The curriculum team would like to extend a welcome back to all teacher teams! This year will bring unique challenges, and the strength of our teams will help us work together to meet the needs of our students.
Today's blog has some updates for the beginning of the year, including:
- The updated Professional Development Site
- Guiding principles for remote and hybrid learning
- Preservice schedule revisions
- Model PLC logo
Professional Development Site
The Southeast Polk Professional Development Site has been updated and has some new features. It includes a page for asynchronous professional development (more on this to come later) as well a page dedicated to TQ funds and TIME funds. In addition, you may find the preservice schedule as well as presentations from this week on the Preservice tab.
Guiding Principles for Learning Pathways
As parents make decisions about the best learning pathway for their child for the upcoming year, they are wondering what it might look like if they are in remote learning, or what it will look like during the day of learning at home in a hybrid model. While this varies at each grade level and subject area, below are some guiding principles for our work in both of these pathways.
As we blend face to face learning and remote learning in the Hybrid 2 pathway, many parents are wondering what it will look like on the days their child is learning from home. Again, this will depend on the grade level of their child, but here are some guiding principles for this pathway.
Students at the High School will be in a modified block schedule and will be alternating days of learning. For students in grades PK-8, our goal is to maximize direct instruction while the students are in school and provide opportunities for practice and independent application when they are at home. The following instructional components will be prioritized on the days of the Hybrid 2 learning model.
While the students are at home, some ideas can be implemented to help establish an environment for learning. Below is a graphic from educator Sean Junkins with some ideas for families supporting learning at home.
Preservice Schedule Revisions
The preservice schedule may be found on the Southeast Polk Professional Development Site, and may also be found here. Please note that the district professional development day scheduled for Thursday, August 20th is now a building professional development day. We wanted to give you as much time at your buildings to plan for the upcoming school year.
Southeast Polk--Model PLC District
Again, a big thank you to each and every one of you for your commitment to collaboration and student learning. It is this commitment and the students learning results that led us to being named a Model PLC District.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND EVERY COLLABORATIVE TEAM!
Below is a map of the districts across the United States who have received this designation.
With the notification of this award, Solution Tree shared a logo that you may use on email, correspondence, etc., as you see fit. In addition, we will be sending the Model PLC stickers out to buildings. More information on this designation and the PLC process may be found at this site.
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