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So many interesting tidbits in our 1st ASDP survey. Throwing a few into this thread https://www.edweek.org/leadership/remote-learning-will-keep-a-strong-foothold-even-after-the-pandemic-survey-finds/2020/12
Disparities in students’ opportunities to learn
during COVID-19 was the most significant
challenge Supts ID'd for 2020–2021.
during COVID-19 was the most significant
challenge Supts ID'd for 2020–2021.
No surprise that funding was noted as the major challenge to staffing, but that was less true in "focus" or high needs districts. Those districts much more likely to cite teacher/principal attrition as a top staffing challenge.
Student social-emotional development is a major concern among Supt's, and they cite a significant need for SEL professional development resources.
Supt's are clearly looking to local health officials more than federal, or even state when they are making operational decisions.
Lots of interesting findings around instruction. About four in ten districts are adjusting instructional time this school year and adopting flexible staffing models that adjust students’ assignments to teachers.
And this: District leaders indicated that remote learning, in at least some form, will outlast the pandemic. 1/5 are looking to virtual school or fully online options, while about 1/10 have adopted or are planning to adopt a blended or
hybrid form of instruction.
hybrid form of instruction.
Reasons: wanting to offer students more flexibility, meeting parent or student demand, meeting the diversity of
students’ needs, and maintaining student
enrollment.
students’ needs, and maintaining student
enrollment.
One Sup't: "Public education will never be the same post–
COVID-19. The pandemic has forced public education to adopt new practices on the fly, and many
will become lasting changes to the way we do
business...
COVID-19. The pandemic has forced public education to adopt new practices on the fly, and many
will become lasting changes to the way we do
business...
Flexible scheduling and virtual instruction are just two practices that will become a part
of how we educate children."
of how we educate children."
CMO leader: "Though the profoundly devastating impact of COVID marches on, I am heartened by the lessons we have
learned as educators in this moment....
learned as educators in this moment....
What’s most energizing to me is how we will continue to use the power of virtual instruction to disrupt barriers like staffing, space, and time to optimize student learning and experiences (and educator experiences, too)."
