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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This spring, my child had a pretty good experience with DL at Hardy for 8th grade. For the most part [b]the teachers tried to stay on a true period schedule where the kids would join their class (via zoom or teams) and have class.[/b] I think the live instruction is vital (please limit the recorded stuff) and encourage verbal engagement. Allow the students to discuss, ask questions and engage some with one another. Middle schoolers really need the interactions. Crave them. Their developing selves and hormones demand it!! I know middle school teachers are more used to parents being hands off, but please make a special effort to keep them informed. Give them a heads up about what you’re teaching each week (allow parents to be on your notificAtion apps). If I knew what my child was learning, I can help my child more easily. I want to know what the deadlines are.  Streamline all the website and app resources and logins as much as possible. Be clear about your grading policies, what assignments are worth, what category they each fall in (what’s homework vs assessment vs participation vs etc). Thanks for asking!

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If that is how middle schools are operating, please please help out the parents of incoming sixth graders. That is so far away from what my son's ES was doing in spring. I would have to do a lot to support a transition to DL that "looked like" full time school.

I might suggest asking incoming students what DL looked like for them at elementary school, as a I think there's a lot of diversity among the implementation across schools. Our elementary school gave a paper packet every 2 weeks, with a 15-20 minute check-in with each teacher each week. I will add also that this model worked very well for my child but I know families who found it to be challenging.[/quote]

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