Grade Level
Upper
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Wellness Connection for Faculty and Staff
Staying connected as a faculty/staff and encouraging self-care practices such as exercise, mindfulness, going outside, yoga, etc. See google doc for email sent to faculty and staff to sign-up for the Wellness Connection as we work safe from home.
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Managing Remote Employees
A Powerpoint training session for school leaders who are managing remote employees for the first time. It can be delivered via Zoom or equivalent in 30-45 minutes, depending on the amount of discussion.
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Online Lesson Idea
Our school decided to use Microsoft Teams, in conjunction with Edsby, as each student was already registered and had access to the software. This was a new software program to both students and teachers making the learning environment scary to many. Our first week, I had them sign in with an emoji to make sure […]
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Quick Tips to engage with your community
Laura Day, from Hockaday School, shares 4 quick tips on how your students can remain engaged with their community while in isolation
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The Financial Future of Independent Schools
Rethink models and what is possible, not what was.
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Stanford Online High School Sample Classes
Here we provide examples of how to virtually: -Start Class -Lead Discussions -Use Polls -Use a Whiteboard
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Greensboro Day School Distance Learning Handbook
The Distance Learning Handbook keeps our faculty aligned and communicates what we are doing to the greater community. The google doc link will include updates as we make them and the pdf is as of March 20, 2020.
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Flattening the Learning Curve
We keep hearing about the importance of flattening the curve of the COVID-19 outbreak. For those of us who work in academia, we have seen another curve begin to flatten since the pandemic has forced us to make sudden shifts to digital teaching and learning. The learning curve, when it comes to faculty, staff, students, […]
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Tutorial 5: Communicating with Your Community – For Administrators – Video
Distance learning on specific curriculums and Counseling and Student Support.
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Case Study: Stanford Online High School
The following is a case study that Stanford Online High School published in collaboration with Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (VPTL) at Stanford, in their course, Blended and Online Learning Design from Stanford.
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Resources for Remote Hiring for Schools
This guide is a summary of how Avenues approaches interviewing and hiring at a distance. We’re sharing it in hopes that these ideas and materials can support other schools to keep hiring well during these challenging times. Find us on Twitter: @Avenues_org
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Tutorial 3: IT Resources and Support
Free resources and considerations for IT resources and support for distance learning.