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Engaging Parents and Families to Support the Recovery of Districts and Schools
One in a series aimed at providing K-12 education decision makers and advocates with an evidence base to ground discussions about how to best serve students during and following the novel coronavirus pandemic. This brief provides strategies to consider and to avoid in regards to: How can schools and districts support families in their diverse …
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English Learners Success Forum
Includes guidance and resources for supporting instruction for English Learners during COVID-19.
English Learners Success Forum’s Guidelines for Multi-Lingual Learners
Ensure your curriculum meets the needs of your multi-lingual learners. The English Learners Success Forum’s guidelines are meant to support schools to modify instruction and materials to best meet the needs of English learners.
Enhancing Family-School Collaboration with Diverse Families
“This brief is designed to help inform school leaders about how intentional collaboration with diverse families can be created through environments in which educators work alongside families on behalf of the students they serve. Recommendations for action are included.” Authors: Amanda Witte, Felicia Singleton, Tyler Smith and Patti Hershfeldt
Ensuring Successful Student Transitions from the Middle Grades to High School
Review this resource for District and State level leaders: Ensuring Successful Student Transitions from the Middle Grades to High School. It outlines research on the importance and impact the 9th grade year can have on a student HS graduation possibilities as well as how states can strategically fund programs and services to help make the transition supportive for …
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Equity Focused Resources: Toolkit for Tutoring Programs
Share this National Student Support Accelerator equity toolkit, specifically focused on tutors, with schools or hiring managers when recruiting, selecting and training tutors.
Equity in Family Engagement Toolkit
“Based on a Parent University collaboration with Academy of Music Production Education and Development (AMPED), Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS), and the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL), stakeholders produced this Equity in Family Engagement Toolkit to support educators as they engage with families toward student learning and achievement. Captured throughout 12 meetings, family voice …
Equity Matters: Confronting Implicit Bias
A 47-minute webinar on creating equitable classrooms.
Essentials for Teaching Your Class Online
A free recording of a 5-part online course – taught by Stanford Online High School instructors – on the essentials of online teaching including: general guidelines for adapting your course to an online format; best practices for varied situations and common pitfalls in online course design; and how to troubleshoot student issues online.
Etherpad
Etherpad is a highly customizable open source online editor providing collaborative editing in really real-time. Just divide students up in advance (alphabetically or another method) and give each of those “working groups” access to their shared workspace.
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