What is the role of the teacher? |
| Upon enrollment with SCIDES students are assigned to a teacher responsible for that grade. The teacher is responsible for keeping regular contact with students, monitoring progress and providing report cards. We encourage all students to complete their courses by mid-June as teachers are not available in the summer months. |
Responsibilities of teachers in SCIDES |
• Initiating and maintaining frequent communication with their students through a variety of modes as applicable to the student’s location and availability of communication: e-mail, telephone calls, mail, face-to-face, teleconferencing, v-class, discussion boards, and by responding to submitted work in a timely manner.
• Providing opportunities for students to work with peers on an ongoing basis (as location and availability of communication tools provides).
• Providing a clearly articulated learning plan for their course(s) with timelines for submission of work, as negotiated between student and teacher.
• Providing students with meaningful learning activities related to the subject matter under study.
• Providing opportunities for face-to-face interaction if the student identifies a need.
• Providing frequent opportunities for students and parents to provide feedback on their learning experience.
• Modifying and adapting activities to meet individual needs.
• Providing learning activities that address a variety of learning styles and rates.
• Providing learning activities that are based on clearly articulated learning outcomes.
• Providing ways for students to represent their work in various forms.
• Assessing and evaluating student progress based on their professional assessment and where appropriate, with input from parents and student. |
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