GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — Students are off Monday for Labor Day, then a whole new chapter of remote learning starts Tuesday morning.
The new phase of instruction will begin at the start of week four.
Teachers will begin adding live lessons in what’s called 'synchronous learning' to the school day.
Schedules vary by grade level and school, but live instruction will typically last 1-3 hours.
Recorded lessons and other work will still take up about half the school day.
Parents, guardians and students can check Canvas for their live remote class schedules.
In this 'new normal,' district leaders said students should rest assured that their teachers and principals are also doing this for the first time, and will also make mistakes. Plus, all live lessons will be recorded in order to accommodate students who have to miss a class due to illness, technology challenges, parent schedules, or any other extenuating circumstance.
RELATED: 80,000 laptops ordered for Guilford County students, but devices won't arrive for another 4 months
“We know that this is going to be a transition for everyone,” Jamie King, the district’s assistant superintendent of teaching, learning and professional development said. “We've built that in for students. We don't expect them to know and be perfect with the technology. We tell people all the time, ‘You don't have to be experts on day one. It’ll take time for all of us to get there.’”