This hybrid model has numerous benefits including keeping remote learners in their home school with their friends, maintaining physical distancing in classrooms, and offering a seamless transition from in-class learning to remote learning or vice-versa. All students receive the same classroom instruction from their teachers. As in any regular school year, students will first be … Continue reading “What are the benefits of this new elementary learning model?”
We decided to implement this model right away because we had many remote learners who were not yet assigned to teachers, as well as many more parents who wanted to switch from face to face to remote learning. We needed to address this immediately. In any case, we would have had to do a complete … Continue reading “Why did the Board choose to implement this model right away instead of waiting until November?”
To start, it is important to reiterate that our return to school plan is a dynamic plan. At the start of the school year, school boards across the province, including ours, started with a model where remote students were taught solely by remote teachers and in-school students were taught solely by in-school teachers. Both formats … Continue reading “Why during the August 31st Board meeting, was it mentioned that this model would not work pedagogically?”
The main reason why we changed our learning model was to ensure that all students have access to programs offered by our Board. Given the various operational and staffing challenges faced in the previous remote learning model, and the need to find a solution that is sustainable for the remainder of the school year, this … Continue reading “Why did the YCDSB change the elementary learning model? Why was there not sufficient lead-in time to put this new plan in place?”
The new Elementary Model is a Hybrid model that includes in-person learners present in the regular classroom for instruction each day, along with remote learners who remain at home and connect with their peers and the classroom teachers remotely. The home school classroom teacher engages in-person learners and remote synchronous learners in shared learning activities … Continue reading “What is the new elementary learning model announced on October 7, 2020?”
