When you close a school for weeks or months, and you’re a traditional school district, you’re likely to be fine. When you close a charter school for weeks or months, it can be devastating.
In this recorded webinar, we explore options for charter school leaders to make decisions and have the resources available to do the right thing for your students, your staff and your larger community.
Generally - most states are providing school finance (at same level) / you’ll have to prove later you tried to do remote learning
Make sure whomever you’re teaching ensures you’re continuing to get paid
Donations will likely slow down
Financial Markets are not supporting charters the way they used to
Most financial markets are constrained - big projects are disrupted
Winter is coming - get short-term money if you can - From your local bank, other sources
We don’t know how next fiscal year is going to pan out
It’d be GREAT if you ended up not needing it...
We have money available if schools need it - short or long term
Creating policies and procedures= enrollments forms, etc.
Obviously if you have contracted with a vendor to provide your content, starting a virtual school is very easy. With the Covid 19 outbreak and stoppage, our clients are in a better position to provide extensive content, understanding checks, formative and summative evaluation. There is communication, etc.
What is digital learning: interactive learning resources, digital learning content (which may include openly licensed content), software, or simulations, that engage students in academic content; (b) access to online databases and other primary source documents; (c) the use of data and information to personalize learning and provide targeted supplementary instruction; (d) online and computer-based assessments; (e) learning environments that allow for rich collaboration and communication, which may include student collaboration with content experts and peers; (f) hybrid or blended learning, which occurs under direct instructor supervision at a school or other location away from home and, at least in part, through online delivery of instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path, or pace; and (g) access to online course opportunities for students in rural or remote areas.
My school has a portion of our students with online learning, how do I expand it without disruption.
Major internet providers like Spectrum and Comcast are giving students free WiFi for the next couple of months.-Jen Clayton
Many providers are also waiving late fees for existing customers and increasing data caps for mobile hotspots. But to gain access restrictions may apply. For example, to qualify for Comcast Internet Essentials program, which provides affordable Internet ($9.95/month) families must meet these criteria:
et up with online learning - how do I expand it to serve all my students?
Here is a good emergency Remote Instruction Checklist from quality matters.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTKJSTc2gxVC12Oki9bv3S12dry1ZsfATX8zmdBbuPJZ8ejUBpecTy50Yk_7aOSDwh83WHu0NTpOOK3/pub
It’s times like these we learn to live…
Refer to Digital Equity – Supporting Students & Families
I have no remote learning at all - how do I implement it in zero to 60 mph?
I’m glad this said 0-60 and not 0-80!
First, look at your instructional strategies in the classroom and say – If I can’t see students, what’s the best way to provide the content, check for understanding and evaluate. Is the content difficult? Does evaluation require a higher depth of knowledge? Do
I have students who have no technology access – are there resources I should be looking at for hotspots, Chromebooks or iPads, etc.?
MindShift has 14 tips for helping students with limited Internet have distance learning. And links to at home learning a California public education partnership/
-Call Regularly, suggest free internet offers but be mindful of limitations, seek out hotspots but don’t rely on them, check in via Google forms, Tune in to your local broadcast station.
-plain text instead of attachments, host accessible video sessions but don’t require attendance, make transcripts using speech to text, provide hard copies,
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55608/14-tips-for-helping-students-with-limited-internet-have-distance-learning
https://mashable.com/article/how-to-online-learning-kids-skills-homeschool/
http://www.1millionproject.org/student-resources
Check out the 1 million project foundation
How do APEX clients handle attendance reporting and SPED services as part of what you offer?
We have a student session report that provides detailed information about when students login to the system. We have different versions of courses that may be more suitable to SPED. Teachers have the flexibility of adjusting classroom settings to meet IEP’s (504, etc.). Instructionally, we have the following model of instruction. Couple this with our learning continuity program and services, you have a very powerful solution that requires very little planning and prep.
USE WEST CENTRAL LEARNING ACADEMY
Here are some examples of the attendance reporting. We also have the custom report generation services to create the exact type of reporting need that your school may have. The coaches report is one of the best in the industry, in regard to parent involvement, proof of student engagement and identifying areas of student need.
Some things haven’t been completely clarified:
Homeless
SPED
FRL
Homeless statutes? May become a contractual obligation with the authorizer
Meals for free and reduced lunch kids