Resources: Conditions for Learning
General Health and Safety Guidelines
Transportation
- CDC Activities and Initiatives Supporting to the COVID-19 Response, May 2020
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Considerations for Schools (CDC)
- COVID-19 Resources (National Association for Pupil Transportation)
- Parental Transportation Waiver Form (NJDOE)
- Transportation FAQs (NJ Department of Education)
- What Bus Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19 (CDC)
Student Flow, Entry, Exit, and Common Areas
- ASHRAE Offers COVID-19 Building Readiness/Reopening Guidance
- “Considerations for Schools (CDC)”
- Governor Murphy Unveils Multi-Stage Approach to Execute a Responsible and Strategic Restart of New Jersey’s Economy
- “Guidelines for Opening Up America Again,” Opening Up America Again Guidelines, The White House and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Melnick, H., & Darling-Hammond, L. (with Leung, M., Yun, C., Schachner, A., Plasencia, S., & Ondrasek, N.). (2020). Reopening schools in the context of COVID-19: Health and safety guidelines from other countries (policy brief). Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute, https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/reopening-schools-covid-19-brief.
- Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic (CDC)
- When and How to Wash Your Hands (CDC)
Screening, PPE, and Response to Students and Staff Presenting Symptoms
Contact Tracing
Facilities Cleaning Practices
Educator Well-Being
- 5 Strategies for Teacher Self-Care (ASCD)
- Educator Stress Spectrum
- Educator Resilience and Trauma-Informed Self Care
- Handout: Supporting Healthy Mindsets and Behaviors
- NJEA’s Member Helpline
- Resiliency Resources at Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care
- Supporting Teachers Through Stress Management (NASP)
Trauma Informed Social and Emotional Learning
- Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools
- CASEL Program Guide
- Center for SEL and School Safety
- Considerations for Schools (CDC)
- COVID-19 Resources (American School Counselor Association)
- Creating Opportunities through Relationships Modules
- Creating SEL Teams
- Creating Trauma-Informed Systems
- Developmental Indicators—SEL in the K–12 Classroom (NJDOE)
- Guide to Schoolwide SEL (CASEL)
- Helping Children Cope with Changes Resulting From COVID-19
- High School Toolkit: Building a Mental Health-Friendly Classroom
- Incorporating SEL into Classroom Instruction
- Initial Guide to Leveraging the Power of Social and Emotional Learning as You Prepare to Reopen and Renew Your School Community (CASEL)
- New Jersey’s SEL Competencies and Sub-Competencies.
- SEL Data Reflection Protocol
- SEL Professional Development Modules for Educators (NJDOE)
- Social Emotional Learning District Implementation and Professional Development (Minnesota Department of Education)
- Strategies for Trauma-Informed Distance Learning
- The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
- Trauma-Informed School Strategies during COVID-19 (National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
- Trauma informed SEL: Pawlo, E., Lorenzo, A., Eichert, B., & Elias, M. J. (2019). All SEL should be trauma-informed. Phi Delta Kappa, 101 (3). 37-41.
- Trauma-Informed SEL Toolkit
- The School Climate Strategy Resource Guide provides support to school leadership teams in using the New Jersey School Climate Survey and includes sections dedicated to SEL and trauma-informed approaches among other evidence-based strategies for improving school climates that would be applicable both if a school is operating remotely or in-person.
School Culture and Climate
- National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments
- National School Climate Center: School Community Engagement in the Time of COVID-19
- School Climate Strategy Resource Guide
- Thapa, A., Cohen, J., Guffey, S., & Higgins-D’Alessandro, A. (2013). A Review of School Climate Research. Review of Educational Research. 83(3), 357-385.
Universal Screening
Collaborative Problem Solving
- Dunlap, G. & Fox, L. (2015). The Pyramid Model: PBS in Early Childhood Programs and its Relation to School-wide PBS. The Pyramid Model Consortium.
- New Jersey Tiered System of Supports (NJTSS) Implementation Guidelines (NJDOE)
Family Engagement
- Dunlap, G. & Fox, L. (2015). The Pyramid Model: PBS in Early Childhood Programs and its Relation to School-wide PBS. The Pyramid Model Consortium.
- New Jersey Tiered System of Supports (NJTSS) Implementation Guidelines (NJDOE)
- 6 Keys to Engaging Families in ESSA (National PTA)
- California Department of Education (2020). Stronger Together.
- Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council (CIACC)
- County Offices of Education Directory
- Engaging Parents through Conversations (East Side Pathways)
- Families Portal (NJDOE)
- Myers, A. (2019). Going old-school: Home visits show marked effect on absenteeism and performance. Johns Hopkins School of Education.
- New Jersey’s Parent Teacher Association
- NJ Parent Link: The Early Childhood, Parenting and Professional Resource Center
- NJ 211 Resource Finder
- SPAN Parent Advocacy Network
- Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN) for Students with Disabilities: Resource Library
- Title I, Part A: School/Family/Community Engagement (NJDOE)
- Tucker, E. and Kruse, L. (2020). Preparing to Reopen: Six Principles That Put Equity at the Core. Getting Smart.
Data-Based Decision Making and Three Tiers of Academic and Behavioral Interventions
- Considerations for Remote Instruction in Early Math (K–5)
- Considerations for Remote Instruction in Early Reading (K–5)
- Dunlap, G. & Fox, L. (2015). The Pyramid Model: PBS in Early Childhood Programs and its Relation to School-wide PBS. The Pyramid Model Consortium.
- New Jersey Tiered System of Supports (NJTSS) Implementation Guidelines (NJDOE)
Academic Enrichment, Expanded After-School Learning & Summer Programming
Mentoring
Food Service and Distribution
- COVID-19 and Food Safety Memo (New Jersey Department of Agriculture)
- Food Safe Schools Tools and Guide (USDA)
- Interim Guidance for Administrators of US K-12 Schools and Child Care Programs to Plan, Prepare, and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (CDC)
- Seamless Summer Option: Providing Multiple Meals at a Time During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic (USDA)
Quality Child Care
- Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
- Child Care Subsidy Program
- COVID-19 Resources for Licensed Child Care
- Directory of Licensed Child Care Centers (NJDCF)
- Emergency Child Care Assistance Program
- How to Establish and Design a Wellness Program
- New Jersey Head Start Association
- New Jersey School Age Care Coalition
- Weekly Conversations for Public-School Based Afterschool Programs (New Jersey School Age Care Coalition)