With schools closed for the rest of the school year, students are preparing for home learning opportunities online.
Rick Cuming, the president of the New Brunswick Teachers Association, says everyone will need to adjust.
“Teachers are learners by nature and we are accustomed to adapting our approaches when necessary. Many teachers, students and parents are going to experience a new learning environment for the first time. It’s gonna take some time, but we will get there together,” Cumming said.
Cuming said there will be challenges in access and use of technology for parents and teachers, but teachers will do their best to support the students in their learning under the current circumstances.
He said the learning will look different based on the age or grade of the student and access to technology and there will also be outside learning opportunities in non-traditional settings which students can learn from.
Cuming says this is going to have an impact on the coming years as well.
“But teachers regularly adjust their working plans and their curriculum based on the students who come to there classroom. It’s a regular thing they do. But it will require quite a lot of work on the teachers’ behalf for what next year will look like,” Cuming said.
Home learning options are expected to be unveiled next week.
