Provide your email and phone number at the end of each communication. In the same breath, ensure students and families have multiple ways to communicate with you. Put it on the platform, email it, text it, set reminders in group chats. Post your announcements in various places to make sure students and parents don’t miss vital information.
This helps boost students’ independence while giving parents, guardians, and older siblings a chance to breathe and focus on other things.Ĭommunicate with Students and Families in Multiple Forms Comments, text-based chats, and short videos are just a few ways to fuel conversation.Īlso, try to structure your learning opportunities to minimize frequent teacher and adult support. Based on your students’ age, access, and the platform, find creative ways to keep students feeling connected to one another by having them engage with each other online. Now more than ever, your students need to be able to connect with each other and with you in whatever way works best. Fuel Conversations and Connections in Various Ways Promote metacognition to support their own learning by asking reflection questions as a part of each assignment. Now more than ever, students are going to need a little extra push to stay engaged. This is a great way to ensure students have a way to ask you questions as they work on assignments or get stuck. Even better, utilize the chat features to keep students on track, motivated, and feeling supported. Provide frequent feedback through online knowledge checks and comments on assignments. Just as you would in the classroom, be transparent about your expectations-both about online learning and your academic expectations. If it helps, break your content into chunks to prevent yourself from feeling overwhelmed. Consider the multiple paths students might take to reach that goal. When things feel especially hard, just remember to:Įstablish a clear set of learning goals. You’ve got this: What makes you a great teacher in the classroom will make you a great teacher online as well. While so much about this experience is new, remember that so much of what makes for great teaching in the classroom will transfer to a virtual environment-and is just as needed there. Great Teaching Skills Will Serve You Well Online And, of course, special education students are on our minds, as teachers navigate what it looks like to provide necessary supports and allow for flexibility in this new virtual environment. Flexible deadlines or longer completion times for typed responses can help address those concerns. Try your best to ensure the learning platforms you use are mobile-enabled.Īdditionally, it’s also useful to keep in mind your students’ computer literacy and typing skills. Keep in mind that if devices are available, students may access your online course from phones or tablets. Many of your students may not have access to either the internet or a device-or will have inconsistent access. This article offers great advice for teachers like you to “do a bad job of putting your courses online.” Consider Your Students’ Equity of Access With that being said, don’t be afraid to dive in and learn alongside your kids. You are problem-solving to provide access to rigorous learning to students online at the last minute. You don’t have to design an entire online course from scratch. Remember, this is a challenge for everyone: teachers, families, and students. Here are some tips to help make the leap to virtual teaching successful, followed by links to more resources for teachers venturing into online learning for the first time. We will rise to this challenge if we stand together and offer compassion and support to one another, and share solutions and learn together as we navigate our new circumstances. To all the teachers and parents navigating this new reality: Hang in there-your love is a strong lesson in itself. This inequity can turn extraordinary situations into impossible ones.
So many of our Teach of America students’ families lack financial security, economic opportunities, health care, and other supports and resources. Let’s not forget this is a particularly disruptive time for parents and students in low-income communities. As COVID-19 has forced schools to close in the past weeks, our teachers, families, and communities have been tasked with finding new ways to support children, including remote learning systems and homeschooling.
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