{"id":4455,"date":"2021-10-13T16:28:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2025-01-27T22:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T05:26:18","slug":"seeing-now-as-a-way-to-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/resources\/seeing-now-as-a-way-to-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Now as a way to Better"},"content":{"rendered":"

Craig Perrier<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Title 1, Large district, Urban, 9-12<\/h2>\n
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Seeing Now as a way to Better<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About a month into this school year, a colleague shared clarifying and jarring sentiments. He said, \u201cit feels like we are acting as if everything is normal again.\u201d His comment gave me immediate pause. And as I mentally scanned the current landscape of our school system \u2013 its processes, messaging, and decisions, I kept coming back to the same question, \u201cwhat experiences were students having?\u201d My conclusions, regardless of the scenarios, mirrored what my colleague shared. There is still a crisis, and the best evidence is found in our students\u2019 experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, how students are learning has become more varied than ever before. Listed below are the main scenarios students can select from in the system I work in:<\/span><\/h3>\n

1. In-class learning<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Virtual learning<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Extended absences synchronous learning<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Extended absences asynchronous learning<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Independent curriculum provider learning<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

6. Homeschooling<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Additionally, students are opting to leave public schools for independent, religious affiliated, and private virtual schools. In short, the public school experiences portrayed in movies and television are nothing like the current realities.<\/span><\/h4>\n

So, how should public schools respond to the current crisis splintering the student learning experience? Well, the comment mentioned earlier by my colleague has been revisited by me every day. The amount of time thinking about this has generated a few ideas below that need to be at the forefront of your approach to working with schools.<\/span><\/p>\n