World Language Syllabus Perfect for Distance Learning or Hybrid

2020 has been a hot mess for teachers, am I right? This back-to-school season has had my mind spinning.  With my district starting with distance learning, one of the things I couldn't wrap my mind around was how to create a syllabus and all of the expectations to go along with a completely known style of teaching given our remote learning scenario.

When I finally started drafting out my new syllabus, I realized that I wanted to:

1. transition away from my infographic syllabus because I won't be distributing a piece of paper to families.
2. create a more interactive syllabus experience. I loved the idea of using a digital notebook syllabus with the clickable tabs to move from section to section. 
3. change my grading categories and my expectations to reflect a different style of teaching and learning. 

The result was my new distance learning syllabus, which could be easily converted for face-to-face for the remote learning expectations portions. This video shows most of it's features much better than I could describe them: 

The syllabus is available in two different themes: pink and blue. Each syllabus resource includes a choice of two different colors.

This syllabus, while editable, includes sections and ready-made content on:

• About Me
• Class Goals
• Class Overview
• Grading
• Communication
• Expectations

I worked hard to included proficiency-centered framing for any World Language curriculum and a standards-based grading scenario that describes the 3 modes of communication and 5Cs.

All you'll have to do is change your name, add your course info, and customize any details you want, but the whole framework and formatting is laid out for you. I even included instructions on how to share the syllabus in presentation mode so that students and parents can use the clickable interactive tabs to move from section to section. 

The graphic design, formatting, and usability to create this syllabus was seriously a labor of love and took me the better part of a weekend, but it will take you minutes to customize it for your use.

I hope it makes your back-to-school season just a little bit easier! If you're looking for another clutch, ready-to-go back-to-school activity, this ice-breaker will be perfect!