Welcome page
Welcome assignment
More welcome and instruction
I made no direct welcome contact with parents at all. Next year, I will definitely do this up front.
Welcome email I may use next year
Thinking ahead, I will use a welcome email in the future.
Students and parents,
Welcome to AP Environmental Science online. This is an exciting course that will help students understand the world around them and allow them to apply the science they learn. We will have a face-to-face meet and greet using Google Hangouts on --/--/16.
The course can be accessed through Floyd County Moodle. You can login here.
An ID and password should have been provided to each student.
The course schedule and syllabus can be found as links under the "Preliminary Activities" section of the course.
If you need to contact me, you can reply to this email or call me at ***.***.****.
Personal contact
While I think a general welcome is needed for all, personal communication in an online setting is even more important. This type of communication allows a teacher to trouble shoot specific technical problems, to give individual instruction to students, to enlist parent help for a student is not working or is struggling with work, and to address many other such questions. This person contact can be done by email, phone, or in my case, face to face.
Many of my online students are at my school. They can come see me throughout the day. Other students are at different schools in the county. I travel to each school once a week to get that personal contact.
Tools for communication
I currently use internal tools on Moodle, school email, and phone to communicate with my students. Next year, I am considering using Remind 101 as well.
Stakeholders and school policy
It is important to keep communication open with all stakeholders. I email with principles at each school where my online course is offered and have direct contact and email contact with an administrator at the central office. I keep in touch with students by email, by Moodle, have use Google Hangouts, and by periodic face-to-face interaction. I have called and emailed parents. Grades are reported by Powerschool. Students and parents have access to this.
School policy requires parent contact as well as student contact.
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