Remote Teaching & Leading Practices
For over three years educators across New York City have reimagined support for our students and teachers in the remote & blended learning environment. Teachers have taken an asset-based approach and experimented with solution oriented “how might we” questions, pivoting the ways they deliver content and assess student learning in the remote & blended context.
This hub will serve as a living resource for teachers throughout the city to support learning and innovation as we all continue to develop our practices in a remote & blended environment.
Below, explore the resources generated by teacher led panels, think tanks, round tables, and more.
Teacher Leadership In Action
Featured Video: Teacher Leader Panel Discussion: CRSE in Practice
During this session, NYC TCP teacher leaders, Argentina Campbell, Deirdre Deloatch, & Evelyn Rebollar share their unique perspectives on the work currently underway around a CRSE practices in the remote setting. Following the facilitated panel conversation, is a Q&A with other educators.
Resources related to this session available here
Remote Practices Think Tanks
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Ed-Tech Model Teacher Insights
Ed Tech Model Teacher Panel #1: Remote Pivot
This video features four Ed-Tech Model teachers: Greg Heath, Danielle Fulton, Lorraine Gersten, & Kyriaki Xiraki-Tselios sharing shifts in working with students, teachers, & families. As well as lessons learned from teaching in a pandemic.
View More from the Ed-Tech Model Teachers & DiiT on their Professional Learning Calendar and Microsoft Stream
Virtual Content Specialist Series
Formative Real Time Feedback, Canva UX, & Backwards Design
In this remote & blended instructional strategies video, VCS Natalie Martinez shares her approach to:
1) utilize Formative software (https://goformative.com/) to engage in real time feedback during a lesson
2) design visually engaging slide decks in Canva (https://www.canva.com/education/) for a pleasant user and student experience
3) backwards design a lesson with support from NYLearns (https://www.nylearns.org/)
Engaging Animations, Assignments with Accommodations, & Intentional Cognitive Lift
In this remote & blended instructional strategies video, VCS Andrea Cardinali Kelle shares her approach to:
1) incorporating engaging animations into both synchronous and asynchronous lessons developed in Google Slide deck
2) classwork assignments with differentiated scaffolds & accommodations & feedback strategies
3) lesson design that intentionally focuses student cognitive on the lesson objective and related reading skill development
Google Classroom, PearDeck, & Remote Routines
In this remote & blended instructional strategies video, VCS Samson Quaintance shares his approach to:
1) basing remote and blended classrooms in Google Classroom and the Google Apps for Education Suite
2) increasing student engagement with the software from PearDeck (https://www.peardeck.com/)
3) establishing remote learning routines, including "The Big Question", using rubrics, responding to feedback.
View More of the Virtual Content Specialist Series
Visit TeachHub to access remote & blended curriculum developed by the VCS teacher leaders (click K-12, then the Elementary, Middle School, and/or High School "Drive" buttons) & their YouTube playlists
Big Apple Award Fellows: Remote Instruction & Tech Insights
Google Jamboard
In this remote instruction and tech insights video, Nicole Bellomo shares her thoughts around using Google Jamboard
Visit our Big Apple Awards Page to learn more from the BAA Fellows
More from Teacher Career Pathways
Teacher Career Pathways, the TTLs, and all teacher leaders are continually adding resources to support the remote teaching and learning pivot.
Visit our Remote Teacher Leader Guidance page to learn about the teacher leader pivot to remote & blended environments.
View more Remote Teaching and Leading Practices videos here; included are Panels, Spotlights, and In Action videos featuring current NYC teachers discussing their pivot to remote and blended learning.
View more of the Virtual Content Specialist Series videos here; included are brief instructional videos generated by the VCS teacher leaders.
Visit our Big Apple Awards page to explore the BAA Fellows 2020-2021 insights on: Family Engagement, Learning Management Systems, Parent University, Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment. The BAA Fellows discussed these insights with the NYC Chancellor of Education, and advocated for the students of NYC.
More from around NYC
Across New York City, teachers and leaders are supporting the pivot to remote and blended learning. Explore some of the following resources to spark your thinking!
Division of Instructional and Informational Technology (DiiT) Remote Learning and Tech Resource; included is a professional learning training calendar, recordings of past sessions, and video support guides.
Share Your Remote Practices
We are so excited that you're interested in sharing your instructional or leadership practice! As you know, TCP encourages all NYC educators to elevate their voice and contribute to this learning.
We offer three ways to share your remote teaching and leading practices:
Video ✓
Artifact ✓
Padlet ✓
Review the guidance resource, and consider sharing how you pivoted your practice to remote or blended instruction during the past year.
Remote Teaching and Leading Practices Guidance
If you have any questions, or would like any support in this process, please contact us at teachercareerpathways@schools.nyc.gov. Mention "Remote Practices" in the subject of the email.