Courtesy of the Hollister School District:
The Special Education Reopening Plan for Small Cohorts is designed to assist for the safer reopening of the schools within Hollister School District to safely bring back small cohorts of students with disabilities in accordance with the California Department of Public Health guidance related to small groups of children and youth, which outlines cohorts must be limited to no more than 16 adults and students are not allowed to mix.
This plan is a hybrid of distance learning and socially distanced in-person instruction at school for all students whose families want in-person learning. Some teachers and service providers continue to teach remotely based on health needs and student enrollment needs.
The hybrid learning for small cohorts would provide students with disabilities direct access to resources to equitably meet their significant needs thus helping them make progress toward their individualized education program.
This addresses the need to meet critical assessment, instructional needs and remediate learning loss through in class differentiation utilizing small group/individualized instruction and use of instructional assistants or paraprofessionals. In-person learning refers to the days a student is physically present on campus and is engaged in the classroom. Remote learning or remote services refers to the learning or IEP services that take place online and may include review of previous learning and IEP goals and assessment of ‘of’ and ‘for’ learning.
For the more detailed plan, click the attachment below:
