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Reopening Schools: Where Are Extra Teachers Coming From?

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Due to social distancing measures, schools will need extra teachers for extra classrooms. The following is from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) about how to find more classroom teachers for reopening schools in the fall:

Staffing alternatives to consider for reducing class sizes:  Specialist teachers and other educators such as instructional coaches, reading specialists, and others who have appropriate certifications may be enlisted to serve as additional core teachers to reduce class sizes in schools.

Reopening Schools: Hybrid Learning

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The second of the three options the The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) will be choosing from for reopening schools is called hybrid learning.  The following explains how this would work:

Hybrid learning: In addition, all districts/schools must create a plan for a hybrid model in the event they are unable to bring all students back to school under the health and safety requirements despite their best efforts, or in case of COVID-19 related circumstances. A hybrid model means that students would alternate between in-person and remote learning. For instance, students could switch between in-person and remote learning on alternating weeks or days of the week.

Hybrid learning models: When planning for a hybrid learning model, we recommend that districts and schools use an A/B cohort model that isolates two distinct cohorts of students who attend school in-person on either different weeks, different days of the week, or half days each day. For instance, Cohort A would attend school in-person from Monday–Friday of Week 1, while Cohort B learns at home remotely. In Week 2, Cohort B would attend in-person school and Cohort A would engage in remote learning at home.

 

Ever wonder how they will have enough classroom teachers, when they will obviously need more since there will be smaller class sizes due to social distancing?  Check back here next time for the surprising DESE answer.

Reopening Schools: In-Person Learning

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The following is the first of the three The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) plans reopening schools in the fall:

In-person learning with new safety requirements: Our goal to get as many students as possible back into schools for in-person learning safely. In this model, all students return in person to school settings that are appropriately modified to accommodate the health and safety requirements outlined (in previous Y3K Tutor In Your Home posts). Examples of modifications could include altered classroom configurations, setting up additional learning spaces, and schedule changes.

 

Come back next time as we will reveal to you how their hybrid learning plan would work if the in-person learning plan is not possible.

Reopening Schools: 3 Options

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There are 3 possible ways the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) will be reopening schools in the fall.  They are as follows:

Components of district/school fall reopening plans: Each district and school will need to plan for three possibilities on the continuum of reopening:

1) In-person learning with new safety requirements (see previous Y3K Tutor In Your Home posts for the safety requirements).

2) A hybrid of in-person and remote learning.

3) Remote learning.

 

In our next installment, we will examine their in-person school reopening plan.

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