Due to the large number of weather-related days of school closures, the Kentucky Department of Education has granted permission to school districts across the state to implement “Non-Traditional Instruction” (NTI) days.
WHAT IS NON-TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION? (NTI)
Non-Traditional Instruction allows for learning at home when students miss regular instruction due to weather/extraordinary circumstances. Students will have the chance for skill review, remediation, and enrichment through technology or paper packets. The work that is assigned on a
NTI day will be that of review or enrichment. Examples of work will be informational reading, math fact fluency, project based learning, college and career readiness, etc.
WHEN WILL A NTI DAY BE CALLED?
An NTI day will be used if it is determined that a large majority of the roads are safe to travel, but an extra day or two is needed for some of our ‘hard to melt’ roads. When a NTI day is called, students will work from home on their assigned lessons found in their NTI packet or online. Harrison County Schools may use up to 10 NTI days. The number of days missed due to weather will help determine how many NTI days are enacted.
HOW WILL I KNOW HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE HAVING A NTI DAY?
A School Messenger one call will be made to all parents and staff announcing a NTI day. Lexington television stations, WCYN radio and the Cynthiana Democrat will also be alerted. Harrison County Schools will place this information on its website, as well as on Facebook and Twitter. You can always call your child’s school or the Harrison County Board Office to ask if the day missed is a regular snow day or a NTI day.
WHAT IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF MY STUDENT ON A NTI DAY?
Students must ensure the completion of all tasks designated for an NTI (Non-Traditional Instruction) day. The assignments for each NTI day must be submitted within FIVE SCHOOL DAYS following our return to school. For instance, if an NTI day falls on February 4th and we resume classes on February 5th, the assignments from February 4th will be due five school days after we return.
**Please note that Advanced Placement Courses and Dual Credit courses follow separate schedules. Deadlines for these courses are set by the instructors on a case-by-case basis, exempting them from the general NTI assignment submission schedule.
The completion of the NTI assignments counts for the student’s attendance that day. The completion of the NTI work means one less summer makeup day for students will have to be enacted.
WHEN WILL MY CHILD’S TEACHER BE AVAILABLE ON A NTI DAY?
Staff will be available from 9:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. and from 12:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. Teachers
will be available via email, Class DOJO, Google Classroom, or students can call their school and leave a message for their teacher to call them back. Other forms of communication may be used at the discretion of the teacher.