Resources: Continuity of Learning

Special Education and Related Services

• Guidance on the Delivery of Extended School Year (ESY) Services to Students with Disabilities (NJDOE)
• IEP Development Resources for Postsecondary Transition (NJDOE)
• Questions and Answers on Providing Services to Children with Disabilities During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak (USDE)
• New Jersey COVID-19 Youth Summer Camp Standards

Technology and Connectivity

• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
• Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule COPPA 
• EducationSuperhighway (ESH) Guide 
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) 
• FCC Broadband Guide 
• FCC Household Broadband Guide
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
• SETDA and the North Carolina Digital Learning Plan;
• The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning;
• The Joint Statement of Education and Civil Rights Organizations Concerning Equitable Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic School Closures and Beyond.
• State Education Agency Considerations for CARES Act Funding as Related to Digital Learning
• The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) provide standards for the accessibility of online content, including Learning Management Systems (LMS) 

Virtual and Hybrid Learning Environment – Curriculum

• Instructional Units
  • ELA Instructional Units
  • Mathematics Instructional Units
• Model Curriculum

  Model Curriculum: username - model; password – curriculum.

• English Language Arts (K –12) Model Curriculum (includes examples of standards-based assessments)
• Mathematics (K –12) Model Curriculum (includes examples of standards-based assessments)
• Science Model Curriculum
• ArtsEdNJ & COVID-19
• Elementary Education Has Gone Terribly Wrong
• How Testing Kids for Skills Hurt Those Lacking Knowledge
• Learning Acceleration Guide (TNTP )
• Learn more about the Coherence Map
• NJDOE & NJTV Learning Live
• Project Based Learning (Edutopia)
• Seven Strategies for Teaching Students in a Remote Environment
• So How Are We Going to Teach This
• National Standards for Quality Online Learning
• Teacher Resources for Remote Learning (NJDOE)
• The Opportunity Myth - TNTP
• Virtual Professional Learning (NJDOE)

Virtual and Hybrid Learning Environment - Instruction

• EdReports
• Learning Acceleration Guide (TNTP)
• Learn more about the Coherence Map
• National Standards for Quality Online Learning
• Project Based Learning (Edutopia)
• Seven Strategies for Teaching Students in a Remote Environment
• So How Are We Going to Teach This
• The Opportunity Myth - TNTP
• Virtual Professional Learning (NJDOE)

Virtual and Hybrid Learning Environment - Assessment

• Arts Assessment for Learning
• Assessment and Student Success in a Differentiated Classroom (ASCD)
• Five “Key Strategies” for Effective Formative Assessment (NCTM)
• Formative Assessment for Distance Learning (Edutopia)
• Formative Assessments for Students with Disabilities (CCSSO)
• Formative Assessment that Truly Informs Instruction (NCTE)
• Instructional improvement cycle: A teacher’s toolkit for collecting and analyzing data on instructional strategies (NCEE/IES)
• Restarting School: Planning for Acceleration in the 2020-2021 School Year (TNTP)
• Revising the Definition of Formative Assessment (CCSSO)
• Seeing Students Learn Science: Integrating Assessment and Instruction in the Classroom (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
• Teachers Know Best: Making Data Work for Teachers and Students (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
• Using Formative Assessments to Help English Language Learners (ASCD)
• Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making (NCEE/IES)

Work-Based Learning

• NJ Safe Schools 

Career Advisement and Development

• Career Exploration Tools and Materials
• NJ Career Assistance Navigator (NJCAN), a free, NJDOE/NJDOL-sponsored career information system available to all New Jersey school districts and residents

CTE Teacher Retention

• CTE Coalition: Industry Partners Offering Resources for Distance Learning 
• CTELearn Online CTE Teacher PD Portal
• MIT Open Courseware (in STEM, Business and Health/Medicine)
• Remote Learning Tools (ACTE)

CTE Funding

• OCTAE letter on loaned equipmentto respond to the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) 
• CDC Activities and Initiatives Supporting the COVID-19 Response and President’s Plan for Opening America Up Again