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What does remote schooling look like for CPS Upper Schoolers?

10/20/2020

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We have had many requests for the slides from our September meeting - especially those on the Upper School student schedules and summarizing the status for CPS schools and reopening. Here they are - please also feel free to email us with questions. Do you see an opening where you could serve young people within their virtual school schedules?  Let us know and we can help you connect and explore the possibility of working with school staff on complementary programming or structure during asynchronous periods. Also, here are links to the specific schools' remote learning websites: 
  • Amigos K-8 Remote Learning Website
  • Cambridge St Upper School (CSUS) Remote Learning
  • Putnam Ave (PAUS) Remote Learning Home for families 
  • Rindge Ave Upper (RAUC) Learning at Home website
  • Vassal Lane Upper School (VLUS) Remote Learning Hub
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MSN October Updates : Group Problem Solving

10/20/2020

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Thanks to all of you who joined for our October meeting - we had a mix of new and familiar faces. 

Here’s a PDF of slides from the meeting (links are still clickable)

In case you missed it: 
We reviewed our big picture basics on school reopening (the October date for the youngest learners to return to in-person is quickly approaching), criteria and metrics that CPS is posting on their website (see slides) and the conversation from the previous night’s School Committee meeting.
We had a great Q&A session about remote schooling with input and answers from school-based staff in four schools - Mariel Santos Dugan (Guidance Counselor at Amigos) Julia Ho (School Partnerships at RAUC) Dami Oluwole, Youth Connector at CSUS and Ted Hirsch from CCSC. We talked about what attendance looks like, struggles or strategies for video on/video off engagement and what homework looks like, among other things. 


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Join us for October 7th MSN Meeting

10/5/2020

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Don't miss it! This Wednesday (Oct 7th) is our second MSN Meeting of the year  - 10am-12pm in the Zoomiverse.  Please Register here.

The focus for this meeting: group problem solving. Based on issues raised in our last meeting, we have a few suggestions (for more, see these visuals), and will be opening up the space to propose and hold breakout groups on the issues they are facing. Here are some ideas to give you a sense of content: 
  • Where to get info on what is happening in Upper Schools - and how to partner with them if possible
  • PD needs and benefits for staff
  • Creative ideas for engaging virtual programming
  • Use of incentives for middle school participation
Bring your creativity, your empathy and frustrations (yes, there are so many) to the table. Also, we will smile and laugh, cause we all need that too. 
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Photo above: remember when we could all meet in person? Rachel and Marlees in their thinking poses at an MSN meeting last January
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Zoom link for the meeting.
Link to full invite info with call-in numbers
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