During these past two weeks of virtual school, ES homeroom teachers and/or EAL and Learning Support teachers have been connecting with families to gather feedback from parents regarding what has been going well during virtual school and what have been some challenges that they can help address. Thank you for sharing your feedback with teachers via phone, Zoom, email, etc!
In reviewing the feedback you shared different themes emerged including these regarding what has been going well during our return to virtual school:
- Appreciative and/or positive responses from the overwhelming majority of parents who provided feedback.
- Communication, schedules, routines, etc. have been helpful.
- Teacher flexibility and understanding; families like the option of not attending ALL sessions. Appreciate how teachers are meeting the individual needs of kids/families.
- Students seem to be enjoying the daily contact with their teachers and peers via Zoom.
- Appreciative of small group Zoom sessions.
- Seesaw and Zoom are easy to navigate.
Parents also shared various challenges. While most challenges and areas in need of home-school problem solving were specific to the unique needs of the child, some common themes emerged including the following:
- Zoom fatigue and too much screen time for some students.
- KG Woot Woot Wednesday schedule was too tight as it included no breaks between classes (this was resolved for the May 5th Woot Woot Wednesday schedule and beyond).
- Students require significant parent support to navigate various aspects of virtual school.
- Some students are unmotivated, unable to remain focused and/or follow directions, and lack the needed stamina.
Please continue to reach out to our teachers, counselors and myself with any additional feedback you may have. We’re eager to work in partnership with you as we work together to support each child!
Your partner in education,
Michael Allen, Ed.D.
michaela@isb.ac.th