Teachers Tool Box

NOTICE - LINKS AND SUBPAGES IN DEVELOPMENT

The SBA IT Team has assembled a variety or tools, techniques and strategies to support your teaching of both in classroom and at home students for the 2020-2021 school year. SBA's GREATEST ASSET IS OUR TEACHERS and we know that getting quality tools in your hands will result in the most creative classroom solutions!

IMPORTANT - Teachers much balance in classroom teaching without the exclusion of the at home students as well as the teaching of at home students without the exclusion of the in classroom students. Classrooms should mix synchronous (real-time) and asynchronous (record and share later) teaching to best care for both groups.

CRITICAL - Please focus ONLY on what is needed for DAY 1 of your teaching this year. Looking at all the options below can be overwhelming...add 1 skill per week after school starts and your skill set will be amazingly digital before you know it.

We have found these techniques are impacted by the following:

- Age of the students - 1st Grade will be very different than 11th

- Subject matter - math vs. science vs. humanities

- Teaching style of the teacher.

ES Teacher Tools/Strategies:

Tools/Equipment
- Flip Classroom
- iPad on Tripod - Zoom/Google Meet, Record Classroom
  - Travel outside for Outdoor Ed
    - Consider placing it so only the teacher is visible
  - Zoom Summer Academy - July 29-30, 2020
- USB Camera on Tripod - Zoom/Google Meet, Record Classroom
- Move the desktop to another location - may require extension cables
- Video Conference on SmartBoard
  - Share SmartBoard screen with home students
  - Share PPT screen within Meet or Zoom
  - Zoom Breakout Sessions - ES
- Classroom Mic - wired or wireless
- Swivl Robot - needs admin approval
- Use an iPhone/iPad for outdoor work

Classroom Strategies
- Student Aides - relief to do 1:1s, handle recording setup, etc.
- One teacher teaches just one of the subjects and shares with others
  - All students for a grade in one class
  - Use Extra Curricular teachers - relief to do 1:1s
  - Set up play sessions using camera and SmartBoard for small group
  - All teachers record their first lesson - home students have them by 10AM
  - Record every session and choose the best to be used for home students

MS/HS Teacher (IMPACT) Tools/Strategies:

Tools/Equipment
- Flip Classroom - bring 2 questions and 2 key concepts
- iPad on Tripod - Zoom/Google Meet, Record Classroom
  - Center at SmartBoard for subjects like math
  - Side placement for discussion subjects like Government
  - Zoom Summer Academy - July 29-30, 2020
  - USB Camera on Tripod - Zoom/Google Meet, Record Classroom
- Move the desktop to another location - may require extension cables
- Video Conference on SmartBoard
  - Share SmartBoard screen with home students
  - Share PPT screen within Meet or Zoom
  - Zoom Breakout Sessions - MS/HS
- Classroom Mic - wired or wireless
- iPhone/iPad - Outdoor Ed

Classroom Strategies
- Student Aides - relief to do 1:1s, handle recording setup, etc.
- Breakout sessions pairing one in class and one home students - headphones
- Breakout session: discussion in groups via Zoom
- Utilize asynchronous learning (video of classroom and recorded lessons)

Please Note: High School students are expected to connect each period and follow their schedule and engage in the active classroom environment.