Online Learning

• Set up a work area for your child that is away from the television or other distractions.
• Create a schedule, but let your child have input. Set aside study times, break times and recreation times that make the most sense for you and your child. Distance learning doesn’t have to be between regular school hours (although some teachers may have set times for specific activities or video conferences). 
• Recommended time to spend on schoolwork each day:
  • Pre-k through grade five: 1-2 hours per day
  • Middle school: 2-3 hours per day
  • High school: 3-4 hour per day
• During study time, consider limiting phone/social media access. We know when the phone is nearby focusing on schoolwork declines substantially. There may be times when phone access is appropriate during study time, like a group project or study session over the phone with friends.
• Distance learning is a family event. Any support that parents can give will make the learning experience more rich and rigorous.
• Not all distance learning will be online. Some will require offline work and online submission.
• Good questioning techniques have a strong positive effect on student learning, whether in a classroom or a distance learning environment. Here are some of the benefits of good questions:
  • They encourage students to engage in the work and motivate them to want to learn more
  • They help students process the learning
  • They help build critical thinking skills
  • They allow the adults (teachers, support personnel, families) to check for understanding
  • Read more about good questioning and find sample questions (English | Spanish)

• Students should be dressed and wear clothes that they would normally wear to school (the normal school dress code applies).
• All students who join the video conference should be in a common area within their home. Bedrooms and bathrooms are strongly discouraged.
• If a teacher witnesses something inappropriate in the background, the student may be removed from the video conference or the video conference may be stopped altogether.
• Students must use their district Google account to join the call and students from outside of our district are not allowed to join the video conference.

Our outreach workers, counselors and school social workers are available to families and students to provide support, resources and course planning. Visit the student support services page on your child's school website for contact information.

• Centennial Student Support
• RCEP Student Support
• RDLS Student Support
• Richfield High School Student Support
• Richfield Middle School Student Support
• Richfield STEM Student Support
• Sheridan Hills Student Support