Read Ahead’s new “e-mentoring” program is similar to a virtual ‘pen-pal.’ Children will have the opportunity to exchange messages every 2-3 weeks with their Read Ahead mentor during this time of remote learning. The e-mentoring program described below is an addendum to Read Ahead program permission slip that parents/guardians signed prior to their child first joining Read Ahead’s in-person mentoring program that met during lunchtime at P.S. 1 when school was operating normally.
您的孩子今年已參加其學校的Read Ahead每週午餐時間輔導計劃，成為其中的重要一員，我們對此深感高興，並祝您全家平安健康。在過去幾個星期，家長和學校領導者向我們反映，在目前的困難時期需要繼續線上學習。作為回應，我們邀請您的孩子參加一項新的「線上輔導」(e-mentoring)計劃。類似於虛擬的「筆友」，在這段遠距學習期間，您的孩子將有機會每隔2-3個星期與Read Ahead輔導員交流訊息。
Participation in e-mentoring is voluntary, and you have the option to decide that you do not want your child to participate!
If you would like to opt out, please contact Courtney Wong, Director, Strategic Partnerships (habla español) at cwong@readahead.org or 212-965-2294. Or, if you prefer, contact your child’s teacher or another P.S. 1 staff member. They will let Read Ahead know, and Read Ahead will stop all e-mentoring activities and communications with your child immediately!
● Students will be invited using their P.S. 1 email/Google account have access to the Google Classroom administered by Read Ahead staff. All content and messaging will be posted by Read Ahead staff only. Mentors will not have access to the Google Classroom.
● Read Ahead staff will review messages from your child’s mentor(s) before posting on Google Classroom for your child to view. Messages may include written messages, photos, and short video or audio recordings.
● Additional content on Google Classroom may include Read Ahead resources, links to selected online content, and recordings of read alouds, how-tos, etc. from Read Ahead staff and volunteers.
● Students are expected to reply to a message from their mentor within one week.
● Parents/caregivers may be needed to support their children’s participation, including accessing messages on Google Classroom and submitting messages for their mentor. Please note that some students have two mentors.
● Read Ahead’s policy is that mentors and mentees will only communicate through the Read Ahead e-mentoring program or during in-person sessions when they resume, and that contact outside of Read Ahead is not permitted.
● As with Read Ahead’s in-school program for which a permission form was already submitted for your child, the permission you grant for your child’s participation in e-mentoring is in effect until they graduate, leave their current school, or you choose to opt them out by sending a letter or email to the school or Read Ahead.
● All Read Ahead policies apply to all communications and content on Google Classroom.
請閱讀本計劃的以下條件，並按以下說明允許您的孩子參與計劃。
● 學生將接入Read Ahead工作人員管理的Google Classroom。所有內容和訊息將僅由Read Ahead工作人員發佈。輔導員不能接入Google Classroom。
● Read Ahead工作人員將審核您孩子的輔導員發來的訊息，然後發佈在Google Classroom上，供您的孩子檢視。訊息可能包括書面訊息、照片，及短影片或錄音。
● Google Classroom上的其他內容可能包括Read Ahead資源、精選線上內容的連結 ，以及Read Ahead工作人員和義工發佈的朗讀錄音、學習方法錄音等。
● 學生可在一個星期內回覆輔導員的訊息。
● 家長／看護人可能需要支持孩子的參與，包括查閱Google Classroom上的訊息和提交傳送給輔導員的訊息。請注意，有些學生有兩位輔導員。
● Read Ahead的政策是輔導員和學生只能透過Read Ahead線上輔導計劃進行通訊，或在恢復一對一輔導時進行通訊，並且不允許Read Ahead之外的接觸。
● 與同您同意孩子參加Read Ahead在校計劃而提交的允許書一樣，您同意孩子參加線上輔導的允許書一直有效，直到他們畢業、離開目前的學校，或者您向學校或Read Ahead寄送一份信函或電子郵件，選擇取消該允許書。
● Read Ahead的所有政策適用於Google Classroom上的所有通訊和內容。
By allowing my child to participate in Read Ahead’s E-Mentoring program, I agree to release and hold harmless Read Ahead, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from all present and future claims, resulting from participation in this program. I understand that while all Read Ahead volunteers are screened and trained by Read Ahead staff about appropriate behavior, it is my responsibility to monitor my child’s web-based activity.
作為允許我的孩子參加Read Ahead的線上輔導計劃的對價，我同意免除對Read Ahead、其高級管理人員、董事、員工和代理人現在和將來的所有索賠，並使之不受這類索賠的傷害，包括但不限於因參加這個計劃導致的死亡或身體傷害或財產損失。我理解，雖然Read Ahead的所有志工都曾經過Read Ahead職工的篩選和適當行為訓練，我孩子在網上的活動由我負責監督。