Learning Protocols
Building on lessons learned from the spring, expectations are in place for schools across the District to
provide a high-quality education whether serving students remotely or in-person.
Common Learning Management Systems (LMS) will be used across the District:
- Seesaw (PK-3)
- Google Classroom (3-12)
- Schoology (6-12)
Each week, students will interact with their teachers in a face-to-face (Zoom or Google Meet) environment.
Students will experience a minimum of 3 hours of synchronous learning each day. Synchronous
learning is an approach where teachers and students are online at the same time with a set schedule.
The teacher provides learning resources and/or assignments during a set time.
Asynchronous learning is an approach where teachers and students are not online at the same time.
The teacher might provide learning resources and/or assignments that students would do
independently, at a time that works for them.
Grading and Assessment Policies
Due to state assessment cancellations during COVID-19, Jeffco will continue with guidelines for grading policies and an assessment plan to determine the needs of their students. The District will administer MAP, Acadience, and the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KEA) aligned to the student testing calendars. Family support will be provided for these tests, including the following:
Measure of Academic Progress (MAP for grades 3-10) Family Supports for MAP Remote Testing
The Acadience Assessment
The Kindergarten Early Assessment (KEA) Family Supports (Kindergarten)
Please contact your school for more information on specific grading policies.
Attendance
Attendance is key to a student’s success. Contact your school directly to learn more about expectations for remote attendance. Remote attendance for a school may be counted in the following ways:
- Presence during in-person instruction
- Assignments completed at home
- Logging into the online learning platform
- Signing an online form agreeing to work completed at home
- Student demonstration of learning
- Responding to teacher emails or communication
- Viewing pre-recorded instructional videos
or
- Participating in online discussions or forums through video conferencing platforms such as Zoom or Google Meet
Student Supports
Student supports such as delivery of special education and related services, equity, diversity and
inclusion, social-emotional learning, counseling services, english as a second language and much more
will continue being offered in a remote learning environment.