District 8 Meeting by Kristin Beller https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7 As we think about the end of this school year and the beginning of the next quickly approaching, we need to develop clear, shared understandings about the needs public school workers will require to protect themselves, their students and their families. We cannot count on any local or state government entity to think of all the ways we need protection or all the ways our students may need academic or emotional support. WE are the body that must be creating space for us to have conversations with each other that center our needs. en-us 2020-05-13 05:48:50 UTC 2020-05-27 20:30:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Curriculum expectations kmackey1937 https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/578171581 Curriculum must be prioritized to accommodate realistic expectations given limited face-to-face contact.  The mile wide, inch deep approach isn't realistic and doesn't support mental health.]]> 2020-05-17 17:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/578171581 High Risk kmackey1937 https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/578172235 Staff and students who are high-risk themselves or who live with someone in this category should be allowed to continue 100% remotely.  I'm not sure what this means for confidentiality since these people would be "segregated"]]> 2020-05-17 17:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/578172235 HVAC kmackey1937 https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/578172945 Regularly changed air filters and classroom spaces that offer ventilation, not just heat or A/C]]> 2020-05-17 17:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/578172945 Testing and Tracing kmackey1937 https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/578173527 A transmission metric should be set (ex. less than 1) and schools operate in person only as long as that metric is met.  Testing and tracing is needed to have the information needed to make decisions about school status.]]> 2020-05-17 17:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/578173527 Social Distancing https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/579714822 Recommendations may feel like an inconvenience, but it's the best way right now to protect yourself and others.
Ordering thermometers to test staff and students on arrival back into classrooms with disinfectant gel dispensers at the doorways ]]> 2020-05-18 12:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/579714822 Sanitation Supplies https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/579768201 Classrooms need ample supplies of hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes to clean classrooms on a daily basis. This will be especially important in self-contained SPED classes where students aren't cognitively able to process and adhere to social distancing requirements.]]> 2020-05-18 12:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/579768201 Access to PPE https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/579773130 Teachers need access to protective equipment like face masks and potentially face shields, especially in classrooms where students aren't able to wear masks.]]> 2020-05-18 12:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/579773130 Introduce the concept https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/579900345 Introduce the concept of social distancing - Focus on good health behaviors, such as covering coughs and sneezes with the elbow and washing hands

 Remind students that they can model healthy behaviors for their families

  Listen to students allow them to communicate their feeling and address stigma 

Discuss the different reactions they may experience and explain these are normal reactions to an abnormal situation. 

Students can make their own Public Service Announcements through school announcements and posters

]]> 2020-05-18 13:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/579900345 User-friendly resources https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/579906398 We need to ensure that our students have resources that require minimal logins and as few platforms as possible. We need to invest in resources that allow this "one-stop" shopping method so that students can do as many assignments and as much learning as possible through as  few sites as possible. Tech is overwhelming parents and students. I had a good way to organize my material but students told me that was not the case for all classes.  

]]> 2020-05-18 13:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/579906398 Introduce the concept of social distancing https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580002437 - Focus on good health behaviors, such as covering coughs and sneezes with the elbow and washing hands. Help children understand the basic concepts of disease prevention and control. Demonstrate why it is important to wash hands for 20 seconds with soap and water. Remind students that they can model healthy behaviors for their families
Listen to students allow them to communicate their feeling and address stigma .Discuss the different reactions they may experience and explain these are normal reactions to an abnormal situation. 

Students can make their own Public Service Announcements through school announcements and posters

 

]]> 2020-05-18 14:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580002437 Plan to interact with fewer students https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580007317 If we go to an A/B day, teachers will still interact with the same number or students and can therefore spread the illness between the A/B classes. Allowing an online only option for those interested will decrease the number of students who need to enter a building. 

]]> 2020-05-18 14:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580007317 https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580007863 Promote access to mental, dental, vision, and health with partnership in local food pantry, improves attendance, academic performance in, students health.]]> 2020-05-18 14:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580007863 Outside options https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580016508 Outdoor classrooms where feasible

]]> 2020-05-18 14:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580016508 Virtual Learning PD https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580019386 A lot of teachers need PD in order to provide more effective online learning


]]> 2020-05-18 14:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580019386 https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580025521 Coordinate and follow guidelines from the national health and education authorities. Share known information with staff, caregivers and students, on the disease situation. Reinforce that caregivers should alert the school and health care authorities if someone in their home has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and keep their child at home ]]> 2020-05-18 14:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580025521 https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580026227 Coordinate and follow guidelines from the national health and education authorities. Share known information with staff, caregivers and students, on the disease situation. Reinforce that caregivers should alert the school and health care authorities if someone in their home has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and keep their child at home ]]> 2020-05-18 14:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580026227 Options for learning https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580028673 Provide parents with the option for online or virtual learning

]]> 2020-05-18 14:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580028673 Clean and disinfect school buildings, classrooms and especially water and sanitation facilities at least once a day, particularly surfaces that are touched by many people (railings, lunch tables, sports equipment, door and window handles, toys, teaching and learning aids etc.) Implement social distancing practices that may include: • Staggering the beginning and end of the school day. When possible, create space for children’s desks to be at least one metre apart • Teach and model creating space and avoiding unnecessary touching. https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580029536 2020-05-18 14:15:26 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580029536 Increased cleaning https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580030220 Increased cleaning in schools and additional bus staff to control social distancing on the bus

]]> 2020-05-18 14:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580030220 High School & middle school class change... https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580032402 In elementary school it will be easier to clean the rooms because the same students stay in the classroom and electives could be virtual. In middle and high school, our current model will not allow for students to stay with the same classmates all day. The ideal model would put students into the same classroom all day for core classes, and electives would be virtual. Teachers would move to a classroom but would need maximum protection, maybe teaching  behind a screen.

]]> 2020-05-18 14:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580032402 1:1 device for all students/100% digital assignment turn in https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580041059 All assignments (at school & from home) will need to be turned in digitally in order to avoid spreading germs through papers, pencils, pencil sharpener etc. Each student should have their own device to do work and it should never be shared with anyone else.

]]> 2020-05-18 14:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580041059 Safe childcare options https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580057237 While we might be able to minimize the number of students that each child comes into contact with in the school, we can't send them "home" and then have them go to another childcare center to then mix with more children. I'd rather see us allow parents to choose between online or in school learning and have those students stick to the same plan all week. Parents with in-home childcare options can keep their children home and those who need the childcare can be guaranteed that their children are with the same adult and children all week. 


]]> 2020-05-18 14:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580057237 Mental health support https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580065138 Access to free mental health 
supports for parents and children. ]]> 2020-05-18 14:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580065138 Sanitation rules enforced https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580199868 Co-Requirements for masks for as many as possible (with understanding that certain students may not be able to). 
-Contact tracing (therefore limiting student movement)
-Hand-sanitizer stations in all rooms, hallways and near bathrooms
-Require students to bring a water bottle and provide classrooms with water bottles for those who cannot
-Make videos this summer to explain the new guidelines so that students can learn them before entering school
-Continuous cleaning of frequently touched surfaces (door knobs, handrails, elevator buttons)
-Middle and high school students cannot change classes- we need to really think about how the students' schedules can change to minimize classroom change. Consider core classes at school and elective classes from home.
-Staggered arrival and departure student times and places to enter and exit the building]]> 2020-05-18 15:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580199868 Supplies for teachers https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580217690 -Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer stations, masks, shields, gloves, preferably a screen between teachers and students if the teachers change classrooms and students don't (MS/HS)
-Opportunity for immediate  Covid testing for teachers who might have been exposed
-teacher sick policy, teachers do not all have enough sick days to take off time. We need to ensure teachers can take the time off they need. Teachers currently go to school sick because they don't have a lot of sick days. 
-Sick leave policy If teachers have to quarantine, they should not be required to use sick days. 
-Training for substitutes
-School policy for travel: Students and all employees need to communicate travel plans so that schools are aware of potential additional risks ]]> 2020-05-18 15:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580217690 Videos to educate https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580236528 Videos to educate policies need to be made public this summer so that student learn the plans and develop habits before school starts

]]> 2020-05-18 15:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580236528 Minimize sharing of supplies https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580925314 Students should all have their own set of supplies, no communal pencil buckets, scissors, glue sticks. Personal digital devices should be used where ever possible to minimize the sharing of papers. ]]> 2020-05-18 20:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/580925314 Consistency as much as possible https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/581167591 If a student tests positive in a class, will all students (and the teacher) be quarantined for 14 days or will negative tested students return to class the asap. How will we ensure students are tested? If a class is quarantined, and they return to class after 14 days, will they participate in virtual learning while home? And then, if another student/teacher is positive, do students return home yet again? This seems like a very chaotic learning experience, even more so than simply resuming all classes online for students. ]]> 2020-05-18 22:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/581167591 Teacher choice https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/581170598 Teachers deserve the right to choose to work from home or in the classroom. Teachers should be polled asap as to their workplace choice and principals should plan accordingly in their building. Principals can schedule (and hire) around their school's learning needs and plan accordingly, employing some teachers as virtual teachers and some as in-school teachers. If data shows that contracting Co-vid is highly possible in August, teachers (and students) cannot be forced to work in a building with unsafe conditions.

]]> 2020-05-18 22:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/581170598 NCVPS Options https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/581174295 Can ANY student enroll in NCVPS? In social media groups there is a huge parent misunderstanding regarding their children's' options. We need to educate parents on their choices asap in order to ensure that we don't lose students to online private and homeschools. Parents are considering leaving public school because of fear that their child will have to return to the building.]]> 2020-05-18 22:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/581174295 Equity https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/582717830 How do we implement a more restrictive environment where less fortunate students are not prevented from having the same learning opportunities. Simply not allowing peers to share pencils can inhibit learning. At my campus, we have been directed the past that under no circumstances can a pencil purchased by the school be given to a child. I will not sit idly by while a student simply watches others learn for lack of pencil. The advantages many of our students have is a reflection of inequality. ]]> 2020-05-19 15:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/582717830 Data driven https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/582746973 Up to 13% of the pediatric population infected with Covid-19 are asymptomatic for the entirety of their infection. The remaining 87% that do go on to develop symptoms do so after a 2 to 14 day period of being asymptomatic before they show symptoms. Half of the children infected have mild and non-specific symptoms. The actual prevalence of SARS-COV-2 in the population is unknown. Screening each child prior to entering the building each day would be a Herculean task. Duke University Health System screens everyone as they attempt to enter their buildings. They estimate that the initial screening takes one to two minutes per person. My school has 1675 students. If we utilize 9 entrances that would take 90 minutes. How much is it going to cost for 5 to 10 no-touch thermometers for each building? How do we maintain 6' between kids in line for 90 minutes outside the building? What do we do with the first kid in the building for that 90 minutes? Our economies of scale in constructing bigger and bigger buildings is working against us.]]> 2020-05-19 15:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/582746973 Split Shift Questions https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/582824188 If we are not housing 100% of kids each day, how do we address that so many parents rely on us to be their free day care? Can we only have kids who are able to stay home with teleworking parents stay home without being an equity issue? At that point, teachers would be doing double duty making face-to-face lessons and remote lessons on the same content, but with different modalities. How do siblings fit in the equation? How about siblings on different campuses?]]> 2020-05-19 15:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/582824188 Substitutes https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/583315336 Many of our current substitutes are older and have complex health issues, there is already a shortage, how will we cope with having less subs ]]> 2020-05-19 19:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/583315336 How? https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/583351672 Almost every suggestion is going to require additional funding, it’s pretty clear that deep cuts are going to occur. How in the world will we implement these changes?]]> 2020-05-19 19:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/583351672 https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/583394866 Students need materials that are not sharable- books, pencils, manipulatives, etc. Students need protection- gloves and masks. Students need a modified day if they cannot participate in large group activities such as specials, recess and lunch.]]> 2020-05-19 19:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/583394866 https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/583399912 Teachers and staff need to be sure they are safe with access to cleaning supplies, masks, gloves and hand sanitizer. Teachers need funding for materials that they are now bringing home due to COVID-19. Staff needs training on best practices to keep everyone safe.]]> 2020-05-19 19:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/583399912 https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/583401661 Buildings need books, materials, devices. Cleaning supplies need to be provided and not left to the parents and teachers to fund. Schools need more regular deep cleanings monthly and a larger daily cleaning staff. Buildings need a plan for arrival, dismissal, lunch, recess and specials. Buildings need more desks and chairs to ensure social distancing. ]]> 2020-05-19 19:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/583401661 https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/583404703 Our communities need to be educated about safety of themselves and keeping others safe.]]> 2020-05-19 19:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/583404703 Split shift teacher/parent daycare? https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/587385467 For teachers who are also parents of young elementary students, where will our personal children go on their "off" days? Daycare is an additional cost we didn't budget for. Plus how will my personal children do remote learning on their "off" days if at daycare?]]> 2020-05-21 16:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/587385467 Double expectations if split days https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/587390753 If we go to A/B days, are teachers expected to teach in person all week while also creating & monitoring online lessons?]]> 2020-05-21 16:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/587390753 https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/587446226 Parent Choice?
Perhaps allowing the option for parents to send for a semester or stay home. Create a plan based on the numbers, some teachers teach live others are remote teachers, classes organized this way. This would eliminate those parents that are fearful or have high risk family members - it also could satisfy concerned staff who are high risk/have family members. ]]> 2020-05-21 17:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/president67/c3ekk5oik863lte7/wish/587446226