What are "Non-Traditional Instruction" days? Non-Traditional Instruction simply allows for the continuation of learning when students miss days of regular instruction. Students will have the opportunity for skill reinforcement, remediation and enrichment through electronic or conventional paper lessons.
How will I know if a day is a Traditional Instruction Day? The first ten days we miss will be NTI days. This goes for days missed for snow, ice, cold, flu, flooding, anything.
How will my child complete the work assigned on Non-Traditional Instruction Days? Students with Internet access will be able to complete work electronically from home or another location using educational computer programs that are already familiar to your child. Schools will make accommodations for students who do not have Internet access.
What if we don't have internet at home? How will my child complete the assignments? Schools will make accommodations for students who do not have Internet access.
How much work will be assigned on a Non-Traditional Instruction day? This will vary by school, but it is certainly not our intention that your students be completing work for the entire duration of the normal school day.
What if my student needs help with this work? This will also vary by school, but your child's teacher(s) should be accessible at some point in the day via phone, email, or other means of communication.
Where can I learn more about Non-Traditional Instruction? Click here to read the letter sent to parents from Superintendent Fields.
So if the students are working from home, what are the teachers doing? Do they have to make up these days? Teachers must account for all of the time they would normally work on a school day. Each teacher is responsible for keeping track of their own time, which must be turned into their principal. Activities that can count towards making up NTI time are planning for NTI days (before they occurred), grading work turned in from NTI days, recording data into gradebooks, other electronic programs, responding to parent questions, etc.
How will I know if a day is a Traditional Instruction Day? The first ten days we miss will be NTI days. This goes for days missed for snow, ice, cold, flu, flooding, anything.
How will my child complete the work assigned on Non-Traditional Instruction Days? Students with Internet access will be able to complete work electronically from home or another location using educational computer programs that are already familiar to your child. Schools will make accommodations for students who do not have Internet access.
What if we don't have internet at home? How will my child complete the assignments? Schools will make accommodations for students who do not have Internet access.
How much work will be assigned on a Non-Traditional Instruction day? This will vary by school, but it is certainly not our intention that your students be completing work for the entire duration of the normal school day.
What if my student needs help with this work? This will also vary by school, but your child's teacher(s) should be accessible at some point in the day via phone, email, or other means of communication.
Where can I learn more about Non-Traditional Instruction? Click here to read the letter sent to parents from Superintendent Fields.
So if the students are working from home, what are the teachers doing? Do they have to make up these days? Teachers must account for all of the time they would normally work on a school day. Each teacher is responsible for keeping track of their own time, which must be turned into their principal. Activities that can count towards making up NTI time are planning for NTI days (before they occurred), grading work turned in from NTI days, recording data into gradebooks, other electronic programs, responding to parent questions, etc.