Safely Reopening Schools
Overview
This training intends to inform educators about the various roles and responsibilities that stakeholders must fulfill in order for school districts to safely reopen schools.
Workshop Description
The Safely Reopening Schools workshop invites Belchertown High School educators to learn school district, family, student, and educator roles and responsibilities regarding how to safely reopen schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, preferably during the Fall 2020 term.
Intended Audience
All Belchertown High School educators must successfully complete this training prior to students' first day of in person classes.
Learning Objectives
Educators will:
- Explain and model school district, familiy, student, and educators roles and responsibilities regarding how to maintain a safe and healthy teaching and learning environment at Belchertown High School.
- Develop ways to educate students about all stakeholders' roles and responsibilities.
- Recommend educational strategies that ensure that all stakeholders are fullfilling their roles and responsibilities to the entire faculty and staff.
Tools
The Safely Reopening Schools training will employ readings, videos, and Google documents to ensure that educators learn and can articulate all stakeholders' roles and responsibilities.
Delivery Format
The Safely Reopening Schools training will include both asynchronous and synchronous components. Educators will participate in a majority of the workshop asynchronously to allow them to access and digest the content at their own pace. Educators will then meet synchronously at a designated date and time to ask questions and share thoughts, concerns, and recommendations. The synchronous portion of the training will also provide opportunities for educators to reach consensus regarding how to effectively ensure that all stakeholders fulfill their roles and responsibilities.
Agenda
- Welcome!
- Module 1: Current COVID-19 Research
- Module 2: School District Roles and Responsibilities
- Module 3: Family and Student Roles and Responsibilities
- Module 4: Educator Roles and Responsibilities
- Module 5: Anticipated Daily School Routine and Schedule
- Module 6: Encouraging Stakeholders to Fulfill Their Roles and Responsibilities
Module 1: Current COVID-19 Research
Learning Objectives:
Educators will:
- Summarize current COVID-19 research.
- Explain why and how the research indicates that school districts can safely reopen.
Module 2: School District Roles and Responsibilities
Learning Objectives:
Educators will:
- Summarize and explain school districts' roles and responsibilities respective to safely reopening schools.
Module 3: Family and Student Roles and Responsibilities
Learning Objectives:
Educators will:
- Summarize and explain families' and students' roles and responsibilities respective to safely reopening schools.
Module 4: Educator Roles and Responsibilities
Learning Objectives:
Educators will:
- Summarize and explain educators' roles and responsibilities respective to safely reopening schools.
Module 5: Anticipated Daily School Routine and Schedule
Learning Objectives:
Educators will:
- Summarize and explain the steps educators and students must take prior to leaving their home to go to school.
- Summarize and explain the steps educators and students must take upon entering the school building.
- Summarize and explain procedures that allow students and staff to transition from one space in the building to another space in the building.
- Summarize and explain the new lunch routine.
- Summarize and explain the new dismissal routine.
Module 6: Encouraging Stakeholders to Fulfill Their Roles and Responsibilities
Learning Objectives:
Educators will:
- Develop and recommend practices that will encourage stakeholders to fulfill their roles and responsibilities.
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