Remote Instruction.

A statewide move to remote instruction is changing the face of school. Explore this page for information, tools, and strategies to continue to support students with high quality learning opportunities. If you need additional help, please contact us. 

Remote Instruction

Remote instruction plus remote support equals remote learning.  New Hampshire students across the state are engaged in remote learning in a variety of ways, across multiple grade levels and content areas, with the support of their schools, teachers, parents, and caregivers.  The following supports are provided to ensure that New Hampshire students continue to move forward academically.  
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In Support of Wellness.

​Student wellness is the recognition by schools, districts, and educational professionals that there are many factors that impact a student’s academic attainment. It is an approach that focuses on supporting the whole child. The dimensions of wellness include: Emotional, Personal, Intellectual, Physical, Environmental, Occupational, and Social factors. Support Wellness during remote instruction in the following ways:
  • Build Strong relationships: Having a strong relationship with your remote learner will facilitate open lines of communication.
  • Resolve Conflict: Conflict resolution is an inherent aspect of maintaining a safe, healthy, and well classroom environment.
  • Talk about COVID-19: Each Learner’s worldview is formed by their experiences and interactions with the community, school, and home. Talking with your Learner about COVID-19 can help shape their perception of this virus and open up dialogue about potential questions or worries.
  • Acknowledge the Disappointment: As schools close and student activities are cancelled, many students may be feeling disappointment in the face of missed opportunities to engage in the larger community, participate in activities such as sports and prom, and accessing community activities.
  • Set High Expectations: The creation and communication of rules or expectations for behavior are an inherent aspect of maintaining a safe, healthy, and well learning environment.
  • Get them Motivated: Achievement motivation is an internal asset. Learners who display a commitment to learning are motivated to doing well in school.
  • Set and Maintain Boundaries: The shift to remote instruction means families, caregivers and students are working, learning, and living in close quarters. Establishing and maintaining healthy expectations and boundaries can help keep the environment positive, productive, and healthy.
  • Stick to a Schedule: The shift to remote instruction has tasked caregivers with both parenting duties and instruction facilitation – sometimes for more than one student – all while maintaining their own work load. Sticking to a general schedule can reduce stress and increase productivity.
Inclusion and Access
  • All Together Now: All Together Now-New Hampshire (ATN-NH) is a two-year initiative funded through a grant from the New Hampshire Department of Education, Bureau of Student Support. Its primary goal is to develop a statewide sustainable model for serving students who are deaf or hard of hearing based upon the recommendations of The National Association of State Directors of Special Education’s (NASDSE) Optimizing Outcomes for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Educational Service Guidelines.
  • Online Learning Tips  for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing:  Whether it be for inclement weather, water main breaks or to prevent the spread of infectious disease, more and more schools are turning to online learning days so that education can continue uninterrupted. Although this is not an exhaustive list and additional accessibility considerations may need to be made based on individual needs, here are some general considerations to keep in mind while planning for your child’s online learning.
  • Considerations for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: There are many things to be mindful of to ensure Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing have consistent high quality access to remote learning. 
​HB1612 (codified at RSA § 189:66)
RSA §189:66 minimum standards are applicable only to applications or systems that collect student or teacher personally identifiable information (“PII”).  Many of the resources on this page can be utilized without providing any PII, and when utilized in such a way do not present any RSA §189:66 compliance issues.  Be aware, however, that some such programs may ask for PII on an optional basis.  For resources that do require PII, RSA §189:66 is implicated.  Pursuant to the EO 2020-04 Emergency Order #7, dated March 18, 2020 (“Order #7”), any resource that meets the Department of Education’s (the “Department”) minimum standards is deemed to be compliant with RSA §189:66. 
 
Please note that, for resources that do require PII, it is a best practice to provide the least amount of PII possible to achieve functionality, even if the resource is compliant with 189:66.  Please refer to Student Data Privacy Best Practices Guidance.    
 
While the Department cannot certify that any specific resource is or is not compliant with minimum standards, the Department has compiled the following list of resources and indicated its current understanding of each resource’s status with regard to the Department’s minimum standards.   
 
*Resource does not require collection of PII.
 
**Approved by NH-COSN and presumptively compliant with DOE minimum standards
 
***Approved for use by at least one NH school district pursuant to its local data and privacy governance policy and presumptively compliant with DOE minimum standards.
 
****The Department has reviewed the data privacy policies made publically available by the vendor.  Assuming that the representations made in the privacy policies are accurate, the application appears to meet or exceed the Department’s minimum standards.