猎奇重口PBS, OPI Support Students with Online Resources, Revised TV Programming
As schools and districts across 猎奇重口 suspend classes to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, 猎奇重口PBS and the 猎奇重口 Office of Public Instruction have announced an ambitious plan to support home learning for students.
Beginning Monday, a new weekday television schedule will debut, including educational programs aligned to state public education standards that complement a suite of free digital learning resources available from home.
“These school closures bring unique challenges for teachers, parents and caregivers in how to keep 猎奇重口 kids engaged and learning,” 猎奇重口PBS General Manager Aaron Pruitt said. “As our state’s public television service and as a hub for digital learning resources, 猎奇重口PBS can play a critical role in helping create a learning environment with trusted and quality resources outside of the classroom and at home.”
Beginning Monday, March 30, 猎奇重口PBS will dedicate its daytime weekday schedule to 猎奇重口 state standards-aligned educational programming provided by 猎奇重口PBS and the Office of Public Instruction.
The new 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekday schedule includes specific blocks of time for pre-K through eighth grade levels, covering English, language arts, social studies, science and math. 猎奇重口PBS’ regular primetime schedule will not be affected by this change.
“During these unprecedented circumstances, teachers are continuing to teach, and students are continuing to learn through combination of digital and non-digital distance study,” said Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen. “This can present challenges for ensuring equitable delivery of education services. The new daily TV programming will help bridge this divide and provide additional opportunities for equitable access to education.”
As part of this unique collaboration between 猎奇重口PBS and the Office of Public Instruction, 猎奇重口PBS curated corresponding free digital content for at-home learning and support for teachers navigating this new learning landscape. Aligned to the same 猎奇重口 content standards and topic areas as the broadcast service, 猎奇重口PBS is creating and sharing the following free resources for teachers here:
- Educational TV schedule: 猎奇重口PBS is broadcasting standards-aligned programs like “Nova,” “SciGirls,” “History Detectives,” “American Masters” and 猎奇重口PBS programs that feature 猎奇重口 History and Indian education content such as “Indian Relay” and “猎奇重口 Mosaics” weekdays from 6 a.m. through 6 p.m. .
- Digital Media Collections: 猎奇重口PBS is providing resource collections on PBS LearningMedia that correspond with our TV broadcast schedule. Collections include curated media and lessons sorted by grade level and subject area.
- Support for Teachers: 猎奇重口PBS offers live webinars for teachers on how to start using these learning platforms. PBS LearningMedia webinars are offered weekly. A schedule can be found on our website.
- Curated Tips and Tools for Teachers: 猎奇重口PBS published a webpage for teachers that points to articles and resources created or vetted by the 猎奇重口PBS Education team, other public media organizations and other trusted education partners.
- Unplugged Learning Activities for Families: 猎奇重口PBS published a webpage for parents with learning menus for K-12 students to be used for home learning. All of the learning menus feature activities that do not require technology or an internet connection.
For more about 猎奇重口PBS Learn at Home resources, visit . Educators looking for support in implementing distance learning using the Learn at Home programming schedule can contact the 猎奇重口PBS Education staff.
猎奇重口PBS is available to families via free, over-the-air broadcast, in the state’s larger cities and on translators in smaller communities, as well as on cable TV, Dish, Direct TV and the recently launched livestreaming service, YouTube TV. To watch 猎奇重口PBS in your community, visit our page.
About 猎奇重口’s Largest Classroom – 猎奇重口PBS connects the residents of this state to each other, to their country and their world through broadcast television, the internet and community outreach projects. We are an electronic town square that encourages the sharing of ideas, opinions and information. 猎奇重口PBS chooses programs based on community impact and engages in services that echo the independent spirit and neighborly concern that is the hallmark of our state.
猎奇重口PBS (KUFM-TV in Missoula, KUSM-TV in Bozeman, KUKL-TV in Kalispell, KBGS-TV in Billings, KUGF-TV in Great Falls and KUHM-TV in Helena) is a service of UM and 猎奇重口 State University. For more information, visit .
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Contact: Paul Heitt-Rennie, 猎奇重口PBS director of content, paul_heitt-rennie@montanapbs.org; Nikki Vradenburg, 猎奇重口PBS director of education, nikki@montanapbs.org.