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Set up Home Days for a hybrid schedule
A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 8 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
How to set up Home Days for a hybrid schedule
- 1Click Settings under Administration in the sidebar, then open the "Planner & families" section
- 2Find the "At-home day label" field and enter your school's vocabulary (e.g. "Home Day", "Satellite Day", "Co-op Day") — blank means "Home Day"
- 3Under "What families see of lesson plans", choose "Home-day plans only (published weeks)" — it applies to every class and locks each class's own "Families see" menu. Leave "Each teacher decides" to set it class by class instead
- 4Under "Weekly family digest", check "Send the Sunday digest" so families with published plans get one "your week at home" email every Sunday
- 5Click Save (each settings section saves on its own)
- 6Open any class under Classes: on its "Lesson planner" card the "Families see" menu now reads "Set for every class by your school". If the school option is "Each teacher decides", set "Families see" there to "Home-day plans only (published weeks)" for each hybrid class
- 7In the Planner, the at-home view now carries your word (for example "Satellite Days") and its dashboard reads "Satellite Day dashboard"
- 8Teachers mark each lesson a home day in the Planner and publish each week to send it out
Part of Lesson planning & Home Days
Plan the week in a drag-friendly grid, bump what slips, print the sub packet, and share plans with families — including checklist-driven Home Days for hybrid schools.
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