Update: ISBE Fall Learning Recommendations

UPDATE: ISBE Fall Learning Recommendations

July 23, 2020

Dear members of The Joseph Sears School Community,

Today the Illinois State Board of Education released Fall 2020 Learning Recommendations . The recommendations aim to limit instructional loss, provide students with predictable structure and routine, target learning gaps with additional supports, and offer all students opportunities for deep learning.

The Fall 2020 Learning Recommendations provide instructional considerations for Multilingual Learners, students with special education needs, and students in different grade bands in three settings: in-person, remote, and blended. We will utilize these recommendations as we are developing the details of our Return to Learn 2020-2021 plan.

Three key pieces of this document to note are:

Students shall receive at least five clock hours of instruction per day in any learning setting. It is strongly recommend that at least 2.5 hours consist of synchronous learning with real-time instruction and interaction between students and their teachers.
School districts must provide remote learning services to any student upon request by their parent/guardian.
All students in any district learning environment continue to receive equitable access to extracurricular activities.

Link to ISBE Fall Learning Recommendations

We will be sending out information regarding our remote learning plans and official registration on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, to ask families to commit to in-person learning in the school building or remote learning for Trimester 1 (August 24 - November 24, 2020). We will ask that you complete that survey by Friday, July 31, 2020 .

Thank you for your partnership as we continue to work together for what is best for all our students. Be well.