This year educators have been tasked with rethinking education. HCS examined ways to ensure equity in meeting the needs of our learners, from internet access to engaging digital curriculum for flipped and blended learning models. One secondary level strategy was to provide all teachers with a tool (Swivl robot) that would allow them to be mobile in the classroom (untethered from the front of the class) and deliver instruction to virtual and in-person learners simultaneously. The HCS science curriculum leader, Venicia Ferrell shared, “Our teachers needed a way to engage our students and return their passion for teaching.” The Swivl provided such a platform for this hybrid concurrent learning model as well as allowed teachers to create virtual field experiences for students. An HCS teacher confirmed its impact, “it’s the most powerful social and emotional learning tool that I’ve used in the classroom and it creates equity for diverse learners.”

<strong>Contact: </strong>

Dr. John Caggiano, Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction &amp; Assessment

<a href="mailto:jcaggiano@hampton.k12.va.us">jcaggiano@hampton.k12.va.us</a>

757-727-2130