SchoolWork Podcast
Getting 5k employees in one room isn't an efficient use of anyone's time, nor is it even an option right now. So SchoolWork is an effort to give insight, to inform and to hopefully show you the heart behind why all of us in AISD make our work about school.
Episode Summary and Show Notes are located below the podcast player.
Episode 4 Summary
On this episode we want to address some of the most frequently asked questions we’re getting here at the District and provide some insight that will help us all be able to answer them.
Episode 4 Notes
0:07 – Welcome and Overview
1:40 – Chris Tatum on COVID testing at the District
6:37 – Personnel and substitutes in our Schools
15:50 – The most frequently asked questions with Doug Loomis
Episode 3 Summary
From the latest updates on virtual learning to voting to self-care, this episode tries to keep up with the changing winds of 2020.
Episode 3 Notes
0:15 – Welcome and Overview
2:30 – Update on Virtual Learning
8:20 – Exercising Your Right to Vote
14:30 – Tracey Morman
16:15 – Taking Care of Others by Taking Care of Yourself
21:15 – Getting Through COVID-19
27:25 – Can't Let It Go
Episode 2 Summary
We've implemented several years worth of change and technology into the first three weeks of school. It's been a lot. And, now it's time to come up for a breath of air. In this episode we talk about in-person and virtual learning, canvas, and district enrollment.
Episode 2 Notes
1:00 – Welcome
6:30 – In-Person Learning
11:00 – Doing both, In-Person and Virtual
18:00 – Canvas
36:35 – COVID-19 Update
39:40 – Adding Staff + District Enrollment
A roundtable discussion with Kevin Phillips, Susan Hoyl and Doug Loomis; talking back-to-school in the age of COVID-19 and how, despite its best efforts, the pandemic hasn't stopped important work.
0:00 - Introduction to SchoolWork.
0:51 - A Message from Doug Loomis.
2:10 - What is SchoolWork?
5:24 - Episode Overview.
6:28 - COVID-19 and the 20-21 school year.
24:48 - What happens when we get a positive COVID case?
33:23 - Staff safeguards if they were to test positive.
38:55 - Canvas; the new Learning Management System.
48:15 - Update on the Intercultural Development Research Association efforts & closing the learning gap.
1:01:15 - Wrap-up.