On Tuesday, 01/09/20 the academic year will open in a different and adapted format and in the shadow of the spread of the corona virus
Sigal Tzioni, member of the city council and holder of the education portfolio in the Haifa Municipality:
The professional teams in the Education Administration are working night and day in full partnership with the Haifa district in the Ministry of Education and with the school principals in order to open a year that is challenging and different and requires preparation and adjustments in order to provide the best response. We were prepared ahead of time to give a wide spectrum of tortures beyond the basic outline, to extend as much as possible the days in the educational institutions, in order to enable a social and emotional educational routine for the students on the one hand and to allow parents a work routine and the ability to earn a living on the other hand.
The school year will begin in a series in an orderly, controlled and responsible manner and according to all the rules to ensure the safety and health of our dear children and the education and teaching staff. 608 educational institutions will be opened in Haifa. 11,508 children will study in the kindergartens in Haifa this year, in the elementary schools - 24,973 and in the secondary schools - 19,210 students.
6 new kindergartens will open this year throughout the city of Haifa. 3 XNUMXst grades will be added to the number of classes compared to the previous school year, and this in the Naot Peres, Fichman and Herzl schools.
Ten schools will be upgraded as part of the innovative learning environment design program (21M): the middle schools in Kiryat Haim "Dagan" and "Shaked", the middle school of Ironi H, the chemistry kitchen and the humanities center of Ironi H, Ironi V, Ironi B ', and the elementary schools "Ahmadiya", "Habonim", "Abd El Rahman", "Khivar" and "David Yelin".
With the publication of the new study outline by the Ministry of Education, the Education Administration in the Haifa Municipality prepared to strengthen the study frameworks in the city.
During the summer, a comprehensive mapping of the classrooms in the schools was carried out in order to examine the possibilities of studying in small groups, as well as creating an outline that increases the number of days of learning within the school structure for each age group and in the process - to provide the best response to parents and children and reduce the number of days of distance learning.
At the same time, an annual plan is being built these days to hold organized enrichment days that will take place outside the educational institutions, with an emphasis on core values - such as the quality of the environment, getting to know the city of Haifa, and more.
Dozens of new teaching assistants will be hired by the municipality and placed as teachers and instructors in schools throughout the city, in response to the learning plan in small groups, of up to 18 students per class.
The Municipality of Haifa, together with the Ministry of Education, began implementing a digital and distance learning program. As part of the program, extensive ICT infrastructures will be built in all schools, including computerized classrooms, broadband and the installation of optical fiber.
The management teams will go through in each school, advanced training adapted to synchronous and asynchronous learning. In addition, personal computers will be given to students whose hands cannot reach. The response ICT program with teaching flowers and ICT coordinators, the enrichment of the pedagogical portal, a national broadcasting system from Magen to 12th grade covering the entire curriculum of the Ministry of Education, inspiring lectures, private online lessons and self-learning courses.
A unique program was built for at-risk students, in which close monitoring of students with difficulties and at risk of dropping out will be carried out, verification of their integration into the curriculum, as well as personal and regular conversations by the municipality's team of regular visiting officers and Otzma coordinators. The psychological service team is prepared for individual and extended group response in cases where students show signs of difficulty adapting to the new reality, and assistance to educators in detecting signs of distress among students.
As part of the preparations to comply with the Ministry of Health's directives, the municipality began to equip the city's educational institutions with protective and hygiene kits that include protective masks for the educational and administrative staff, thermometers, sterilizers, wipes and alcohol-gel containers. In addition, the routine cleaning system will be increased.
The Education Administration's information line will operate starting on August 23.08.20, XNUMX and will provide answers to parents and students on a wide variety of topics, including: studies in accordance with the outline that has been drawn up, compliance with the conditions of the "purple note", placement in educational institutions, after-school programs and clubs in the community system, unique programs, safety and security of institutions Education and children, emotional counseling as well as a broad response to special education issues: placements in educational institutions, eligibility for transportation, accompanying transportation, boarding times for transportation and the transportation route, and more.
The information line will operate from Sunday to Thursday, from 23.08.2020 to 03.09.20, between the hours of 8:00-15:00. The special education information line will operate in an extended manner until 11.09.2020 as well as on Fridays between 8:00 and 12:00.
The phone numbers you can contact: Kindergartens 8356378, Daycare centers 1-700-552-275, Elementary schools 8356847, Upper elementary schools 8356422, Psychological service 8356530, Special education 1-700-50-7002, Registration for educational institutions 1- 700-50-7002
4,557 students will start the XNUMX academic year in Kiryat Haim
304 new students in the first grades will fill the four elementary schools in Kirya, where a total of 1906 will study, and another 954 children in the kindergartens who will also benefit this year from a variety of educational programs - urban values, such as: an orange bin, a software that deals with waste separation, children leading change - a program on "sustainable consumption ", and deals with the interrelationships between environment and community, wildlife in the urban landscape which deals with conflicts between humans and wild pigs and urban nature, Pajama Library to encourage shared reading at school and in the family. and more.
In secondary education, 937 students will study in Dagan and Shaked middle schools, and another 760 students in Kiryat Haim High School.
As part of the program for designing innovative learning environments (21M): the middle schools in Kiryat Haim "Dagan" and "Shaked".
Not a response, but a question, why weren't the new buildings of the school in Ramat Hanasi populated with students and teachers?
A school building should not be left empty.
Very easily there will be an outbreak in the schools. In one, 5 students will start, the whole school will be closed. In the second, 3 teachers will start, the entire teaching staff will refuse to teach. It is very clear what will happen, Andralmosia. Instead of preparing a national plan for distance learning and more in the country
With the highest infection rate in the world per capita, so I think they are playing here in preparation for the disaster. I believe that by Rosh Hashanah tens if not hundreds of schools will be closed due to the corona. It is almost inevitable that thousands of sick students will arrive in the classrooms, including teachers.
Gamzo's traffic light plan is unenforceable. Teachers in red settlements will come to teach in green, students in red settlements will board a shuttle to school in a green settlement. 10 children spreading corona will get off it in one place. Just promiscuity
Error correction: Ilana Truk
It's very good that the school year opens in Haifa. Cheers to Sigal Zioni and Ayla Trok
Shapo to Mrs. Sigal Tzioni, director of the education portfolio in Haifa
Have a good, healthy and successful year