The teachers and staff at Peoria County Bright Futures will work with you and your child to provide the remote learning opportunities. Remote learning takes a partnership between Bright Futures staff and your family. Our remote learning plan will focus on these three areas:

• Support

• Active partnerships with students and families

• Safety of staff and students

 Remote learning will focus on SUPPORT by:

• Providing flexible and responsive developmentally appropriate activities

• Providing activities will meet the following learning domains: fine and gross motor, science, social studies, art and most important social emotional.

• Provide strategies that help calm and body and mind such as:

  • Deep breathing

  • Conscious Discipline breathing techniques

  • Singing

  • Drawing

  • Outdoor bubble blowing

• Finding new ways of showing appreciation, love and empathy with students while not socially in person   

• Providing joyful, hands-on engaging activities

Remote learning will focus on ACTIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES by:

• Striving for on-going, two way communication between home and school

• Families providing feedback regarding needs, changes, videos, supporting assignments and one on one time with the child

• Providing Opportunities for engagement on a time schedule that works for each family 

• Providing clear guidance on how to submit work and flexible pathways for learning

• Focusing on repair not perfection during stressful times

• Providing the children a feelings journal weekly to share with teachers to provide feedback for future learning activities

Remote learning will focus on creating a SAFETY PLAN by:

• Reviewing the plans often

• Focusing on mental health of students and staff

• Engaging in small group learning

•  Teaching of the importance of social distancing, health practices, etc while at home or school