20 Weeks of Parent Tips to Support Distance Learning

Creative Associates International (Creative) suggests implementing the following activities in support of home-based Early Grade Reading (EGR) schooling particularly during times when schools are closed:

1. Support home-based EGR learning through different modalities:

• Use phone-based teacher learning circles to support to students and parents
• Provide EGR radio instruction which follow the monthly lesson plans
• Provide digital content, material and learning tips aligned with the monthly lesson plans
• Supplemental learning support through educational games, audio books, supplementary reading materials, and worksheets for various lessons and skills e. Messaging services to teachers and shuras through SMS and IVR with essential messages and information about home-based EGR

2. Distribute materials as home-based EGR learning requires that students have access to the student book and student workbook and teachers have access to the teacher guide

3. The tips for parents should be:

• Short and to the point so that they can easily be shared by SMS
• Practical and implementable for parents in urban, rural and remote areas
• In accessible language so that they are understandable by parents regardless of educational background
• Support parents’ own wellbeing by addressing such common experiences as stress, task-shifting and self-care
• Expressed in different ways depending on the modality used. For example, there might be different/adjusted tips for parents with internet as opposed to parents without as they have access to different resources.