Category: ParentAcademy
Using Seesaw
August 22, 2020
This video provides an overview of Seesaw: a student-driven digital platform, and how this tool is being used by grades pre-k through 5, to engage students and strengthen the home-school connection specifically during this time of distance learning. More information with directions on how to log-in to Seesaw from home will be added soon.
Using Canvas
August 22, 2020
This video was created for students and parents, by the Office of Enterprise Solutions in Arlington Public Schools. It provides an overview of Canvas, Arlington’s Learning Management System, from a web browser view. Learn how to know where to find what to do, when it’s due, how you did, and how to ask for help, via various tools in Canvas. Overview includes: managing Account, using the Dashboard, Calendar, To Do list, finding feedback, and ways to communicate with a Teacher via Canvas.
Social Emotional Learning
August 22, 2020
This video was created by a panel of school psychologists from the Office of Student Services. It highlights the added importance of Social Emotional Learning during this time of Distance Learning and briefly discusses the services that are available in Arlington Public Schools. The video also shares suggestions for creating a successful learning environment for our students at home.
Activities and Athletics
August 22, 2020
This video was created by the Office of Health, Physical and Driver Education & Athletics in Arlington Public Schools. It provides a brief overview of the programs and services available during this time of distance learning that extend outside of the instructional day. This video will share information on clubs, activities and athletics. It will be updated as more information becomes available.
Fine Arts
August 22, 2020
This video was created by a panel of Arts Education faculty members. It provides a brief overview of the Arts Education program and services available in Arlington Public Schools during this time of distance learning. An example of a virtual concert, performed by elementary students, is shared within the video.
Early Childhood/VPI and Pre-K
August 22, 2020
This video was created by the Office of Elementary and Early Childhood. It provides a brief overview of the Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) virtual home visits for families in the Arlington Public Schools.
Students with Disabilities/Special Education
August 22, 2020
This video was created by a panel of staff members from the Office of Special Education and the Special Education Parent Resource Center (PRC). It provides a brief overview of special education services and supports that are available in Arlington Public Schools during this time of distance learning. The video also shares several suggestions for creating a successful learning environment for students with disabilities at home.
English Learners
August 22, 2020
This video was created by the Office of English Learners. It provides a brief overview of English Learner services available in Arlington Public Schools. It addresses how English Learners (ELs) will be supported both academically and emotionally during this time of distance learning.
Gifted Students
August 22, 2020
This video was created by the Office of Gifted Services in Arlington Public Schools. It provides a brief overview of how services are delivered through a collaborative cluster approach in kindergarten through 12th grade. A panel of resource teachers for the gifted (RTGs), representing elementary, middle and high school, share their perspectives on how services need not change in a distance learning model even though the primary mode for how teachers deliver gifted services has changed.
Career & Technical Education (CTE)
August 22, 2020
This video was created by the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education. It provides a brief overview of the program and services in Arlington Public Schools and how CTE is adapting to distance learning in the fall.