TUSD surveys parents, teachers for input about hybrid learning
CIARA ON CAM: IT'S A THREEQUESTION SURVEY FOR PARENTSAND A SEVENTEEN QUESTIONSURVEY FOR STAFF.
IT'S ALLABOUT COMFORT LEVELS WHEN ITCOMES TO RETURNING TO SCHOOLAND WHAT MIGHT BE NEXT FOREDUCATORS.
PKG: "WE PROVIDED ADESCRIPTION OF REMOTE ANDHYBRID LEARNING.
WE ASKED THEMWHAT IS THEIR PREFERENCE.
AND,AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WASASKING IF THEY WERE TO CHOOSEAN ORDER OF RANKING.
IF THEYSTAYED REMOTE, DID THEY WANTTO STAY WITH THEIR CURRENTTEACHER, OR WOULD BE, THEY BECOMFORTABLE AND SWITCHING.
ANDTHEN, OR IF THEY CHOSE THEHYBRID MODEL, WOULD THEY STAYWANT TO STAY WITH THEIRCURRENT TEACHERS, OR BECOMFORTABLE AND SWITCHINGTEACHERS." THE CLOCK ISTICKING FOR PARENTS TO FILLOUT THE SURVEY DUE WEDNESDAY."IT WILL HELP US BE ABLE TOENSURE WE WERE SCHEDULING ANDPREPARING TEACHERS FOR HOWTHEY'RE TO COME BACK AS WEKNOW SOME TEACHERS ARE HOPINGTO STAY REMOTE AS MUCH OF ITDEPENDS ON HOW MANY STUDENTSARE BACK IN ALL THECLASSROOMS." TEACHERS WEREALSO SENT A SURVEY TO FILL OUTLETTING THE DISTRICT KNOWWHETHER OR NOT THEY FEELCOMFORTABLE RETURNING TO THECLASSROOM.
THIS IS THE SECONDTIME TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ASKEDTO FILL OUT A SURVEY LIKETHIS.
ONE NOTABLE QUESTION ONTHE SURVEY ASKS WHAT EMPLOYEESPLAN TO DO IF THEY ARE NOTAUTHORIZED TO STAY AT HOMEONCE HYBRID LEARNING BEGINS.THEY FIRST TIME THE RESULTSSHOWED I WOULD SAY, A LARGERPERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS WERENOT COMFORTABLE COMING BACK.AWESOME.
THEY WANTED TO REMAINREMOTE.
THE DISTRICT IS ALSOHOSTING TOWN HALLS WITH THEIRTEACHERS.
"IT'S FOR THEM TO DOTWO THINGS ONE TO FOR OURMIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLTEACHERS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACKON HOW WE MANAGE THE SCHEDULESBECAUSE THEIR VARIOUS SCHEDULEOPTIONS SINCE THOSE STUDENTSROTATE FROM CLASS TO CLASS.AND THE OTHER ONE IS FORTEACHERS TO GIVE INPUT ON THEHYBRID MODEL AND WHAT THINGSTHEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS FARAS PART OF IT." 9 ON YOUR SIDEREACHED OUT TO THE TUCSONEDUCATION ASSOCIATION WHO ISFOCUSED ON SAFETY FIRST.
TEASAYS IN PART.
"THE TUSD HYBRIDPLAN IS MORE OF AN OUTLINE ATTHIS POINT.
AS A MEMBER OF THECOMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON IT,THERE ARE STILL MANYUNANSWERED QUESTIONS REGARDINGSUCH THINGS AS STUDENT-TEACHERRATIOS, SOCIAL DISTANCINGDURING PASSING PERIODS, ANDSUPERVISION DURING LUNCHES.THERE IS A COMMITTEE FORMINGTHIS WEEK TO HELP IRON OUTMANY OF THOSE ISSUES ANDQUESTIONS SO WE WILL NOT HAVEANYTHING DEFINITE UNTIL THEEND OF THE WEEK OR EARLY NEXTWEEK." T-E-A ADDS THAT NO ONEWANTS TO BE BACK IN THECLASSROOM WITH OUR STUDENTSMORE THAN EDUCATORS.
TAG: THERESULTS OF THE SURVEYS WILL BEREADY BEFORE THE NEXT T-U-S-DGOVERNING BOARD MEETING NEXTTUESDAY.
CIARA ENCINAS, KGUN 9ON YOUR SIDE.AND AS T-U-S-D MAKES DECISI