1. Voluntary
- The unique challenge of
teaching over interactive television requires that every effort be
made to use volunteer teachers. Those with exceptional teaching
techniques are encouraged to consider teaching over video conferencing.
2. Teachers shall personalize
the interactive classes
- Teachers should and are
encouraged to visit and teach from the remote sites once each
semester. The cost of substitute pay and transportation for the teacher's visit is the responsibility of the home school site.
- The teacher should:
- Follow the procedure in
the home school for teacher leave.
- Contact the remote site
for permission to visit.
- Notify the administrator
at the home site as soon as possible if the visit needs to be
cancelled or postponed.
- Teachers should schedule
opportunities to gather all students involved in an interactive
class. (Field trips, pizza party, etc.) Each local school district
will assume transportation costs, responsibility for liability,
and cost of its students.
- Teachers should schedule
opportunities for private conferences and other necessary visits
to remote sites.
- Teachers should develop
effective teaching techniques that encourage cooperative
participation of all students as a whole unit, rather than as
separate site units.
3. Teachers shall schedule
parent-teacher conferences for all students.
- Parent-Teacher conferences
should be held via the interactive system in order to expose
parents to the technology that is being used to instruct their
child, unless the parent feels uncomfortable with it, then other
arrangements would need to be made.
- Conferences may be
scheduled over the telephone or at a common site as necessary and
agreed upon by both the parent and teacher.
- Teachers are responsible
for scheduling conferences as they determine
necessary.
4. Teachers shall establish
procedures for completing lab work for courses requiring laboratory
experiments.
- Teachers shall provide
advance written guidelines for remote sites for accomplishment of
these objectives.
- Responsibility for expense
and supervision of these activities will be assumed by each local
district participating.
5. Teacher
Training
- Teachers new on the two-way
interactive system will be provided training prior
to teaching students. This training will be the responsibility of
the sending site and will consist of the following:
- A. Introduction to the
two-way interactive system
- B. Equipment
(1) Identification and
placement (2)
Operation - C. Procedures/Network
Policies
- D. Instructional
Guides
- E. User tips
6. Teacher
Evaluation
- Teachers hired to teach
over the two-way interactive network will be evaluated by the
administration of the sending site. The evaluation instrument used
will be determined by the sending site.
- The sending site
administration is free to utilize input toward evaluation from
network administration from receiving sites.
7. Time and
Compensation
- Any release time or
additional compensation for instructors teaching over the
interactive network for training and/or class preparation will be
determined by the originating site school district.
8. Time Management
- To maximize time on task,
schedules must be coordinated. Each site should synchronize their
bell system to allow the interactive class to function
efficiently. When teachers are aware of a discrepancy in the bell
system, they should contact the appropriate administrators to make
the necessary adjustments.
- Weekly bulletins announcing daily schedule
changes should be provided to sending and receiving sites in a timely fashion.
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