Return to Learn

Information about the Bettendorf Community School District 's COVID-19 Return-to-Learn Plan.

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    The Bettendorf Community School District is dedicated to the safe education of our students. Please find links to our Family Return to Learn Handbook, ESSER III Plan and State Assurances.

    Family Return to Learn Handbook | State Assurances | BCSD State Reviewed ESSER III Plan

    How did the district leadership team consult with the stakeholder groups listed in assurance 5 during the development of the district’s ESSER III Plan? Public meetings, surveys, conversations with parents, guardians, and community members, and meetings with staff

    How did the district leadership team determine the district students’ academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs?

    • ISASP data
    • Conditions for Learning Survey results - students
    • Conditions for Learning Survey results - parents
    • Conditions for Learning Survey results - staff
    • FastBridge and MAP assessment data
    • Literacy screening and progress monitoring data
    • Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
    • Behavior referral data

    Which groups of students have been most impacted by COVID-19 in your district?

    • Students from low-income families
    • Students of color or from a particular ethnic group
    • Students with disabilities
    • Students experiencing homelessness
    • Children and youth in foster care

    How did the district leadership team determine the academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs of the students most impacted by COVID-19?

    • ISASP data by subgroup Conditions for Learning Survey results - students by subgroup
    • Conditions for Learning Survey results - parents by student group
    • Conditions for Learning Survey results - staff by student group
    • Literacy screening and progress monitoring data by student group
    • Math screening and progress monitoring data by student group
    • Behavior referral data by subgroup

    Which of the following prevention and mitigation strategies will ESSER III funds be used to implement?

    • Purchasing supplies to sanitize and clean the LEA’s facilities
    • Repairing and improving school facilities to reduce risk of virus transmission and exposure to environmental health hazards
    • Improving indoor air quality
    • Tailoring prevention and mitigation strategies to address the needs of children from low-income families, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and foster care youth
    • Purchasing educational technology (including hardware, software, connectivity, assistive technology, and adaptive equipment) needed to distance students

    How does the district plan to use the 20% set-aside to address the academic impact of learning loss or to accelerate learning through evidence-based interventions?

    • Use of evidence-based accelerated learning interventions in literacy
    • Use of evidence-based accelerated learning interventions in mathematics
    • Use of evidence-based accelerated learning interventions in social-emotional-behavioral health (SEBH), including mental health
    • Attendance at/membership in the Leadership Academy established by the Department to help districts and schools implement evidence-based practices