Seocho-gu Provides Online Class Support for Single-Parent, Grandparent-Grandchild, and Multicultural Families Through Home Visits

Individual Home Visits and Remote Learning Support for Vulnerable Children (94 Households, 151 Individuals) and Online Classes Conducted

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] To prevent the spread of COVID-19, schools, daycare centers, and local children's centers have closed, and various programs have been suspended.

Although online school openings are being implemented sequentially, concerns about educational gaps and care voids have increased, as children from single-parent or dual-income families must attend online classes alone at home.

In response, Seocho-gu (Mayor Eunhee Cho) has taken customized measures to minimize educational gaps for vulnerable children by providing support for independent online learning through individual visits and opening various programs that were suspended due to COVID-19 online.

First, the district deploys integrated child case managers to key management targets (94 households, 151 children) who have difficulty with school online classes, such as single-parent, grandparent-headed, multicultural families, and lower-grade elementary students.

The integrated child case managers strictly follow quarantine rules such as temperature checks and hand sanitization before visiting and support children to independently engage in online learning including ▲remote classes, ▲video watching, and ▲assignment-based lessons, while also informing them of the usage rules to follow during remote classes.

After individual visits, they continuously monitor the children's participation in online school learning through phone calls once or twice a week to minimize educational gaps caused by online school openings.

Lee Eunmi (47, female), an integrated child case manager who visited a multicultural family, said, “The father is elderly, and the mother is from a multicultural background, so they had difficulties guiding their child's online learning. I carefully guided the procedures for remote learning and helped the child attend classes independently. I plan to continuously monitor the child's learning progress.”

Additionally, from the 22nd, the district opened the Naver Band 'Seocho Dream' for vulnerable children and parents to conduct online classes.

According to the characteristics of each program, ▲clay art, ▲emotional healing music class, and ▲caregiver horticultural therapy class are conducted via video lessons by instructors, while the art integration class, which involves making picture books, uses workbooks for lessons.

Individual feedback and confirmation of class results are conducted through a 1:1 private channel with instructors to prevent any decrease in children's self-esteem due to public disclosure of results.

Moreover, local children's centers (9 locations), where the number of children using the service has been steadily increasing due to the prolonged COVID-19 situation, have launched emergency care for children who have difficulty with remote learning at home.

To prevent infectious diseases, desks with partitions have been installed, and real-time online classes and assignment assistance are provided. Child welfare teachers conduct online classes on basic subjects such as math and English for lower-grade students using the 'Zoom video conferencing program,' striving to fill the learning gaps caused by COVID-19.

Furthermore, for children who do not attend due to home care, 'nutrition packages' including simple meals and vitamins are prepared and delivered non-face-to-face once or twice a week during the closure period to prevent meal skipping, providing meticulous care.

Seocho-gu Mayor Eunhee Cho said, “To minimize educational gaps and care voids for vulnerable children caused by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, we will create a Seocho where all children can freely dream of the future without educational inequality through individual visit support for school online learning and the opening of various online programs.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.