Grade Level
Upper
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“Appy” Hour
We’ve been hosting daily “Appy” hours using Teams. The Teams program is Microsoft’s answer to Google Meets. We’re an Office 365 school, not a Google school so this is perfect for us. Around 3:00 PM faculty and staff who are available, log in to our shared Team to talk about an app that we’re using […]
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Checklist: Essentials For Your Remote Learning Plan
Here are some questions to consider as you formulate your remote learning plan.
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E-Learning Plans for lower, middle, and upper schools at Winchester Thurston
See how Winchester Thurston is planning for their e-learning roll out on April 1st.
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Introduction/The Basics of Teaching Online
A quick video from the Stanford Online High School to share the basics of teaching online: – How to set up to teach online – How to provide resources to students – Communicating with the community
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Continuity in Education Free 7-12 Curriculum
BYU Independent Study is working with our LMS provider (Agilix Buzz) to provide free 7-12 curriculum for schools who are closed because of COVID-19. We hope to provide a service where schools can continue their instruction to their students as normally as possible. If you have any questions please contact me: Thank you, Trenton McCall […]
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Important COVID-19 Update from Cincinnati Country Day School Head of School
Cincinnati Country Day School continues to develop plans and policies in response to the Covid-19 virus in our area. The school will continue to track news and communicate to families about the spread of the virus as it evolves. As information becomes available, families will be updated by the Head of School. Questions should be […]
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The employers’ role and responsibilities during the COVID-19 crisis
In addition to the challenge of educating students remotely, our schools are now navigating a variety of employment challenges in this new phase of the COVID-19 response. Resources available to employers during this trying and confusing time include: “Comprehensive FAQs for Employers on the COVID-19 Coronavirus”, “Coronavirus: An Employer’s Action Guide”, ” and “Coronavirus Resources […]
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Making decisions about tuition and fees
Many schools are grappling with how tuition and fees will be impacted by the challenge of distance learning and endeavoring to provide a fulsome educational experience. Additionally, most schools are eager to support their employees, many of whom are economically vulnerable during this turbulent time.
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Considerations for employee compensation
One of the challenges many schools are facing is whether, and if so, how, to pay employees who are no longer working due to a campus closure or who are working in a diminished capacity. There are several considerations to keep in mind.
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Is your school leadership prepared to respond and manage a crisis?
There are a few elements of risk management we’d like to highlight, such as preparedness plans or protocols, different scenarios and possible outcomes, identifying a person or team to be the risk manager or management team, and more.
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Paying employees who work less or not at all
One of the challenges many schools are facing is whether, and if so, how, to pay employees who are no longer working due to a campus closure or who are working in a diminished capacity.
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Links to resources to support your distance learning community
As schools navigate their options and prepare next steps, this resource link might help. The resources are listed in alphabetical order and were compiled as a result of schools sharing their preparedness plans with NAIS.