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High school to use hybrid online instruction with classroom lab monitors for SOL courses
Summary
District leaders described a hybrid model for high‑school end‑of‑course (SOL) classes using live remote teachers three days per week and asynchronous work two days per week; the district will place students in monitored rooms with a dedicated lab monitor to ensure engagement and to provide in‑room assistance.
School officials described a hybrid model for some high‑school courses that pairs live instruction via an online platform with in‑room supervision by a paid lab monitor.
Miss Garrett, who presented the update, said the division will use a hybrid delivery model for end‑of‑course SOL classes such as chemistry and geometry: students will receive live instruction three days a week through the vendor platform and complete asynchronous assignments two days a week. Other courses such as environmental science and advanced biology will be offered synchronously through the platform with a lab monitor present in the classroom.
Garrett said each student enrolled in the online sections will be physically placed in a classroom with an assigned lab monitor during instructional periods. "That lab monitor will be there to make sure the students stay on task and can log in to the platform to see student progress," Garrett said. She described the monitor as a consistent, trained adult — not a day‑to‑day substitute — able to check student progress, encourage engagement, and contact the remote teacher or administrators for help.
Board members asked whether every online student would have a monitor and whether the monitor would be qualified. Garrett said the lab monitors are scheduled to cover a full block and will be trained on the platform and classroom procedures; the monitors may not match a teacher’s subject‑matter degree but will be trained to supervise, verify participation, and coordinate support where students fall behind.
Staff said the approach seeks to reduce the divisions’ prior problem of students falling behind in virtual courses because there was no adult on site to monitor progress. The district has hired or assigned lab monitors for the first semester and will revisit staffing and course plans for the second semester.
