Launching the School Year
"How do I....?"
For Remote and Blended Learning Lessons in Math, ELA, Science, Social Studies, and Cross-Content Literacy Routines, please see our New Visions Curriculum website.
For Remote and Blended Learning Lessons in Math, ELA, Science, Social Studies, and Cross-Content Literacy Routines, please see our New Visions Curriculum website.
Build a coherent, school-wide approach to GOOGLE CLASSROOM?
Build a coherent, school-wide approach to GOOGLE CLASSROOM?
- TOOLKIT: Building a School-wide Approach to Google Classroom - This resource will help your school implement a coherent approach by creating consistency in Classroom naming, settings, and application. A School-wide approach benefits administrators, educators, students, and families.
- Google Classroom Style Guide Recommendations - A collection of best practices, tips and tricks to setting up Google Classrooms for Remote and/or Blended Learning.
Support students to acquire DIGITAL SKILLS they need for remote and blended learning?
Support students to acquire DIGITAL SKILLS they need for remote and blended learning?
- Use Unit Zero to build students' digital skills for success in remote and/or blended learning through lessons focuses on digital citizenship that also build community through social and emotional connections
- Open our Digital Skills Notebook - Introductory mini lessons and activities to find short mini-lesson activities and video, GIF, and written tutorials on a variety of commonly requested technology skills (ex: Slowing playback in YouTube or How to Turn in my Work on Google Classroom)
- Utilize our collection of tutorial GIFS and VIDEOS for educators and students
- Explore the free Google Applied Digital Skills lessons. These Google-created lessons integrate with Google Classroom and can be used in any core content area
- Utilize the Google Junior Training Series, a collection of mini-videos released Aug 2020, to provide technology help to student and families
Plan for SYNCHRONOUS and ASYNCHRONOUS instruction?
Plan for SYNCHRONOUS and ASYNCHRONOUS instruction?
- Explore the NVPS Teacher Planning Notebook (2020) for planning strategies and other resources to incorporate like Cultural Responsiveness and Micro Routines.
- Planning for Instruction in Fall 2020 and SY 2020-21 Team Meeting Agenda - In this agenda, teachers will have the opportunity to 1) reflect on experience with remote teaching and learning; 2) discuss knowns and unknowns for the fall; 3) ensure a common understanding of key terms (synchronous, asynchronous, and blended); 4) discuss the types of activities that lend themselves to each type of instruction; and 5) discuss what planning for a week of instruction could look like. Slides for facilitating this agenda as a virtual meeting can be found here.
- Utilize existing resources for on the Teaching with Tech page
Provide SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL supports for students in virtual settings?
Provide SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL supports for students in virtual settings?
- Use Unit Zero to build students' digital skills for success in remote and/or blended learning through lessons focuses on digital citizenship that also build community through social and emotional connections.
- Explore our SEL Curriculum page for a variety back-to-school activities
- Consider a free tool like Flipgrid that will provide students with creative ways to express themselves as the school year begins.
Build a sense of COMMUNITY in my school/Classrooms?
Build a sense of COMMUNITY in my school/Classrooms?
- Use Unit Zero to build students' digital skills for success in remote and/or blended learning through lessons focuses on digital citizenship that also build community through social and emotional connections.
Support DIVERSE LEARNERS in virtual contexts at the start of the year?
Support DIVERSE LEARNERS in virtual contexts at the start of the year?
- Universal Design for Learning in Online Formats - How to support students with learning and linguistic differences such as students with disabilities, English learners, and developing readers and writers in a virtual teaching and learning environment.
- Explore our Resources for Diverse Learners page for help planning for Equitable Grading, Online Discussion Skills, and a range of other topics to support every student in each of your classes.
Provide POSTSECONDARY planning and resources to students?
Provide POSTSECONDARY planning and resources to students?
- Use the True Colors Activity to help students begin considering career options well suited to their personality traits
- Explore all of the resources on our Postsecondary page, including College Access Resources, Virtual Events, Instructional Materials, and Career and Employment Resources for students