In this first installment of the Bright Spot of Innovation series—profiling education service providers across the country using innovative and collaborative approaches to serving student with disabilities during school closures—a school physical therapist guides families with individualized exercises through video
Tweaking transition planning and services in this time of social distancing involves determining how best to assess, document and communicate with families and students through remote instruction.
Teachers need high-quality assessment data and the know-how to use it effectively to determine where their students will be this fall—particularly those facing the 'COVID Slide,' says DA guest columnist Jacob Bruno.
Shannon McClintock Miller, innovation director for Iowa's Van Meter Community School District and a featured speaker for FETC, addresses the importance of librarians taking the lead in the selection, integration, organization and sharing of digital resources and tools.
DA guest columnist, veteran teacher and FETC featured speaker Rachelle Dene Poth shares ed-tech tools for engaging learners and giving them a voice when schedules won't permit connections for Zoom, or similar platform, meetings.
Postponement of SATs and ACTs, and the elimination of other standardized tests, shows their academic value has been overestimated, says one superintendent.
DA guest columnist Paul Hanley shares these considerations with school districts that had been charging forward with pre-referendum efforts tied to the November 2020 election—before the pandemic.
The challenges of online learning, including family stress and students' lack of access to technology, has led superintendents to close early and begin preparing for fall 2020.
