It has been over two months since the closure of schools and the shift was made to at-home learning.

This has been a process and a learning curve for all parties involved. Teachers are assigning online lessons and support, students have moved to virtual classrooms and parents have had to step into a new role and add 'teacher' to their list of credentials.

So how is everyone adjusting to this new way of learning?

Rocky View Schools recently conducted a survey asking families to weigh in. The purpose was to identify some of the challenges and successes in the jurisdiction's Learning Continuity Plan.

RVS Superintendent Greg Luterbach took trustees through a summary of some of the highlights during a recent meeting and went through some problem areas revealed in the survey.

The online survey generated 2,881 responses, with the vast majority of parents expressing positive feedback.

Lauterbach says that overall, most parents feel that 'homeschooling' is going well, and that they are successfully able to support their child(ren) with their continued education. He says "What we heard is over 80 percent rated themselves between moderately and extremely confident in supporting their child, whereas we had about six percent describe themselves as not at all confident in supporting their child."

Parents were able to make suggestions on how to better the process, and Luterbach says that the input was valuable.

He says "Some of them are feeling incredibly overwhelmed, and/or 'I'm not a trained teacher.'  They look at the plan and don't necessarily know how to connect all the dots." He goes on to say that  "Parents talked about, 'it's great that there are check-ins for my kids, but I wouldn't mind a check-in, getting parents and families together as a way to support that, so again, good ideas."

Over 75 percent of survey respondents said that they feel that the weekly assignments are in line with provincial government expectations.

Fifteen percent of surveyors said that the workload is heavier than they expected and the assignments are taking longer than anticipated to complete; and just under 10 percent believe that the assignments are taking less time than the provincial expectation.

More than 90 percent of survey respondents said there were clear expectations of what their child needs to accomplish in the run of a week.

You can read the highlights of the survey and the actions being taken HERE.