Seven weeks after physically shutting down, the Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) has wrapped up its fourth week of Home Learning 2.0. The plan, which went into effect April 2, includes an increase in face-to-face time between teachers and students, 240 minutes of work at the middle and high school level each week and 60 minutes for elementary students. Teachers deliver two live sessions each week in the form of direct instruction, review of homework, or a Q&A session. “We transitioned to provide students with all of the standards and skills that they will need to be able to progress onto the next grade and or to the next class,” BHUSD Assistant Superintendent of Education Services, Dustin Seemann, told the Courier.
According to Seemann, faculty and students within the BHUSD were in a good position to transition into virtual home learning. The Board of Education had already purchased one-to-one devices for students before the closures and members of the community were trained on how to utilize the technology. “I feel very fortunate that our small bumps and bruises are nowhere near the hurdles that some of the other districts have to clear,” Seemann told the Courier.
