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 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.