This page provides information about expectations of teachers in supporting remote and flexible learning at Princes Hill Secondary College.
Teacher Expectations
During the period where Princes Hill Secondary College is delivering remote and flexible learning, it is expected that teachers will:
General
- Prepare and deliver content for their subjects. This will include using Compass, Zoom, email, the school wiki (Confluence) and other online platforms. It is the expectation that staff use Zoom for a minimum of 2 sessions per week. Each learning area will have different requirements depending on the subject and the content being delivered. Using Zoom for more than 2 sessions per week can be decided through consultation within teams. It is recommended that Zoom is broken down into direct teaching/instruction time and independent student learning time. Be mindful of Zoom fatigue for yourself and your students.
Check that their home work space is consistent with DET Working from Home guidelines. A simple OHS checklist for working remotely is here.
- Be available to respond to students during scheduled periods. Where a teacher is unable to be online during their timetabled class e.g. caring for their own family, they will arrange and communicate alternatives for student contact in the Compass Lesson Plan. These times will need to be beyond the scheduled timetable so other classes are not compromised.
- Participate in school meetings using Zoom or other platform as appropriate. We are reviewing frequency and duration of meetings given the newness of the online and remote experience for staff
- Fulfill the duties of their Position of Responsibility (POR) - if they have one - insofar as is possible. We recognise that the way you go about this work will almost inevitably change, depending on your role.
Organisation and Communication of Learning
- Include instructions for students in each Compass Lesson Plan. This will likely include links to units on the Wiki, Zoom meetings or other online documents and resources. It may be brief and refer to ongoing, previously communicated tasks and activities. It is recommended you use the word "Zoom" on the lesson plan when a student needs to log in for face to face roll marking and "Access Resources" for the lessons where students are required to work independently. Once a student accesses the lesson plan and or resources you can confirm their attendance for that class by downloading the "Access Page Report" See more detail under FAQs.
- Frame and apportion learning and task expectations in weekly segments using the Weekly Work Template. The template can simply be copied and pasted into the first Compass Lesson Plan of the week. This will help students manage workload and stay on track and help teachers monitor learning and sustain a lesson 'pace'.
- Monitor student learning generally on a weekly basis and provide feedback using Compass Learning Tasks, email, the school Wiki or other platforms and mechanisms. This will vary according to year level, subject area and the nature of the task.
- Explain to students the need to access and log into every compass lesson plan on any given day to trigger engagement in the page access report. This will verify that they have engaged in the lesson and therefore can be marked present. It is most important that students are reminded that an attendance roll will marked for every session during remote learning in Term 3.
This is different from the Term 2 attendance requirements.
Student Follow Up and Wellbeing
- Follow up with student and parent where there is an initial concern over student engagement, participation or work completion using the new Compass Chronicle category Remote Learning Engagement. This entry is automatically shared with the parent on Compass and is a means of expressing concern about progress and prompting follow up with/by parent and student. YLCs and wellbeing team also monitor this category.
- Use Compass Chronicle to communicate any persistent concerns they have about a student and alert relevant YLC, SSL or the SWC. Click here for protocols/help in using Compass Chronicle. Note that more detailed or personal information should be provided directly to the YLC/SSL/Wellbeing team.
- Use Compass Chronicle with Green rating for general positive feedback or encouragement. These can be shared with parents.
- Staff should refer to the Student Wellbeing Team for further information where student wellbeing concerns arise.