Dear students, all of you,
Dear instructors and speakers,
Following the announcements by the President of the Republic as part of the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, we confirm that, starting tomorrow, all classes will move to our BlackBoard Collaborate platform. We managed to continue our programs under these conditions last year, so I have no doubt we will succeed over the next four weeks. To make things go as smoothly as possible, following your feedback from last year, we have decided to leave 15 minutes between each class so you can rest your eyes and minds between two classes. You will receive your links tomorrow afternoon, then, as we go along, those for the following weeks.
Thank you in advance for the effort you will put into keeping, despite this form of distance learning, the interactive spirit of classes that is fundamental to us. Instructors, encourage students to participate. Students, turn on your cameras so that your instructors can interact with you. The quality of the class will only be better for it.
Of course, all of the school’s teams, like myself, remain at your disposal to make sure this period goes as well as possible. We will keep you informed as the situation and the possibilities available to us evolve.
We will inform each class of the specific consequences of this lockdown on their training path and organize regular virtual meetings so that we can talk with you.
Allow me, on behalf of all of us, to have a special thought for all the professionals of the cultural sector and the artists for whom this new lockdown is another blow. We will do everything so that meetings with professionals can continue during these four weeks so that you are not cut off from that world and can benefit from exchanges with them. It is a difficult period that pushes us to innovate and to strengthen even further our ties with professional networks.
I would particularly like to thank all the lead professors for professionalization. They all contacted me to assure me that during this period they will put in place personalized follow-ups so that students can continue to carry out their professionalization path.
We will be remote, but we will remain close so that training paths proceed as well as possible. Training is a collective adventure. I thank the instructors and the IESA arts&culture teams for their commitment to our educational project. I thank the students for their enthusiasm and determination, which are an essential driver of this commitment.
Culture is essential in this period. We all contribute to it.
I wish you a good lockdown.
Boris Grebille
