TUSD finalizes "One Model Fits All" school reopening

TUSD finalizes "One Model Fits All" school reopening

PLAN ON HOW STUDENTS WILLRETURN TO LEARNING REMOTELYAND THEN IN PERSON.

THEDISTRICT SAYS STUDENTS SHOULDNOT EXPECT ANYTHING NEAR ATRADITIONAL MODE AS IT TRIESTO KEEP STUDENTS AND STAFFSAFE.THIS IS NOT WHAT STUDENTS WILLSEE OR EXPERIENCE DURING THEPANDEMIC.

THEY WILL ALL BEWORKING ONLINE.

ITS A .ONEMODEL FITS ALL APPROACHMEANING ALL STUDENTS WILLEXPERIENCE THE SAME ONLINEINSTRUCTION NO MATTER WERETHEY ARE.

HERES HOW THESUPERINTENDENT DESCRIBES IT.

ATEACHER HAS A ROSTER OF 30STUDENTS.

HE OR SHE CAN CHOOSETO BE IN AN ALL DIGITALWORKSPACE IN THE CORNER OF ACLASSROOM OR WORK FROM HOME.THE DISTRICT IS TRYING TOLIMIT CLASS SIZES TO ABOUT13-14 STUDENTS SO THEREMAINDER WILL BE IN OTHERCLASSROOMS OR AT HOME.

ATTHE SCHOOL STUDENTS WILLREMAIN IN THEIR SEATS WITH ALAPTOP, HEADSET AND FACECOVERING.

THE TEACHER WILLASSIGN CLASSWORK RECORDLESSONS AS WELL AS DELIVERTHEM LIVE SIMILAR TO A ZOOMMEETING.

AND ALL STUDENTS WILLWORK IN SMALL GROUP SESSIONSREMOTELY.

THERE WONT BE ANYPROJECT BASED LEARNING ANDWORKSHEETS.

THE DISTRICTELIMINATED THEM TO MINIMIZETHE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.

THETEACHER WILL NOT BREAK FROMTHE ONLINE INSTRUCTIONMEANING THERE WILL BE NOINTERRUPTIONS.

INSTEADPROCTORS WHICH ARE MONITORSAND PARA PROFESSIONALS WILLSUPERVISE CLASSROOMSHANDLING OFF-TASK BEHAVIOR ANDENSURING MASKS STAY ON.

THESUPERINTENDENT SAYS HE WANTSTHE INSTRUCTION TO STAYCONSISTENT NO MATTER WHERESTUDENTS CHOOSE LEARN OR INCASE THERES ANOTHER STATESHUTDOWN BECAUSE OF A SEVEREOUTBREAK.THE DISTRICT IS BUYING MORELAPTOPS FOR EVERY SINGLETEACHER.

SOME WERE USING OLDDEVICES AND THEIR CELL PHONESTO TEACH REMOTELY -- DURINGTHE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR.UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA STUDENTS--