Part 3: Keep talking Keep Talking: You and Your Child Your child may go through different phases of reaction to managing in-person school with COVID concerns. It is a fluid process for us all. The added stress of maintaining vigilance with protocols, while trying to learn and readjust to being back in person, can be significant. Your child’s friends may have a different stance on … [Read more...]
PART 2 Back to School: Tips to Navigate the New “Normal”
Part 2: Relax yourself! Preparing for (and dealing with) the academic slide of learning loss and having fallen behind due to the pandemic It is easy in these difficult times to feel overwhelmed and anxious. If you have school-aged children, those feelings can be compounded by the effects of distance learning and the "academic slide” they may have experienced over the last year and a half. You … [Read more...]
Back to School: Tips to Navigate the New “Normal”
Now that kids are back to school, returning to in-person classrooms, how do we navigate this “new normal” with them to assure their success? We have all had to make a huge number of adjustments over the last year and a half of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the weight of these decisions and pivots has rested squarely on our adult shoulders, our children have felt that burden, too; perhaps, even more … [Read more...]
Academic Support for the New Normal
by Debbie Davis, M.F.A. English, B.A. American Studies, ESL and Secondary Teaching Certified RITES teacher RITES Academic Support for Academic Success: Now and in the Future What "school" means has changed, due to necessary safety measures put in place in response to the spread of COVID-19. But "distance learning" doesn't have to feel so...well...distant. Regardless of the format, RITES … [Read more...]
Distance Learning Survival Guide
Top Tips for How To Support Your Kids During Distance Learning Your house may now be your child’s classroom. You may feel a little lost about how to make that work alongside your own obligations. Here is your Distance Learning Survival Guide - some helpful teacher tips for supporting your child with distance learning or even homework time: Use simple, real consequences “If you do … [Read more...]