Spring semester's parent/teacher conferences are upon us and many families are feeling discouraged, stressed, and overall just lost with the feedback they received. Many students have fallen more than a year behind and their academic skills have deteriorated over the last year since the COVID pandemic first impacted schools. This unfortunate event is being called the "COVID Slide" by researchers [Read more here].
In the last year, the most common things educators have noticed about students and their impact with the COVID slide are:
1. Deteriorated Skills:
Both advanced and already struggling students have equally lost academic skills they once knew how to do. Unfortunately, no one was prepared for schools to close and the transition to remote learning happened as quickly as the schools were ready to begin. During this time, students waited patiently at home as their skills quickly began to decline.
The school year has been mostly remote and this model does not work for every student. Some are unable to focus and have shut down from the lack of engagement and interaction they need. Lack of consistent repetition has proven to take a toll on pre-existing skills.
2. Decreased Confidence:
Since students have noticed their pre-existing skills have disappeared, many have lost confidence in themselves and their academic abilities. It is hard for students to stay motivated when their confidence has been impacted.
We are hearing very commonly "I knew how to do this but I forgot" which is very frustrating for students. It takes more time when students have to re-learn these skills to be able to understand the new concepts being taught this year.
3. Stressful Homework Time:
Since foundations have been impacted, many students are filling gaps while trying to learn new concepts. Due to these gaps, students are having a hard time completing their homework. Some families have expressed that they are spedning upwards of 2+ hours on the math homework alone!
4. Low Test Scores:
Foundational gaps are unfortunately also impacting testing scores and grades. In order for a student to be able to score well on a test or quiz, they need to be at mastery with a concept. Student's achieve mastery after practicing the particular concept and its pre-requisite skills over a consistent period of time. Many families are finding it difficult to work on the 2+ hours of homework and still have enough time set aside to study for an upcoming test or quiz so mastery is not being achieved.
Since San Diego Unified students consistent learning has been interrupted due to the pandemic, our mission to support the Mira Mesa and Scripps Ranch families has heightened! We are open and offering both in-person and online tutoring so that your child can learn on an instructional delivery that best supports their learning sryle and level of engagement.
We are in this together and regardless of the stress you may be feeling; we will tackle the rest of the school year and begin preparing to have an amazing fall semester by optimizing the summer break!
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