Roles & Responsibilities During Distance Learning
School Personnel
Leadership Team
- Create and distribute TNCS’s Distance Learning Plan, or DLP
- Establish clear channels of communications between faculty, staff, families, and students in the event of this DLP being activated
- Support faculty and students/families shifting to a distance learning environment
- Help teachers implement DLP and ensure high-quality learning experience for all students
- Support all teachers and teams in the implementation of TNCS’s DLP
- Provide models and examples of outstanding distance learning units and lessons
- Recommend new methods techniques for providing feedback to students
- Support teachers and teams as they design new methods to assess student learning
- Support teachers and teams in developing strategies to differentiate their instruction
Teachers & Advisors
- Collaborate with other members of your team or department to design distance learning experiences for your students
- Communicate frequently with your students and with their parents
- Provide timely feedback to support your students’ learning
- Implement the Guidelines for TNCS teachers shared earlier in the DLP
Health & Wellness
- Provide resources, guidance, and support for students and employees to support their physical and emotional wellbeing
Student Advisors
- Serve as liaison for communication with students/families
- Use virtual platforms (Zoom) to conduct advisory check-ins with students
- Facilitate daily check-in
College & Career Counselor
- Host Virtual Office Hours at set times for students and parents
- Encourage students and parents to schedule these meetings as needed
Electives Teachers
- Health & Physical Education – Develop a bank of mindfulness exercises, physical activities, and competitions for students
- Visual Arts – Staying mindful of the resources and tools families may not have in their home, develop a bank of projects and activities for students to access if interested
- Performing Arts – Develop activities for students to access in preparation for spring performance
- Collaborate with classroom teachers on how to integrate music, art, and physical education into classroom projects and experiences.
Tech Support Team
- Review and develop how-to tutorials for teachers, students, and parents
- Continually monitor the needs of teachers, students, and parents and troubleshoot their challenges, as needed
- Be available remotely to provide on-demand tech support help
Students
- Establish daily routines for engaging in the learning experiences (e.g. 9am start)
- Identify a comfortable, quiet space in your home where you can work effectively and successfully
- Complete assignments with integrity and academic honesty, doing your best work
- Do your best to meet timelines, commitments, and due dates
- Communicate proactively with your teachers if you cannot meet deadlines or require additional support
- Collaborate with and support your TNCS peers in their learning
- Comply with TNCS’s Acceptable Use Policy, including expectations for online etiquette
- Proactively seek out and communicate with adults at TNCS as different needs arise (see below)
Parents/Guardians
Provide support for your student by adhering to the Guidelines for TNCS Parents as well as you can:
- Establish routines and expectations
- Define the physical space for your child’s study
- Monitor communications from your children’s teachers
- Begin and end each day with a check-in
- Take an active role in helping your children process and own their learning
- Establish times for quiet and reflection
- Encourage physical activity and/or exercise
- Remain mindful of your child’s stress or worry
- Keep your children social, but set rules around their social media interactions
Contacts
Academic concern or question
Course Teacher
Technology-Related Problem or Issue
Greg Melton gmelton@tncs.org
Social-Emotional Concerns
Ashlyn Hudson ahudson@tncs.org
Health and Wellness Concerns
Noel Raggio nraggio@tncs.org
Jim Morgan jmorgan@tncs.org