Guiding+Questions

=Guiding Questions=

Once you assemble your planning team – consisting of school district stakeholders including teachers, principals, technology leaders, other school staff, administrators, and parent representatives – asking and answering the following questions will help guide your planning work: media type="custom" key="4802487" align="right"
 * 1) How will you **communicate** during individual or prolonged absences or during school‐ wide dismissals?
 * 2) How will you **deliver instruction** to students at home?
 * 3) What **equipment** and other resources are required to enable your district learning continuity plan?
 * 4) What **training** is required to prepare teachers and others to respond appropriately when needed?

Taken from the US Department of Education's recommendations for continuity of learning. The full document provides additional planning guidance: [|continuity-rec.pdf]

Use the following documents and web resources in your planning process: [|Additional Planning Questions.pdf] - more specific planning questions School Planning - specifically for N1H1 iNACOL's Continuity of Learning

Topic of the archived webinar E-Learning's Role When Swine Flu Strikes -- Concerns about school closings or significant absences caused by the H1N1 flu virus are pushing schools to use technology more heavily in their day-to-day activities and explore creative ways of ensuring continuity of learning. Some schools with e-learning tools or programs already in place are expanding or expediting their use. Such tactics are also being considered for use during closings prompted by illness, snow, or other situations.