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Remote learning: strategies to tackle low engagement
With schools partially closed and many pupils learning from home, find out what steps you can take to help pupils and their parents/carers overcome barriers to engagement.
Contents
- Consider how you can provide support to overcome barriers
- "We're struggling to get set up on the tech"
- "We don’t have a suitable device"
- "My child isn't motivated to work"
- "I can't give my child the level of support you're asking for"
- "My child can't keep up with the amount of work"
- "My child has SEND and I'm struggling to support them"
- Coronavirus: how to support reading remotely
- GDPR: using technology to deliver remote learning Updated
- How 4 primary schools are making excellent use of G Suite for Education or Office 365 Education
- How 4 secondary schools are making excellent use of G Suite for Education or Office 365 Education
- How to deliver live lessons to pupils learning from home and in school
- How to track the quality of your remote learning: strategies and templates
- Live lessons and 1-to-1 video calls: template risk assessment Updated
- Remote learning: handling objections from parents
- Remote learning: how 5 primary schools use formative assessment in live lessons New
- Remote learning: how 5 secondary schools use formative assessment in live lessons New
- Remote learning: how to deal with ‘over-supportive’ parents New
- Remote learning: how to keep pupils with EAL on-track
- Remote learning: how to keep your school community connected during partial closure
- Remote learning: how to make the best use of small group sessions New
- Remote learning: how to make your own YouTube videos for effective teaching
- Remote learning: how to provide effective feedback
- Remote learning: how to provide opportunities for peer interaction New
- Remote learning: how to support disadvantaged pupils
- Remote learning: how to support parents of pupils with SEND New
- Remote learning: how to support parents who are struggling New
- Remote learning: how to support pupils with SEND
- Remote learning: letter to parents
- Remote learning: monitoring pupil engagement
- Remote learning plans: examples
- Remote learning: self-evaluation form (SEF)
- Remote learning timetable: examples (primary)
- Remote learning timetable: examples (secondary)
- Remote teaching: tried and tested ways to develop staff expertise
- Staff briefing: how to design and deliver remote lessons
- Why every school should use a digital education platform
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