SWP eLearning Teacher Guide
2023-2024
Office Hours
Teachers will be available to students and administrators electronically (email) between the hours of 8:10 AM and 2:50 PM. Teachers must document their teacher activities (i.e. email contacts, phone contacts, curriculum work, assessment work, grading, etc.) during this time period and provide a copy of the documentation to the building administrators.
8:10 AM
- Teachers send message to administrators for attendance purposes
- Teachers send message to students advising how to access e-learning lessons
9:00 AM
- All lesson components must be active for students at this time.
- Lesson directions should be specific and clearly indicate what students are to do, what programs they are to use, and what evidence of completion is expected.
- Remember that many students will be working through issues with parents or grandparents who have limited skills. Provide as much clarity as possible.
Throughout the remainder of the day, teachers are to respond in a timely manner to electronic contact from students and administrators.
Required Lesson Components:
Your lesson should include the required components listed below. Additional pieces (introduction, help resources, completion checklist, etc. are encouraged but not required.)
Office Hours - List your office hours (days and times) and how to reach you.
Lesson Objectives - What the students should learn from this lesson.
Instruction - This is the teaching component of your lesson. It should be curriculum instruction (not just giving directions for activities and assignments) and can be in any format - a reference handout, notes, slides, an instructional video, an interactive tutorial, a lesson assigned in a curricular program, example work, etc.
Assignment - An assignment that will require students to demonstrate understanding. This may include the use of one of our digital curriculum programs (iReady, Wonders, StudySync, Studies Weekly, etc.), a quiz, or another type of assignment. This is the portion of the lesson you will grade.
Note... the Instruction and Assignment pieces may be provided through one source. For example, a Teacher Assigned iReady lesson will include an interactive lesson as well as a quiz to check for understanding. It would meet both the Instruction and Assessment requirements.
You can use the eLearning lesson template below to get started buidling a fresh lesson with Smore! Just sign into your Smore account first, then follow the link and click the "make a copy and edit button." You can also duplicate a previously created Smore page from your own account.
Building Your Lesson
Paper Lesson Packets
DIgital Lessons via Smore and/or Google Classroom
7-12 Lessons can be built using Smore, directly in a Google Classroom assignment, or with a combination of both! Click the buttons below to see examples of each:
Sample Lesson in Smore
1st Grade Reading
Click to ViewSample Lesson in Google Classroom
6th Grade Math
Delivering Your Lessons
Paper Packets
Sending the paper packet home with its cover page should be sufficient. However, you may also use the “Scan & Send” feature of the copier to scan your paper packet into a single PDF and post it on Clever, in Bloomz, in Google Classroom, etc. if you’d like.
Digital Lessons
Links to digital lessons, regardless of platform, must be posted in Clever. This is so that we have one answer to the question "Where do I access eLearning lessons?" It is very confusing to parents and students when that answer differs by school, teacher, grade level, or subject. Although they may end up taking shortcuts, students should know they can always get to their eLearning lessons from their teacher's page on Clever.
The video below will walk through the posting process for posting to Clever for each platform option. Written descriptions follow.
Smore
If you’ve built your lesson in Smore and are not using a Google Classroom post to deliver it to your students, please follow the steps below. This will need to be done for each lesson.
Copy the share link on the Smore page for the lesson (not the URL from the top).
Add the link to your teacher page on Clever, clearly labeled with subject and date.
HINT: Create category for the date and post all lessons for that date under it named by subject.
Google Classroom
If you will create a Google Classroom post for all eLearning lessons, please indicate this on your Clever page with a link directly to Google Classroom. This will only need to be done once.
Create a Category on your Clever page titled “All eLearning Lessons Are Posted to Google Classroom”
Add the App for Google Classroom under this category
(search “Google”, not “Classroom” to find it!)HINT: You can also link directly to your specific Classroom pages!
Go to your Classroom page and copy the URL.
Add this as a link under the category heading
Smore and Google Classroom
Follow the directions above for where your students should BEGIN.If your lesson begins in Classroom with a Smore page attached for resources, please follow the instructions above for posting by Google Classroom.
If your lesson begins in Smore and then sends students to Google Classroom for their assignment, follow the instructions above for Smore
Special Education Modifications
Special Education modifications must continue to be met during eLearning. Collaborate with the teacher of record for each student in your class who will receive lessons. If the lesson cannot be built to accommodate all needed modifications, an alternative version of the lesson may be needed for individual students.
Attendance
Tips for Success!
Check for Errors
Proofread your lesson for errors.
Check all videos & links - access your lesson signed into a student device if possible to make sure nothing is blocked and everything works! Make sure YouTube videos are approved for Southwest Parke.
If using Smore, make sure flyer settings have related flyers and any other unnecessary content turned off. If the page contains any copyrighted material, please make sure it is set to "Private".
Pretend it's an eLearning day
Prepare a practice eLearning lesson and walk students through the process when in-person school is in session. Make it fun by encouraging students to wear pajamas and bring their favorite snack!
Make it Personal
Students will respond much better to eLearning lessons if they hear their own teacher's voice! Use the links below to learn more about different tools that might be useful for creating an audio/video/screen recording to add to your lesson or how to use Google Meet for a live session!
Set Clear Expectations
The expectations listed below are specific to Riverton Parke, but are a great example of specific, clear expectations for eLearning.
- eLearning Expectations for TEACHERS
- eLearning Expectations for STUDENTS
- eLearning Expectations for PARENTS
Provide Timely Response to Communication
Attend to your email (and Google Classroom if you're using it) continuously during your office hours on eLearning days and be present at your phone extension. Respond as soon as you are able outside of office hours. If there are technical problems that you are unsure how to troubleshoot, please contact Rachel, Ben, and Jill via email.
Digital Curriculum Integration Specialist
Southwest Parke Schools