Non-traditional Instruction Participation Plan
General Information
The District will begin utilizing NTI days on the 6th instructional day missed due to closure for safety or health reasons.
Teacher Responsibilities
Staff will be available and serve as instructional facilitators via technology and to collaborate with coworkers during the work day. (via LMS: ie. Schoology, Google Meet, email, phone, etc. to assist students/parents as needed during the work day) Contact information should be provided in advance of NTI days to parents/students for assistance with content and navigating assigned work.
The instruction for these unforeseen circumstances should align to grade level/content standards focused on skills already taught while keeping rigor at a manageable level to students approaching their work with possibly limited guidance.
NTI days are considered teacher workdays and count towards fulfilling the number of workdays required by contract. As such, teachers are required to work on NTI days. If a teacher decides not to work, or is unable to work on an NTI day, leave time must be used according to district policies. Teachers on pre-arranged leave are not required to work on NTI days. Teachers should clock in Frontline for time and attendance.
Special Populations
EL students will receive materials developed collaboratively with EL teachers to meet their learning needs.
Special education teachers should collaborate with regular classroom teachers to ensure students with disabilities receive necessary and appropriate services and accommodations on assignments during NTI days.
Participation Tracking Procedures
- During NTI Days, attendance in Infinite Campus attendance will be turned off.
- Teachers will report Student Participation to their Principal.
- Principals will report school-wide student participation to the Director of Pupil Personnel.
- Principals will also report Teacher Participation for NTI to the Director of Pupil Personnel.
Student participation will be based on interaction with a teacher either by a completed work product, phone, email, or other virtual meeting via technology platform on any NTI day. Students will have seven calendar days to complete work from NTI days. Within 14 calendar days, teachers will review the work completed by each student and report participation to the Principal to determine school wide participation counts and percentages. Student participation is reconciled at the teacher level, then the building level.
*If a student participates in any class the student is considered to have participated for that NTI Day.
