How TPS will handle the COVID slide

How TPS will handle the COVID slide

Different ways."IT'S BEEN FOUR MONTHS SINCEGREEN COUNTRY STUDENTSSTEPPED FOOT IN THEIRCLASSROOMS. AS SCHOOLDISTRICTS NAVIGATE HOW TOMAKE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.THEY'RE ALSO BATTLING THE"COVID SLIDE" -- THE LOSS INLEARNING BECAUSE OF THEPANDEMIC.

2 WORKS FOR YOU'SSIERRA PIZARRO SHARES THEPLAN... AND WHAT PARENTS CANDO TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN ONTRACK.A FULL CLASSROOM -- IT'SWHAT A LOT OF PARENTS.STUDENTS.

AND TEACHERS WANTTO SEE AGAIN."It has been a while sinceour students have been withus in the buildings." FIVEMONTHS TO BE EXACT.

BY THETIME THE NEW SCHOOL YEARSTARTS.

AND IT'S ENOUGH FORLEARNING LOSS TO KICK IN --More than the usual "SUMMERSLIDE".Neves: "It can be up to two,three, four months oflearning over the course ofthe summer leading up to thereturn of school." TEACHERSARE USED TO HANDLING THAT.ONLY.THIS TIME THE COVID SLIDE ISALSO ON THE RADAR -- THEABRUPT INTERRUPTION THECORONAVIRUS HAS HAD ONTEACHING AND ITS TRAUMA TOSTUDENTS.

TO REVERSE IT.TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLSTEACHERS WILL GO OVERLEARNING STUDENTS MISSED INTHE SPRING.

BEFORE THATHAPPENS.

They're hopingPARENTS will ALSO STEP IN.NEVES: "The one thing Iwould love for every familyto be doing this summer isensuring students arereading." AND READINGDAILY.

NOT ONLY TO CURbSUMMER AND COVIDLEARNING LOSS.

BUT also TOKEEP STUDENTS MOVINGFORWARD.

I'M SIERRAPIZARRO.

2 WORKS FOR YOU.STARTING AUGUST 20TH, TULSATEACHERS, STAFF AND SCHOOLLEADERS WILL UNDERGO SEVENDAYS OF TRAINING TO PREPARETHEM WITH SAFETY PROTOCOLSAND RESOURCES FOR ONLINEINSTRUCTION -- WHEN IT'SNEEDED.