[TNS-list] Windows for Changing to Blended Learning Program

[Do It Tivio Style]

Hi Steffie and Dyanthe,

Thanks so much for your email! I appreciate it!

Michael

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 8:01 PM Steffie Kinglake <skinglake at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you to the School Leadership Team for being such advocates and
> amazing leaders for our school community.
> This is a huge sigh of relief and appreciation.
>
> Steffie, mother of Simona 3rd grade
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 30, 2020, at 2:09 PM, Dyanthe Spielberg <dyanthe at tnsny.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Families,
>
>
>
> Earlier this week, I wrote to share that the DoE had changed its policy
> from quarterly opt-ins to only one opt-in period for the entire school
> year. This was new information for all of us.
>
>
>
> Our School Leadership Team, a group made up of elected parents, teachers,
> and me, have agreed that we will offer families two additional times (as
> originally promised by the DoE) to make the shift from remote-only to
> blended: after February Mid-Winter Break and after April Spring Break.  We
> believe that this will support families to reach decisions for their unique
> circumstances and also keep the number of in-person students low at a time
> when COVID rates are rising.
>
>
>
> We are able to offer additional opt-in periods because we intentionally
> created classes so that students and teachers stay together, regardless of
> remote-only or blended choices.  In a time of so much uncertainty and
> anxiety, we believe that these relationships and classroom communities
> ground all of us - children, families, and teachers.  (As students shift to
> blended learning, many children around the city will have new teachers and
> students in their classes, but not at TNS.)  This is only possible because
> our teachers are working beyond their union’s contract expectations and
> many are teaching both remotely and in-person.
>
>
>
> At this point in time, we have two cohorts (A and B) that are
> blended/in-person. Please remember that if a large number of our all-remote
> students opt into the blended program, there is a good chance that we would
> need to switch from a two-cohort model to a three-cohort model school-wide.
> This would mean that in-person students would be divided into three cohorts
> and attend school for 1 to 2 days per week (instead of the current 2 to 3
> days per week).
>
>
>
> If you would like to request that your child move from 100% remote to
> blended learning beginning the weeks of November 30 - December 7, you must
> complete and submit the Learning Preference Survey
> <https://www.nycenet.edu/surveys/learningpreference> between Monday,
> November 2 – Sunday, November 15.
>
>
>
> We will be hosting a Town Hall on Thursday, November 5 at 4 p.m. to
> explain the process of opting into blended learning in 2021. We will also
> share building and safety updates at that time.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dyanthe
>
>
>
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