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Home My Public Portal AboutPresentation_Reopening of Schools 2020-21TEMPLE CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NEXT STEPS FOR THE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS Board of Education Meeting August 5, 2020 1 SUPERINTENDENT’S UPDATE ●TCUSD will begin the 2020-21 school year with 100% distance learning under the guidance and direction of the Los Angeles Department of Public Health and Governor Newsom’s declaration on county watch list guidelines. ●Thank you to the TCUSD Technology and Opening of Schools Task Force teams for your collaboration and hard work. ●Thank you to the Executive Directors Hannah Geddy, Mercedes Gomez and Tamar Kataroyan for their work on opening school procedures. ●Thank you to CSEA and TCEA for providing support in the decision making process. 2 FRAMEWORK FOR RE -OPENING OF TCUSD SCHOOLS 2015 Staff Return to Work Protocols Employee Leave Management Illness Contact Tracing Training & Communication Students Staff Community Access Infection Control Measures Illness Management Governors June Budget Revise Cash Flow Management Reserve Spending Non-Reserve Spending Standards Based Curriculum Online Education Learning Management System Professional Development Facility Safety Social Distancing Symptom Monitoring & Reporting Personal Protective Equipment 2016 2017 2018 NOW Personnel Services Fiscal Management Curriculum & Instruction Safety & Security Department Of Health Guidelines 3 BUSINESS SERVICES Safety Measures •Business Services has procured the following items to ensure the health and safety of all staff and students. •Masks (Staff and students-adult and child sizes) •Face Shields (For testing, Special Education, Health Staff) •Disposable Gowns (Special Education and Health Staff) •Gloves (Custodial and Health Staff) •Thermometers (For all sites) •Plexiglass barriers (Installing for testing, front office, teachers, etc.) •Thermal Temperature Monitoring (Vendor selection being finalized) •The State is allocating additional safety supplies to each school district, but at this time the specific items and quantity to be supplied are unknown. The materials are currently being delivered to Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) and will be distributed from there. Distribution will be based on the size of the district, beginning with the largest first. 4 MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS The staff of Maintenance and Operations has worked with site administrative and custodial personnel to enhance sanitizing of classrooms, office and multi-purpose areas in compliance with the Los Angeles County Health Department Guidelines. ●Wall mounted hand sanitizers have been placed in each classroom, central office spaces and multi-purpose rooms ●Paper towel dispensers and trash cans have been placed in each restroom that have electric hand dryers ●Electrostatic Sanitizing Sprayers for all sites ●Additional cleaning supplies stored at warehouse ●Daily cleaning of all touch points ●Additional training for custodial staff will be provided by the district’s vendor ●Service to each HVAC unit 5 FOOD SERVICES The Food Services Team has developed menus for Grab and Go lunches, based on guidelines from the National School Lunch Program. To support families, lunches for all grades, Pre-K -12 may be picked up at any of the the three locations. •Grab and Go lunch service will be available Monday, Wednesday and Friday •Families will be able to pick up lunches at Emperor, Longden or TCHS •Drive through and walk up options available at all three sites •Meals are pre-packaged •All precautions are being taken to maintain social distancing between staff and families during service •Students do not need to be present, but student identification cards will be required 6 CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION & INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY •Education Code 43503 and Senate Bill 98 •Education Code 43503 defines the parameters for Distance Learning •Daily live interaction is required for every student with both a certificated employee and their student peers •Daily live interaction is two-way communication between a certificated employee and student each instructional day, at the actual time of occurrence. •Senate Bill 98 defines the minimum instructional minutes •Kinder -180 minutes •1st-3rd grades -230 minutes •4th-12th grades -240 minutes 7 MONDAY TUESDAY WED THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:00-8:25 (25) Instructional Block Instructional Block Instructional Block Instructional Block *PE Live Interaction with students will be scheduled by grade level *SEL lessons with counselors 8:25-9:20 (55) Instructional Block Instructional Block Instructional Block Instructional Block 9:20-10:15 (55) Instructional Block Instructional Block Instructional Block Instructional Block 10:15-10:25 BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK 10:25-11:20 (55) Instructional Block (TK-K end) Instructional Block (TK-K end) Instructional Block (TK-K end) Instructional Block (TK-K end) 11:20-12:10 (50) Instructional Block Instructional Block Instructional Block Instructional Block 1:30-2:00 PE Grades 1-3 Music 4-6 PE Grades 4-6 Music 4-6 PE Grades 1-3 Music 4-6 PE Grades 4-6 Music 4-6 2:00-2:30 Music 4-6 Music 4-6 Music 4-6 Music 4-6 Elementary Schedule (Draft) 8 FRIDAYS Period 1/2 8:20am -9:40am 80mins Passing 8 mins Period 3/4 9:48am -11:08am 80 mins Passing 8 mins Period 5/6 11:16 am -12:36pm 80 mins ●M/W & T/TH Blocks ●3 period of 80 min ●Friday Planning/mtg ●240 instructional mins Fridays ●Homeroom Check In-check in, announcements ●SEL/Community Building ●PBIS/WEB/ASB OAK AVE DISTANCELEARNING SCHEDULE (DRAFT) 2020-2021 9 Schedule for Monday-Thursday Period 0 7:00am -8:20am 80 min Break 8:20am -8:25am 5 min Period 1/2 8:30am -9:50am 80mins Break 9:50 am -9:55am 5 min Period 3/4 10:00am -11:20am 80 mins Passing 11:20am -11:25am 5 min Period 5/6 11:30am -12:50pm 80 mins Monday-Thursday M/W & T/TH Blocks 240 instructional mins 3 periods of 80 min Friday: 210 Instruction 30 Passing 240 Total 10 Break not included in the minutes TCHS DISTANCELEARNING SCHEDULE (DRAFT) 2020-2021 10 Friday Bell Schedule Period 0 8:00 -8:30 Period 1 8:35 -9:05 Period 2 9:10 -9:40 Period 3 9:45 -10:15 BREAK 10:15 -10:25 Period 4 10:30 -11:00 Period 6 11:05 -11:35 Period 7 11:40 -12:10 �%Check-out will occur during the weeks of August 17th and August 24th �%Students will receive a device as well as any text materials �%Schedules and quick reference guides will be provided by each school site DEVICE AND CONSUMABLE MATERIAL CHECK -OUT 11 STATEWIDE ASSESSMENTS •Statewide assessments currently scheduled to proceed •ELPAC will begin in August to assess language proficiency •Safety measures will be in place including face masks, face shields, plexiglass dividers, and social distancing measures •Testing will occur on campus by appointment only 12 LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - CANVAS •Canvas is a learning management system that will streamline all the digital tools and content that students and teachers will use during distant learning •TCUSD will provide synchronous and asynchronous instruction via Canvas •Teachers and students will log into their Canvas accounts to access instruction •Parents will log into one Canvas account for all their children as an observer •Teachers can send announcements and reminders for students and observers to see •Canvas analytics will offer teachers quick access to monitor student attendance and participation 13 Curriculum and Instructional Tools •Teachers and Students will have access to all approved curriculum including, but n limited to: •McGraw Hill’s Wonders and Study Sync •Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Math Expressions •Holt and McDougall Littell’s Algebra and Geometry •Houghton Mifflin and Prentice Hall’s Science •Houghton Mifflin and Holt’s Social Studies •Teachers and Students will also have access to newly purchased instructional tools including, but not limited to: •Nearpod •Flocabulary •Kami Reader •Gizmos •Seesaw •iReady •Mastery Connect 14 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PARENT MEETINGS Certificated Staff ●Professional development throughout the summer for instructional technology ●Ongoing professional development throughout the school year ●TOSA support ●Classified Staff ●August training -Canvas overview ●Parent Square training as needed Parents ●Training in the areas of Canvas (LMS), Parent Square (new communication tool), and iReady ●Virtual meetings such as PTA, SSC, ELAC, DELAC, and LCAP -(secure links will be sent to parents) 15 ATTENDANCE AND DISCIPLINE Attendance ●Maintain TCUSD expectation ●Documentation and reporting ●Follow-up phone calls ●Interventions and support ●Administration review Discipline ●Digital Citizenship expectation ●Admin support for teachers ●Interventions and support ●Parent communication 16 PERSONNEL SERVICES •Complete classified and certificated hiring and onboarding •Assignment of Classified Support Staff •Open Enrollment and Benefits •Leaves and Substitutes •Annual Training •Mandated Reporter (all staff) •Anti-Harassment (all staff) •Title IX (Board of Education and Administration) •New Staff Training 17 WORKING ON SITE •Safely Opening & Maintaining District Office and School Sites for Staff •Provide Staff Safety Guidelines and Training•Safety Protocols •PPE (masks)•6 ft social distancing •Designated clutter-free work space•Temperature checks and health questionnaire screening•Appointments for use of work rooms•Rotation of Work Schedules•Limited Site Hours: 7:00 am –3:00 pm•4/10 Schedules—allow for deep cleaning on Fridays.•COVID-19, Contact Tracing, and Procedures 18 SPECIAL EDUCATION ●During distance learning, a student’s IEP should be implemented as written. Waivers have not been released. ●EC 56345 (a)(9)-requires an IEP to include a description of the means in which the IEP will be provided under emergency conditions ■This will occur at student’s next regularly scheduled IEP ( annual, triennial) ●The CDE will consider school closures as exceptional circumstances causing the delay for purposes of LEA compliance (assessments, timelines) ●Prior Written Notice (PWN) letters will be sent to parents in the areas of: ■Plan during closure addressing the Offer of FAPE ■Options for related services ■Options for assessments not requiring face to face interaction ●IEP meetings will be held virtually following the TCUSD Virtual IEP Protocol ●All services will start virtually and re-evaluated every 30 days to assess if 1:1 in person services can occur following state and local mandates 19 NEXT STEPS ●Task Force Follow-up Meeting August 10, 2020 20 QUESTIONS 21