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Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Family Engagement in the Time of COVID-19 and Remote Learning, and Always
Provides guidance for districts, schools, and educators who want to deepen family engagement and continue to foster learning during the pandemic, and for parent and community groups advocating for stronger and more community-connected practices in their schools.
DCPS Home Visitation Consent & Verification Form
This form from Washington DC Public Schools (DCPS) offers an example of a home visit consent form. This can serve as an example for other districts and schools to start and/or formalize home visiting programs that strengthen family partnerships.
Dear Families and Educators: Why Parent-Teacher Communication Is More Important Than Ever
An article with concrete tips on effective communications between families and teachers.
Designing an Advisory System
Springpoint provides five case studies to highlight different ways advisory can be structured and run in a school. The case studies are all pre-pandemic but will help schools that don’t have advisory as they think about various models.
Developmental Assets Profile-DAP
The Developmental Assets Profile is social-emotional assessment which measures the internal strengths and external supports of young people, and their growth in these key areas over time.
Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA)
A three-part process to help ensure that an appropriate assessment is selected and used in a way that promotes positive and equitable outcomes for all students
Differentiation in the Online Classroom
A 21-minute webinar that shows a variety of differentiation strategies in action.
Digital Skills Support Binder
This “binder” can help a district or school plan how to introduce Google tools to school communities. It also provides mini lessons and activities teachers can use to get students comfortable using basic Google tools.
Dismantling Adultism Toolkit: How to Build & Maintain a Youth-Centered Organization
This toolkit was designed by youth leaders in New Orleans, LA, to present actionable strategies for organizations to elevate youth voices. The toolkit includes an organizational assessment tool, scorecard, and action template for organizations and districts to understand their own progress toward elevating youth voices and make a plan to improve.
Distance and Hybrid Learning Principles
Teaching Lab’s “Distance and Hybrid Learning Principles” is a guide that helps educators plan to deliver instruction in fully remote or hybrid learning contexts.
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