Schools are now facing the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic will not be a minor set back of a few weeks of learning lost, but rather a long term displacement of education.
Districts are doing the best they can, with the resources available, to take on the unprecedented task of mobilizing in classroom daily instruction into online webinars, home packages, and conference calls.
Gone is the daily social interaction of students and school staff that was so familiar to us for so many years...getting to school by the start of class, talking or playing before getting started, doing group work or silent reading, meeting with a reading buddy, going to the lunchroom to supply nutrients and more playing games in the school yard, lining up for PE or media center, access to supplies and materials for school work... all that is now gone, or to be fair, on hold until further notice.
Parents are now the principal and teacher to their own student-child. Classrooms are now in a home's living room, dining room, or bedroom. Classmates are now a profile picture on the sidebar of an online chat.
To help schools, teachers, parents and students adjust to this new way or distance learning, MRCR Education has designed a "Distance Learning Guide" that is available to all. We hope that it provides you with some needed support as we continue to adjust to the challenges during this time of need.
Stay healthy.
Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator
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