Community Education Return to Learn

• COVID-19 Coordinator
  • The COVID-19 Co-Coordinators for the Jefferson Learning Center are Scott Wallner and Jodi Wambeke. A COVID-19 Health Paraprofessional will be hired. 
  • The COVID-19 room, where students with symptoms will be housed, is Room 110A. 
• Face covering expectations - see District Policy
  • The Governor’s Executive Order 20-81, along with the School Board Policy #808 (see attached) will define the expectations for staff, students, visitors, parents, and other partners of Community Education.
  • Per MDE’s Safe Learning Plan for 2020-2021, all students and staff will be provided with one cloth mask.
• Building customers and participants restrictions 
  • Building customers and participants are required to wear a mask from the time the walk-in to the time they leave the building. Exceptions are defined in the documents found in the Guidance section of this document.
• Daily health checks for early childhood programs -- Qualtrics
  • Families and participants of early childhood programs are required to complete a daily screening for COVID-19 symptoms and agree to keep their child(ren) home if they are ill.
  • Each morning, families will receive an email or text message to be completed prior to their child coming to school. The link will help parents determine whether their child should stay home or come to school.
  • The name of the system being used for the daily health checks is called Qualtrics, an automated system that will allow parents and staff members to complete a health screening on a daily basis.
• Daily health checks -- Community Education programs
  • Adult education participants will be screened onsite by staff.
• Cleaning & Disinfecting
  • We will be following the Willmar Public Schools COVID-19 Cleaning/Disinfecting Procedures that have been developed over the summer. These are in compliance with MDE, MDH, and CDC requirements.
• Social distancing definitions
  • Social distancing guidelines will be followed as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This includes 6’ of space between persons, keeping students in pods, and other strategies.

Jefferson Learning Center Preschool

In-Person and Hybrid

• Health Screening Expectations: Qualtrics - an email or text will be sent to parents to complete screening on their child prior to coming to school.
• Daily Structure: Classrooms for Kids Together Preschool and ECFE at JLC have been sized to support hybrid learning from the beginning of the year to avoid disruption in classroom relationships. Class lists have been adjusted for sizes to meet Fire Marshal codes related to COVID-19 and MDE guidance. If we move into a hybrid model our Wednesday class will move to distance learning.
• Masks/PPE: We will follow the district policy and guidelines with masks and PPE. 
• Arrival/Dismissal: Parents will drop child off and pick child up outside their designated door. A staff member will assist your child to and from their classroom.
• Attendance: Will be taken daily by the classroom teacher.
• Cleaning Procedures: WPS has put additional cleaning procedures and safeguards in place.
• Family Communication: We will begin the year with individual family conferences. Weekly communication from your child’s teacher.

Distance Learning

• Daily Structure: Learning from home. Changes and expectations for the adjustment to distance learning will be communicated. Expect the same content and pacing as in-person learning. Learning will be facilitated and led by licensed early childhood teachers and support staff.
• Masks/PPE: Child learning will happen at home. If staff are on-site the district policy will be followed
• Arrival/Dismissal: Learning from home.
• Attendance: Will be taken daily. If your child received a scholarship it is very important that the child attends during distance learning to maintain the scholarship.
• Family Communication: We will begin the year with individual family conferences. Weekly communication from your child’s teacher.
• Technology Use: Google Classroom, Remind, Family tab in TS Gold.

• In- Person Learning model
  • Adult Education will not return to in person only learning model during the 20-21 school year.
• Hybrid Learning Model
  • Adult education will continue to offer our students free accounts and support on distance learning platforms 24 hours a week, 7 days a week. In addition, we will continue to offer Zoom classes Monday- Friday at various times of the day.
  • Student appointments will happen one day a week for an opportunity to build technical skills that support distance learning and to offer device distribution and support.
• Distance Learning Model
  • Adult education will continue to offer students free accounts and support on distance learning platforms 24 hours a week, 7 days a week.
  • In addition, we will continue to offer Zoom classes Monday- Friday at various times of the day.
• Daily health checks
  • Adult education participants will be screened onsite by staff.
• Other COVID-19 Precautions
  • Adult education will follow all of the additional COVID-19 safety precautions as listed in the “Other Community Education Programs”, found on page 7. These include face covering expectations, social distancing, and hygiene.

Other Community Education programs include Adult Enrichment, Youth Enrichment, Driver’s Education, Aquatics, and Cardinal Place (school-age care).

• Health screening expectations:
  • Staff, teachers, and participants are expected to do a health screening, including a temperature check, prior to coming to their Community Education facility.
• Face coverings expectation
  • All staff and participants will follow the face covering School Board Policy (No. 808) along with the Governor’s Executive Order 20-81. 3.
• Social distancing definitions
  • Social distancing guidelines will be followed as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This includes 6’ of space between persons, keeping students in pods, and other strategies.
• Hygiene-mention hand washing and hand sanitizers
  • Permanent hand sanitizers have been installed in all of the classrooms at Jefferson. Additional pump bottles of hand sanitizer are available in the Community Education office.
• COVID-19 Plans (for copies of the plans, please contact Amanda Raetzman at raetzmana@willmar.k12.mn.us)
  • All groups and organizations using school district facilities must follow the COVID-19 Preparedness Plan for Community Education Facility Use.
  • All Driver’s Education classes and programs will follow the COVID-19 Preparation Plan for Driver’s Education.
  • All Aquatics classes and programs will follow the COVID-19 Preparation Plan for Aquatics.
• How Students with Covid symptoms will be managed while on-site
  • Jefferson Learning Center has designated Room 110A as a COVID-19 room. Students with COVID symptoms will be sheltered here.
  • MDH’s Decision Tree for People with COVID-19 Symptoms will help guide next steps. 
• Distance Learning Plans
  • Some Community Education classes may be offered online depending on state and federal guidelines, staffing, funding, and community interest.

Childcare will be available through the district’s Cardinal Place program, managed by Community Education.

• In-person – a fee-based program will be available before and after school.
• Hybrid – A fee based program will be available before and after school. Childcare is available at no charge for Tier I critical care workers on distance learning days during the regular school hours.
• Distance – A fee based program will be available before and after school. Childcare is available at no charge for Tier I critical care workers on distance learning days during the regular school hours.