Remote Learning Guidance

Content and Delivery
• All students need to have access to content and material. If learning is going to be done
online, then an educationally comparable offline version should be available that
replicates the online version as closely as possible.
• Give priority in subject areas to prerequisite skills that will be required for next year
• Schools must make an effort to support parents with resources that may help to facilitate
remote learning. It is necessary to establish reliable and district-approved channels of
communication with parents by phone or email, if possible. Schools should make every
effort possible to reach out to students and parents, while ensuring that they do not
violate the communications guidelines of individual districts.
Communication/Feedback
• Timely communication by teachers makes a difference in the number of students who
complete assignments and in their achievement of the learning tasks.
o Schools should attempt to set up channels of communication with students and staff
without internet access, such as by phone or by mail.
o Students with internet access can communicate with teachers by email or through
learning websites.
• Establish office hours for teacher availability and check-in with students and families (if
appropriate or possible).
Social-Emotional Learning/Support
• The health and mental well-being of students should be a priority over learning.
Accommodations and modifications can and should be done when appropriate for
students and their mental health.
• School staff should make every effort to contact all families/students on a regular basis
and open up lines of communication for families/students to contact them. These
contacts can be done using email, phone calls, and social media. If teachers are not
able to access their school phones, personal phone numbers can be hidden through the
use of a phone number provided by web-based apps.
Options and Opportunities
Content Options ● Online learning software (as long as non-internet options are
also provided)
● Books, newspapers, magazines
● Meaningful graphic organizers, puzzles or worksheets
● Projects, especially ones that are interdisciplinary and might
earn students credit for multiple classes
● Printed articles
● Podcasts
● Poetry (read or listen and then write your own)
Methods of ● Online
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