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Virtual Realities: Equity Considerations for Online & Distance Learning
Source/Credit: Region III MIdwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
In this issue of Equity Dispatch, Virtual Realities: Equity Considerations for Online & Distance Learning the Region III Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center discusses some of the equity implications of online and distance learning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue frames for schools the importance of positioning minority students’ and families’ knowledge production and lived experiences as assets in the development and delivery of online/distance learning.
Resources and Strategies to Support Children with Disabilities and their Families During COVID-19
Source/Credit: U.S. Department of Education, 2020
This resource, jointly created by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA),the Office of Head Start (OHS), and the OHS TA National Centers may be helpful when seeking guidance and resources to help leaders, services providers, teachers, support staff, children, and families during this re-opening and continuity of services.
Checklists to Guide Parents, Guardians, and Caregivers
Source/Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the following two checklists for parents, guardians, and caregivers to plan and prepare for their children returning to school. The In-Person Learning Checklist has points to consider including checking your child’s temperature each morning and monitoring your child for signs of illness, keeping your child home if they’ve had close contact to a COVID-19 case, and making sure your child is up-to-date with all recommended vaccines. The Virtual or At-Home Learning Checklist addresses setting up for virtual or at-home learning, planning for virtual at-home learning, and mental health and social-emotional wellbeing considerations.
CROSS CENTER WORKGROUP MAPS
Source/Credit: National Comprehensive Center, 2020
Here is a pdf showing all the participation in cross center workgroups: ASP, Communication and Dissemination, Evaluation, Literacy, Workforce and SEL/TIPS.
Returning to School: A Toolkit for Principals
Source/Credit: National Comprehensive Center, 2020
One way or another, we are returning to school. We may be in classrooms, or at home, or both. But it will be our school, and it will be different from when we left. One thing will be the same, however, our principal will be looking out for everyone—students, families, teachers, staff. This toolkit is for the principal and the team the principal assembles to help everyone return to school, whatever that may look like. Suggested actions, recommended resources, quick tip sheets—the toolkit is a handy computer desktop companion for helping people with Change, Communication, Collaboration, and Care in the time of COVID.
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