Ready? Set? Go? A Guide to Implementing Your District’s Remote Learning Plan

Since 2006, we have partnered with a myriad of organizations – including school districts, non-profits, and businesses – to support their leaders and teams so that they meet their goals and achieve success.

With the extension of school shutdowns due to COVID-19, we know that everyone is scrambling to get some sort of remote learning experience up and running in their districts. When dealing with a crisis of this magnitude, it is easy to respond to chaos with chaos. Dr. Judy Houle, SFO, Vice President of Entrepreneurship, has experience in the world of virtual learning with a background of two years as Executive Director of the Greenfield Commonwealth Virtual School (GCVS). Having lived through the experience of shifting that school’s model of delivering instruction, she learned some valuable lessons worth sharing. There are several guiding principles that districts must consider when implementing remote learning plans:

  1. Be methodical
  2. Keep the gateway to learning simple and consistent
  3. Make sure you have systems in place that are equitable for all students
  4. Partner with Parents/Caregivers
  5. Be mindful of IT supports needed
  6. Make sure resources are vetted for quality, alignment to standards, and ease of deployment
  7. Remember that remote learning is a process.

Judy has published an article on Linkedin that addresses these points in greater detail. Click here to read the full article. If you would like to talk more with Dr. Houle about your remote learning plan, send an email to judy.houle@themanagementsolution.com.