COVID-19 Pandemic School Reopening
preparation for fall 2020 school semester and beyond
SIBRID Truncated 3-2.5 Calendar
SIBRID Truncated 1-1.5 Calendar
Primary and Secondary Schools: SIBRID Truncated 3-2.5 Calendar
Rotational SIBRID 3-2.5 or 3-day - 2-day and 50% students - Each class register is divided in .5 (half).
Conversely, half or .5 of a class roster of 30 students is divided into two equal groups of students:
15 students in Group A
15 students in Group B
To maintain meaningfully healthy social-distancing, most regular large inner-city primary and secondary school classrooms may be able to accommodate no more than 18 students per class session. Eighteen students and a teacher should be the ultimate maximum for a safe classroom. Much less than 18 students or about 15 students would be ideal.
Each group will attend physical in-person school either 2 or 3 days each week when their group to which they belong is listed on the SIBRID 3-2 (3 days - 2 days) CALENDAR.
Group A students attend physical in-person school on the days listed as Group A on the SIBRID 3-2.5 CALENDAR, while Group B students remain at home for SIBRID simultaneous Home Online/Virtual School. Group B students follow their class program as written with all designated times and courses.
Group B students attend physical in-person school on the days listed as Group B on the SIBRID 3-2.5 CALENDAR, while Group A students remain at home for SIBRID simultaneous Home Online/Virtual School. Group A students follow their class program as written with all designated times and courses.
Higher Education SIBRID 1-1.5
K-12 Schools
SIBRID 3-2.5
Colleges and Universities: SIBRID TRUNCATED 1-1.5 Calendar
Rotational SIBRID 1-1.5 or 1-week in, 1-week out and 50% students - Each course's total registration of students is divided in .5 (half).
Conversely, half or .5 of a course roster of 30 students is divided into two equal groups of students:
15 Students in Group Week X
15 Students in Group Week Y
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To maintain meaningfully healthy social-distancing, most regular college and university classrooms may be able to accommodate no more than 18 students per course session. Eighteen students and a professor should be the ultimate maximum for a safe classroom. Much less than 18 students or about 15 students would be ideal.
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Each group will attend physical in-person school on alternate week when their group to which they belong is listed on the SIBRID 1-1 (1-week in - 1-week out) CALENDAR.
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Group Week X students attend physical in-person classes during the week listed as Group Week X on the SIBRID 1-1.5 CALENDAR, while Group Week Y students remain at home or dormitory for SIBRID simultaneous Home Online/Virtual School. Group Week Y students follow their course schedule as written with all designated courses times.
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Group Week Y students attend physical in-person school on the week listed as Group Week Y on the SIBRID 1-1.5 CALENDAR, while Group Week X students remain at home or dormitory for SIBRID simultaneous Home Online/Virtual School. Group Week X students follow their course schedule as written with all designated course times. See sample calendar above.
Parents’ Option:
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Parents are afforded the opportunity of deciding and choosing what modality of learning would be most suitable and safe for their children and family, at least until America and the world can realistically command good control over COVID-19.
Choice 1: SIBRID HOME - Parent (s) can opt-in SIBRID Simultaneous Online/Virtual Home School to keep their children at home and follow the simultaneous teaching and learning at their child/children’s school. Child/children remain fully registered at their present school.
Parent (s) that selected SBRID Simultaneous Online/Virtual Home School will pickup class program, textbooks, and a wifi-equipped/ready laptop (for children who do not have access) before the first day of school.
Finally, parent (s) agrees and understands that SIBRID Home-School-Online is a simultaneous connection between physical day school and online/virtual school, as it follows the same time schedule and expectations as regular day school. Attendance is taken daily. Chid/children are expected to be active participants and keep pace with all requirements.
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Choice 2: SIBRID Education - Sibrid Education is a rotational day model of simultaneous teaching and learning, addressing both in classroom as well as online/virtual instructions at the same time.
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The class register is divided in two halves (.5) - Group A and Group B. Students are assigned to Group A or Group B before the start of the first day of school. Each group follows the SBRID MONTHLY CALENDAR for attending actual in-person school, which is provided on the website.
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Parents, with young children or young adults in need of supervision, are encouraged to use the SIBRID CALENDAR to align their telework schedule and their children’s school schedule.
Choice 3: SIBRID DAILY - Children of essential workers (teachers, nurses, doctors, transportation, retail, others…) are assigned daily school priority. These young people shall report to school daily. Other supports and special programs may be necessary.
Choice Survey: Please complete a simple 3-question survey on Parents’ Option on the survey page. Results of the survey will provide a snapshot of parents thoughts on school reopening during the pandemic. Results will be available on MovementInEducation.com for educators and other stakeholders in search for ways to better serve parents and students.
Thank you in advance for completing our survey.
Teachers' Tour of Duty:
Work Hours - Teachers work schedules should allow for a paid and union approved 15 minutes of lead-time on all levels up to the 9th or 10th grade depending on the school. This lead-time provides the best organizational practice and safety for expeditious TEMPERATURE CHECKS, calmness, children management and swift assembly that will permit teachers to escort their class to their classrooms with ease. Each teacher should have their own infrared handheld thermometer. Fever has no set time to start; this allows teachers to temperature spot check students during the day. Trust teachers they know their students.
For student-crowd management most grades are slightly staggered for morning arrival and afternoon dismissal. Teacher lead-time allows for the teacher to physically be on duty at the meeting area before all the students arrive.
The extra 15 minutes may be added to teachers' work schedules as a paid coverage or per session hour on each 3rd or 4th day of work respectively. Or, an adjustment can be generated in teachers’ teaching duties to absorb the extra 15 minutes. Teacher-lead-time can be adjusted after a few weeks once students respect and adhere to all safety and health protocols. See sample time schedule below:
Staggered Time - only a short staggered period of arrival and dismissal time is needed. The short morning staggered time of about one hour in total brings schools back to time and class-sessions synchronization within one hour. Alignments of class periods and time schedules permit the movement of class of students to appropriate specialty teachers throughout the day.
The total number student registered at most schools descends upon their school within 15 to 5 minutes of the first bell. While some children arrive very early, early birds are usually more receptive to obeying rules and regulations. Other students arrive early to catchup on their sporting activities. Until COVID-19 is under medical control, discourage morning sports and early arrivals, unless the school or school district provides paid or compensatory work allocation for supervision.
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Breakfast Students - students who eat breakfast at school are scheduled a set 30 to 40-minute window of time, before their first class period, to arrive in the cafeteria. Proper health protocols and social-distancing guidelines are maintained while in the cafeteria. Breakfast students are not usually numerous, allowing breakfast in their first period class may be less stressful.
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Let us not forget the usual daily late arrivals. A staff member or front desk staff is assigned temperature check duties. If necessary, the assigned staff may direct a child with high temperature to the appropriate infirmary location for isolation, parent contact and/or EMS. See sample of staggered time above.
Academic Programs:
A well-thoughtout academic program provides for a smooth functioning school. Students' programs track accomplishments and forward progress. It is a student's blueprint that guides their paths for focused academic success.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed many students off their academic paths. It is urgent that school leaders carve ample time early in the semester to identify and reach-out to off-tracked individual students.
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As students return to school, many of them, if not the student individually, but their parents may be apprehensive.
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Sample programs for elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools are designed to address some critical aspects of managing the school day for continued safety and comfort. See sample program below.
Sandoubs in Academic Programs:
The lunchroom can be one the biggest headaches, especially when the need for social-distancing is key to minimizing the spread of Covid-19. While children and young adults are not likely to be allowed free roaming in the school’s cafeteria or anywhere else, for that matter, still, teachers may have to pitch-in at lunchtime.
With the support of local unions, teachers and administrative leaders may volunteer and be compensated to work 2 to 3 days per week during their lunch periods . Lunch is duty-free, but this is extraordinary times. Schools are in need of more working-hands to keeping them upright through the pandemic. Paid-lunch permits teachers to have lunch in their classroom while monitoring and managing a class of students that is also scheduled for lunch. Both teacher and students have lunch in the classroom.
The term “sandoubs” combines the sandwiching impact of having a double-period of any subject (Math, English, Phys. Ed.…) with a scheduled lunch in between the two class periods. The teacher escorts the class to the cafeteria after the first session, students pickup their lunch, return to the classroom to eat their lunch and cleanup; after the lunch period, the teacher simply starts the second session of the scheduled double-period class. See sample of sandoubs academic programming in the highlighted section of the program below:
