Most students learning from home
Families are encouraged to keep their children at home wherever possible.
Guiding questions
- How will I adapt my existing teaching and learning program/s?
- What actions do I need to take regarding planned incursions/excursions?
- How will I use the existing digital platform and tools for online learning?
- What provisions will I make for students without access to technology?
- How will I maintain regular contact with students and families?
- How will I monitor and assess student progress and achievement?
- How and when will I provide feedback to students?
- How will I modify my lesson structure/timetable to support online learning?
Key actions
- Review the COVID-smart measures at school.
- Use and adapt existing teaching and learning programs.
- Where required, provide alternative learning activities for those impacted by restrictions (for example, incursions, choirs, school performances, sport and physical activities). Use DART virtual excursions, virtual events toolkit and COVID-safe advice.
- Provide learning materials to students according to their context (for example via existing digital platform, mailout).
- Establish clear protocols for students learning from home, including regular check-ins to clarify content and support wellbeing. Use the learning from infographics (learning environment checklist and remote learning guidelines).
- Make adjustments and adapt learning activities to support the learning needs of all students.
- Build in flexible options for students to demonstrate learning.
- Consider NESA’s COVID-19 school-based assessment advice for Year 11 and 12.
- Record evidence of student progress and achievement towards syllabus outcomes.
- Plan for regular provision of feedback to students (even if formal assessment tasks have not taken place).
- Modify the existing timetable or schedule to support student wellbeing and engagement with consideration of impact on families.
Resources
- Statewide staffrooms
- COVID and Early Childhood Education and Care
- Contemporary learning and teaching from home – learning modes
- Contemporary learning and teaching from home – teaching strategies
- Contemporary learning and teaching from home – co-teaching
- Digital learning selector
- Using technology
- Simultaneous learning at home and school videos
K-6 teachers
- Learning sequences for teachers
- Learning packages for teachers and students
- GetActive@Home
- Art Bites
- ABC educational programs and resources
7-12 teachers
Professional learning
Early learning
- Planning and assessing remotely
- Supporting learning remotely for young students: age appropriate pedagogy
Primary curriculum
- Session 1 – Teaching and learning in the virtual space
- Session 2 – Quality assessment in the virtual space