboard so the parents can help out the students, etc... just post different videos so the parents can pick and choose which videos to watch based on what they feel they need

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What did you like bnest about remote learning?

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What did you like bnest about remote learning?

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sports teams, for more structure...track, basketball, soccer etc

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sports teams, for more structure...track, basketball, soccer etc

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Parents need workshops/training on google classroom as well as uploading documents

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Parents need workshops/training on google classroom as well as uploading documents

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What questions can we ask the students to better their remote learning experience?

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What questions can we ask the students to better their remote learning experience?

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Which is the best way you learn? Which are most helpful videos or slides , or read aloud's

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Resources for Families
How to Talk to Your Children About Race and Current Events

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Our schools are committed to being safe, welcoming, culturally responsive communities that support the social-emotional health of our students. Bigotry, bias, and bullying have no place. This means we must address violence and racism in our society, and help create discussion and dialogue about how it has impacted people in the past and continues to do so in the present. This webpage offers resources for families to have those discussions, as assembled by experts at DOE. We also offer connections to mental health support-since these are difficult issues for all of us to experience and grapple with.

Resources for Families
How to Talk to Your Children About Race and Current Events
Mental Health Resources

These can help address stress and trauma that children and families may be experiencing at this time

Free Mental Health Support

NYC Well For Staff, students and parents

Call: 1-888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355)

Text: WELL to 65173

Resources For Educators

The following resources are provided for informational purposes and to support your work. The DOE is not responsible for the content of non-DOE resources nor does it endorse such content. Any recommended practices contained in these resources must be implemented in a manner consistent with DOE policies, practices and procedures.

Video Resources and Guiding Questions

Questions

What moments in this film stood out for you? Why?

Were there any surprises? Anything that challenged what you know - or thought you knew?

What messages, emotions or ideas will you take away from this film? Why?

What questions do you still have?

Mental Health Resources

NYC Well For Staff, students and parents

Crisis Text Line

New YorkCity Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides education, information, counseling, and referrals to assist with personal/social problems.

All EAP services are available Monday through Friday, 8AM - 11PM

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Read the chancellor’s letter to families on recent events and the DOE’s commitment to anti-racist education and practices.

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Implementing "Striving for Justice" schoolwide

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Implementing "Striving for Justice" schoolwide

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Watching CNN & Sesame Street segment on racism with staff and students -
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/app-news-section/cnn-sesame-street-race-town-hall-app-june-6-2020-app/index.html

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Letter from Chancellor Carranza On Recent Events and Anti-Racism

Dear DOE Family,

The past few days have been gut-wrenching and heartbreaking as another pandemic, beyond COVID-19, presents itself again on the streets of America. The murder of George Floyd at the hands of police officers last week was horrifying to me, as I am sure it was to so many of you. I feel sickened, but not surprised. We have seen this abominable disregard for Black lives so many times before, including multiple times in recent weeks. It is truly agonizing to witness.

The New York City Department of Education condemns police brutality and this brutal loss of life. My heart breaks to know that yet another Black family has lost a son, a father, a sibling. I stand in solidarity with DOE's Black employees, and with all Black New Yorkers and Americans, who are mourning yet another senseless loss. Pain of course also resonates in the broader DOE community, and I am with all of you as we individually and collectively reckon with this tragic injustice.

The demonstrations happening in our city and in nearly 140 cities across the country are a reflection of this anguish, and the desire for a better world. We are distraught. We are seeking actions that feel of service and rise to this moment. Many of us are also parents talking with our children and families about recent horrific incidents and the systemic racism from which they spring. The pain and struggle of this moment is very real.

For generations of Black Americans, nothing about this pain is new. It's been in the bodies, minds, and hearts of millions of New Yorkers and Americans for generations-because racist violence has been occurring for that long.

But racism also causes new harm in other ways, every day, because it is systemic-woven deeply into the fabric of our institutions, our economy, and the systems that make up our shared community. That is true in New York City, as progressive and forward-thinking as we are, including in our public school system.

But together we have said, and we will continue to say: no more. We must answer the call to be anti-racist, and work every day to undo these systems. We will continue in our resolve to advance equity now. We will honor the dignity and humanity of every student, family, and educator every day.

The reality is that as proud public servants in service of New York City public school students, we are by definition part of the effort to fight injustice. It is our duty to serve everyone. And it is up to us to act.

We must act in a conscious and culturally responsive way that recognizes that bias of all kinds has left some students and schools with greater need than their peers-and farther away from the level of opportunity they deserve.

And that's where you come in.

You are the ones making opportunity real for our children.

You are creating the instruction, the tools, the experiences, and the supports that turn equity from a concept into a practice for 1.1 million young people.

You are working to address and reverse the effects of systemic racism and bias by providing an excellent education.

You are advancing tools to implement restorative practices, trainings educators on implicit bias, providing mental health supports to school communities, and more.

And I am here to work shoulder to shoulder with you, championing and charting the path for this work every step of the way. As Chancellor, it is my responsibility to invest in, lead, and support you, and I commit to striving for equity alongside you.

Fewer things could be more important. This work has a lifelong effect on children, and the potential to transform our society in ways that make that society safer, more just, and better for everyone. When, for example, children learn from books featuring protagonists and lessons featuring stories from people of different races, abilities, genders, ethnicities, languages, and more, they learn also to value difference and diversity. When students experiencing anger or resentment are taught healthy ways to communicate, it's more likely they won't react out of unfounded fear.

These are real life lessons for our kids and work that benefits all of us. To be clear, systemic racism doesn't just harm Black, Brown, or Asian families. It harms us all. That is why we must double down on our work for equity and evolution so that student by student and school by school, change comes.

This is what being a public servant means. It means designing instruction so that all students can access and engage in work that challenges and excites them. It means valuing social emotional learning and seeking out resources for the support kids need-knowing that it is different for each child. It means honoring parent voices in every community, and really taking the time to listen. We can forge a path forward together through these difficult times, in a way that continues to dismantle institutional racism and advance equity now.

I went into education because I wanted to be part of this work, and I know many of you did too. Now is the time when we must take care of ourselves, our families, our communities, and renew our commitment to our children. They need us now more than ever.

I am asking you to continue to urge students and colleagues to safely express their experiences and opinions, and share their vision for a better world. We will make sure educators have access to resources to teach episodes from our history and our present, episodes where these same shudders of injustice and outrage, peaceful protest, and also violence and destruction have ripped through our city and society. We are sharing some of these resources below, and we will continue to update and post more in the coming days.

Please take the time you need to care for yourself. Know we are here for you in this moment. It is imperative to commit to this work through self-care and learning. We all have a part to play in building an anti-racist society. I know many of you are also putting personal resources into these efforts-your time, your energy, your heart. I see you and applaud your powerful commitment to this work.

One of your colleagues shared a quote with me from the writer James Baldwin that resonates so powerfully in this moment: "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

These are difficult days of reckoning, but we have the opportunity-and a calling-to go farther in facing injustice. We must answer this calling together. It is our shared duty to reimagine an intersectional world and make a conscious, sustained commitment to build an anti-racist education system that serves all children. I commit to working with each of you in this.

I am so proud to be of service alongside you. Thank you for your resilience and leadership, today and always.

Resources For Educators

Video Resources and Guiding Questions

Questions

What moments in this film stood out for you? Why?

Were there any surprises? Anything that challenged what you know - or thought you knew?

What messages, emotions or ideas will you take away from this film? Why?

What questions do you still have?

Mental Health Resources

School Counselor Race Relations Resources

NYC Well For Staff, students and parents

Crisis Text Line

New YorkCity Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides education, information, counseling, and referrals to assist with personal/social problems.

All EAP services are available Monday through Friday, 8AM - 11PM

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Dear DOE Family, The past few days have been gut-wrenching and heartbreaking as another pandemic, beyond COVID-19, presents itself again on the streets of America. The murder of George Floyd at the hands of police officers last week was horrifying to me, as I am sure it was to so many of you.

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What did you like the most?  What didn't you like? What would be other things you would be interested in learning about?

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What did you like the most?  What didn't you like? What would be other things you would be interested in learning about?

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Time for Kids, Brainpopjr. Ranger Rickjr. 

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Time for Kids, Brainpopjr. Ranger Rickjr. 

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empower and support parents to better themselves, and hold them accountable as our partners in their child's education

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empower and support parents to better themselves, and hold them accountable as our partners in their child's education

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We should ask the parents how they’re doing mentally and emotionally as well as our students. Then we can go from there.

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a parent platform where they can support and encourage each other

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a parent platform where they can support and encourage each other

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fun incentives, to keep the students eager to come to school

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Parents need to be encouraged to engage with their children in activities.

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Parents need to be encouraged to engage with their children in activities.

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Classes taught to parents about social/emotional learning, how to build connections with their children. Also like "mommy and me", "Daddy and me" activities facilitated by teachers/staff.

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What can we add to P.S. 21's event calendar?

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What can we add to P.S. 21's event calendar?

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Classes taught to parents about how to use Google Classrooms, in case of another pandemic.

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Classes taught to parents about how to use Google Classrooms, in case of another pandemic.

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Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

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How can we support the families so we have a seamless start to the new school year whether remotely or in the school building?

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How can we support the families so we have a seamless start to the new school year whether remotely or in the school building?

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Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

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Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

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Using google slides. Students can add a family favorite recipe with photos of them cooking at home. Possibly something that can be assigned in each class.

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What adjustments need to be made for next school year?

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What adjustments need to be made for next school year?

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Please add to the file of the grade you currently teach.

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Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

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Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

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What support will staff need when returning to the building?

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What support will staff need when returning to the building?

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by keeping school spirit upbeat and positive, fun incentives to make them want to come to school

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What clubs/activities may the students be interested in?

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What clubs/activities may the students be interested in?

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What is one goal you would like to work on for next year?

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What is one goal you would like to work on for next year?

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In what ways will be support the social emotional needs of our students and families? 

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In what ways will be support the social emotional needs of our students and families? 

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Please share any virtual experiences that we can share with our students. 

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Please share any virtual experiences that we can share with our students. 

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What remote resources have been effective and useful to help with instruction?

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What remote resources have been effective and useful to help with instruction?

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What challenges will the students have to overcome?

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What challenges will the students have to overcome?

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Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

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What supports can we provide the students and families with?

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What supports can we provide the students and families with?

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What PD opportunities would you be interested in attending?

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What PD opportunities would you be interested in attending?