Roles and Responsibilities at Newman
Administration
- Establish clear communication channels to all constituencies
- Provide ongoing updates to families and faculty/staff
- Support all constituents in shifting to our continuing learning plan
- Provide guidance, models, and/or examples of strong distance learning units, lessons, feedback, and projects
Academic Teachers
- Collaborate with other members of team and department, as appropriate, to design distance learning instruction for students (see later section for more details)
- Foster a sense of community and connectedness between and among students --Provide students with timely communication and feedback
- Take attendance, record absences, maintain student files
- Create assessments that allow for the ability to gauge student progress during distance learning
- Create ways to continue to collect information and provide feedback that will allow for grades to be reported for report cards/transcripts
College Advising Office
- Support seniors through the admissions process, including advising and responding to questions from students and parents, making calls to college admissions offices, etc.
- Guide juniors on researching college options, directing students to online resources, advising on financial aid, offering advice on standardized testing, academic courses, and extracurricular activities
- Stay in close communication with the Academic Dean
- Ensure that senior transcripts are sent to colleges
- Monitor availability of SAT and ACT for all students
School Registrar
- Support the teaching faculty and administration to ensure that the academic calendar is being followed
- Ensure that attendance, student grades and teacher comments are properly entered
- Issue report cards in accordance with the School academic calendar
- Assist College Advising with the issuance of transcripts to colleges
School Counselor
- Provide faculty/staff advisors and families resources to help them guide students during this time
- Monitor the wellness of students and family and provide interventions or resources as needed
- Be accessible to all community members
- Proactively send community-wide tips, strategies, and updates to support health and wellness
Technology Staff
- Offer group and individual sessions for live meetings and continued implementation of learning management systems.
- Be available for all faculty, staff, and students to provide as-needed support
- Continually monitor the needs of faculty/staff and students and provide ideas, inspiration, and troubleshooting support