[1st-mile-nm] How Santa Fe, N.M. Adopted Remote Learning During Crisis

[Richard Lowenberg]

How Santa Fe, N.M. Adopted Remote Learning During Crisis

https://www.govtech.com/education/k-12/How-santa-fe-nm-adopted-remote-learning-during-crisis.html

Santa Fe Public Schools already had the infrastructure in place for 
remote learning before the crisis, and now the COVID-19 pandemic has 
compelled teachers to learn how to fully use the digital tools at their 
disposal.

BY KIPP BENTLEY / MAY 13, 2020

Like many schools throughout the United States, when the coronavirus 
forced Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) to go online, this 12,000-student 
district in New Mexico quickly put together an implementation plan and 
went to work.

With 14 digital learning coaches working under the direction of Drs. Tom 
Ryan, chief information and strategy officer, and Neal Weaver, executive 
director of digital learning, the district mobilized to ensure all 
students had access to digital devices and Internet, and that teachers 
received a full week’s worth of professional development on best 
practices for delivering remote instruction. And all of this happened 
over a two-week period in March. Now, two months later, Santa Fe is 
reaping the rewards of its digital readiness and rapid remote learning 
implementation. But it hasn’t been easy.

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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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