​​亲爱的家长和学生们，

感谢您们的耐心配合，我们正在努力确定春假后卡尔加里教育局学生的持续学习细节。这是一个前所未有的时期，对每个人来说都是如此。我们明白对于我们许多人来说，不确定性是具有挑战性的，尤其是儿童需要稳定的规律和可预见性来感到安全并茁壮成长。

教育部对于我们未来几周应该关注的任务有清晰的期望。他们已经分享了在校期间课程被取消时学生学习的指导方针。

未来几周，我们所有学生的学习方式将截然不同。我们意识到在家学习对我们的家庭带来了许多挑战。我们不希望家长们去传授与学校相同的学习内容，但是在课程暂停期间，我们期待他们尽量鼓励和支持孩子的学习。

从下周开始，您将会收到学校校长和您孩子的教师的信息，告知您孩子持续学习的计划。跟随卡尔加里教育局修订日历的学校的学生可以期待在4月6日复课时收到学校的新闻。

您孩子的教师将与您沟通，讨论您家里的技术条件，包括使用电脑和互联网的情况。您的学校还将制定计划，以满足没有这些资源的学生的需求，并确定如何通过纸质材料或技术借贷来支持学生。

您孩子的教师将告诉您他们将如何提供课程资料，以及您或您孩子如何提出问题的最佳方式。亮点学习平台（Brightspace by D2L）将成为10至12年级学生获取学习资料的主要平台。幼儿园至9年级的学生将通过各种平台来获取学习内容。您孩子的教师将在下周确认他们选择的平台。

您孩子的教师还会向您提供更多信息，告诉您他们期望您在任务方面有什么表现，如何提交作业，以及您和您孩子可以使用的资源和支持措施，以促进他们在家学习的进展。他们还会询问您和您家庭的情况，并鼓励您与教育局内外的健康支持和资源取得联系。

大多数情况下，我们预计幼儿园至9年级的学生将于下周中旬与他们的教师讨论他们的下一步学习计划。

10至12年级的学生也将能够在下周中旬获取核心课程的教材。我们正在继续计划高中生如何在这种情况下学习非核心课程（如CTS课程），并将随时提供更新。

每所卡尔加里教育局学校都是独特的，我们要承认学校与家庭之间建立的关系。每所学校可能会有略微不同的做法，而这是可以接受的。每个学习者都是不同的，我们将共同努力支持您孩子的学习。

谢谢。

Christopher Usih
首席学区主任

​Dear Parents and Students,

Thank you for your patience as we work out the details and determine what ongoing learning will look like for CBE students following Spring Break. These have been unprecedented times for everyone. We recognize that uncertainty is challenging for many of us, and that children, in particular, need routine and predictability to feel safe and to thrive.

The Ministry of Education has been clear with its expectations about where we must focus our efforts in the coming weeks. They have shared guidelines to direct student learning while in-school classes are cancelled.

In the coming weeks, learning will look very different for all our students. We recognize that learning at home presents many challenges for our families. We do not expect parents to deliver the same learning that students receive at school, but to do whatever they can to encourage and support learning for their children while classes are cancelled.

Beginning next week, you will hear from your school’s principal and your child’s teacher with information about their plan for your child’s ongoing learning. Families whose children attend a school following the CBE’s modified calendar can expect to hear from their school when classes resume on April 6.

 Your child’s teacher will connect with you to discuss your child’s access to technology at home, including access to a computer and the internet. Your school is also making a plan to address the needs of students without these resources and to determine how to support students with paper packages or technology loans.

Your child’s teacher will let you know how they will provide course materials and the best way to reach them if you or your child has questions. Brightspace by D2L will be the primary platform students in Grades 10 – 12 will use to access learning. Students in kindergarten through Grade 9 will access learning through a variety of platforms. Your child’s teacher will confirm the platform that they have chosen next week.

Your child’s teacher will also provide you with more information about what you can expect from them in terms of assignments, how to submit any work, and resources and supports you and your child can use to support their learning at home. They’ll also ask you how you and your family are doing and encourage you to connect with wellness supports and resources available within and beyond the CBE.

For the most part, we expect that students in kindergarten to Grade 9 will be engaging with their teacher(s) regarding next steps in their learning by the middle of next week.

Students in Grades 10 –12 will also be able to access core course work by the middle of next week. We are continuing to plan for how high school students might access non-core courses (such as CTS courses) in this environment and will provide updates as they are available.

Each CBE school is unique, and we want to recognize the relationships that our schools have developed with their families. Each school may do things slightly differently, and that’s okay. Every learner is different, and we will work together to support your child’s learning.

Thank you,

Christopher Usih
Chief Superintendent of Schools