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Developing a Digital
Teaching and
Learning Plan
May | 2020

Developing a Digital    Teaching
                            develop a digitaland    Learning
Purpose          HCPS will                   teaching and learning plan to enable
Plan             pursuit of our North Star: Every student graduates with college
                 experience or career licensure.
May | 2020
                            1) COVID 19 HCPS will face significant challenges from the COVID
Reason                         19 crisis that will require engaging digital teaching and learning for
                               students and staff this summer and in the 2020-2021 school year.
                            2) Instructional Quality Regardless of the circumstances of
                               schooling in HCPS this fall, providing access to all students to
                               digital tools for learning and ensuring teachers can leverage the
                               power of technology to help ensure students master critical
                               content at each grade level.

Plan                        HCPS is convening three working groups to establish a collective
                            vision and create a strategic approach to integrating digital teaching
                            and learning practices across HCPS.

Beliefs       to
  Developing a Digital Teaching and Learning Guide            Our         Work
Our goals will be student-centered. Student learning (e.g. their ability to read, write, reason, solve complex
  Planand student wellbeing (both mental and physical) will remain our primary goals.
problems)

   Mayand
Equity      | 2020
               Access. The COVID 19 crisis has highlighted continued inequities – both to the tangible (access to
devices and broadband) and to the less tangible (access to a parent or guardian who can work from home and devote
significant time and energy to monitoring and supporting student learning). We must address these inequities head-on
in our work.

Technology is an enabler – our focus must remain on meaningful content supported by effective
instructional design. Devices and technology will only enable the opportunity to learn – great instructional design
and teaching will be at the heart of this work. Teachers and school leaders, as always, are the most important component
in seeing that teaching and learning are a success. This work can help increase teacher’s impact and extend their reach.

Leveraging…and Mitigating. We will leverage technology for purposes for which it is distinctly well-suited (for
instance, 24-7 access, immediate feedback, organization of student work) and will mitigate for purposes for which it
is less well-suited (relationship development, community-building).

We will do this with our community. We will involve parents, students, educators and members of our
community in providing input, insight and advocacy for our digital teaching and learning work.

Digital Teaching and Learning Teams                                                                                                   (Draft - 5/15/20)

             Strategic Leadership                                                   Content and
                                                                                                                                                     Access and Delivery
             and Communication                                                  Instructional Design
                                                                                                                                                        Project Team
                 Project Team                                                       Project Team

Objectives:                                                    Objectives:                                                        Objectives:
•    Provide overall direction and guidance for project        •    Adopt or adapt a framework for quality digital                •    Identify technical needs for successful launch
     including establishing vision for future and executive         teaching and learning                                              (technology, connectivity, staffing capacity, etc.)
     sponsorship                                               •    Develop expectations for digital teaching and learning        •    Create an operational plan to ensure that students
•    Work with community partners, board members and                (including by grade-level and subject) with a focus on             in HCPS can use digital tools to learn at home
     executive cabinet to secure necessary financial and            access to excellent, engaging learning for all and ensuring        (including securing connectivity, devices, technical
     human resources to execute the digital learning plan           both the academic and social emotional needs are met               support and training)
•    Lead community engagement, feedback and                   •    Design professional learning for the summer and 20-           •    Champion quality teaching and learning throughout
     relationship building                                          21 school year to support the roll-out of digital teaching         the district
•    Champion quality teaching and learning throughout              and learning strategy                                         •    Establish and implement a digital learning evaluation
     the district                                              •    Champion quality teaching and learning throughout the              plan
                                                                    district
                                                               •    Create instructional contingency plans that consider          Team:
Team:                                                               blended learning, staggered schedule and short-notice         • Renee Villareal, Executive Director of Elementary Education
• Sean Bulson, Superintendent | Team Lead                           building closure; monitor and respond to likely rapid           | Team Lead
• Jaqueline Tarbert, Coordinator Leadership and Professional        state-level policy updates                                    • Yakoubou Ousmanou, Manager of North Star Research and
  Development | Team Facilitator                                                                                                    Program Evaluation | Team Facilitator
• Sonja Karwacki, BOE Member                                   Team:                                                              • Michael O’Brien, Executive Director of Secondary
• Lindsay Bilodeau, Communications Specialist                  • Susan Brown, Executive Director of Curriculum, Instruction,        Education
• Mary Edmunds, Budget Analyst                                   and Assessment | Team Lead                                       • Jason Wilkinson, Endpoint Services Team Leader
• Eric Davis, Chief of Administration                          • Heather Kutcher, Coordinator of Teacher Induction | Team         • Michelle Huebel, Teacher Specialist for Instructional
• Chrystie Crawford-Smick, President of Harford County           Facilitator                                                        Technology
  Education Association                                        • Carol Mueller, BOE Member                                        • Stacey Gerringer, Principal of Abingdon Elementary School
• Renee DeBiase, President, HCCPTA                             • Peter Carpenter, Supervisor of Personalized Learning             • Robert Deleva, Principal of the Center for Educational
                                                               • Rebecca Pensero, Coordinator of eLearning                          Opportunity
                                                               • Martha Barwick, Coordinator of Instructional Technology
                                                               • Paula Stanton, Manager of Equity and Cultural Proficiency
                                                               • Bernard Hennigan, Executive Director of Student Services

The Call: Community and Stakeholder Involvement
At no point in our lives have we faced such deep collective uncertainty. There are myriad
potential futures we must consider and plan for if we are to safely provide quality teaching
and learning experiences across the district. Because of this, we know it is imperative that
we partner in making plans.

With parents. We need to talk together about how remote learning can work best for
you and enable you to do what you need to provide and care for your family while your
children learn at home.

With teachers. We need to talk together about what you are learning and what you need
to provide high quality instruction in virtual and face-to-face settings to help children
flourish academically and emotionally.

With leaders. We need to talk together about how to provide leadership, high
expectations and a positive school climate in this new normal.

With support staff. We need to talk together about supports and strategies you will
need so you can help students and yourselves stay safe.

Community members (faith leaders, business leaders, elected officials). We need
to talk together about how we can ensure we support our children as a team with love and
resources and how we can enable every student to learn – no matter what their situation.

Community and Stakeholder Involvement Plan
                           (Draft - 5/15/20)

Strategic Leadership       Content and         Access and Delivery
and Communication      Instructional Design       Project Team
    Project Team           Project Team

                        Digital Teaching
                         and Learning
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