Please find some high level overviews of these new products as we approach the start of the school year. Today's update is a long one, but contains a lot of information to our learning platforms that we hope will be helpful. Please keep this communication handy for future reference.

As always we will continue to keep you up to date with information on a regular basis about our Fall Reopening. Information is archived on this page of our website. If you were unable to join us for the virtual town halls, slideshows and video are posted on the link above.

Remote Learning for students in Grades One through Eight begins Tuesday, September 15th. Teachers will be in direct contact with families to provide the remote learning schedule for your child. To be ready for next week we ask that you please prioritize the following:

Please contact [email protected] if you are having difficulty accessing any of our technology platforms so we can provide remote assistance.

Please note that Kindergarten students will be provided with their Kit Pickup items during our Kindergarten Screening Appointments.

FamilyID is a secure registration platform that provides you with an easy, user-friendly way to sign school policies, such as handbook agreements, media releases, responsible use policies, and helps us to be more administratively efficient and environmentally responsible. When you register through FamilyID, the system keeps track of your information in your FamilyID profile. You enter your information only once for each family member for multiple uses and multiple programs. FamilyID is not new to BFCCPS, but if you do not already have a FamilyID account please click here to register.

At this time all parents are requested to complete the 2020-2021 Registration. Registration is required for all students in advance of the start of the school year regardless of mode of instruction.

We are requesting that all parents log into the portal and work through the detailed instructions linked below. This should take just a few minutes for each child. All parents/guardians please click here for directions to update the Health Portal by no later than September 15th.

In order to utilize a single sign on with Clever, all student emails and passwords are changing. Previously issued emails ending in @students.bfccps.org have been closed.

All new and returning students will be issued a new email address using the following format. These new accounts will be operational on Thursday, September 10th.

All email addresses and passwords will follow the same structure:

Username: [email protected] (first name . lastname @bfccps.org)

example. john[email protected]

Passwords will be constructed of the students LASID followed by their first initial . last initial

example: 12345j.s

How to Find Your Child's LASID: All parents have been issued their student's LASID earlier this summer in an email from Mrs. Gibeault titled "ATTENTION REQUIRED: Instructional Model Confirmation and Technology Assessment Survey." LASID's are also available on your child's SchoolBrains Parent Portal. It is important to treat both your child's LASID and your child's Clever Badge as secure information as they are unique pieces of their login process.

You can click here for a quick look at how Clever works.

1. All students were provided a Clever Badge at Kit Pickup (Please note that Kindergarten Students will receive their badges during Kindergarten Screening.)

2. If you are logging in with a ChromeBook you can simply scan the Clever Badge at the login screen. If you are logging in from a laptop or computer navigate to the Clever login page for BFCCPS.

4. Your internet browser may ask you to allow clever.com to use your device's camera. Select 'Allow'.

Seesaw is a virtual classroom designed for our younger students in Kindergarten through Grade 2 (students in Grades 3-8 will be set up on Google Classroom). Through Seesaw teachers can record lessons, share assignments, receive and track student work, and provide feedback. You can visit the Seesaw application at https://app.seesaw.me/#/login

Please find a link to a Seesaw video designed for students in Kindergarten through Grade 2. (We will use the 3rd sign in option - Sign in with a Clever Badge so that student's don't need to key in emails/passwords or class codes.)

● Visit web.seesaw.me/remote-learning-for-families for Seesaw tutorials and resources related to COVID-19 and supporting remote learning.

We are working hard to implement the roll out of these new classroom technologies behind the scenes. Yet even with the best laid plans, there may be some hiccups along the way. In the event that your Clever badge does not work as anticipated here are some backup ways you can access your students digital classrooms until the issue can be resolved:

1) Login to Clever using your student assigned Google Email and Password.

2) Grades K-2: Login to Seesaw with your student assigned Google Email and Password.

3) Grades 3-8: Login to GoogleClassroom with your Google Email and Password.

Please be patient as we roll out these various learning platforms. We are waiting for some updates from vendors to finalize a few of these applications and not all of our learning platforms will be fully functional at the start of the school year. Even in a "normal" start of the school year our teachers devote time at the beginning of the year to building class community, establishing classroom norms and expectations.

BFCCPS has ordered Eureka Math in Sync workbooks for all students Kindergarten through Grade Six. Math manipulatives have been ordered for students and will be available as part of Kit Pickup later this week. Please click below for a more detailed look at the program

See a preview of a unit here. 

Lexia Core5 Reading supports educators in providing differentiated literacy instruction for students of all abilities in grades pre-K–5. Lexia’s research-proven program provides explicit, systematic, personalized learning in the six areas of reading instruction, targeting skill gaps as they emerge, and providing teachers with the data and student-specific resources they need for individual or small-group instruction. 

Lexia PowerUp Literacy is designed to help struggling and nearly-proficient readers in grades 6–12 become proficient readers and confident learners. PowerUp helps educators simultaneously address gaps in fundamental literacy skills while helping students build the higher-order skills they need to comprehend, analyze, evaluate, and compare increasingly complex literary and informational texts. Blending online student-driven explicit instruction with offline teacher-delivered lessons and activities, PowerUp empowers secondary teachers—regardless of their background or expertise in reading—to deliver the exact instruction each student needs to become a proficient reader.   

DreamBox is an adaptive math program that will allow students in grades K-6 to work at their own pace on skills that will be targeted to their specific needs. Students will have access to remediation or enrichment that will help them maximize their mathematical growth. Learn more about DreamBox here.