Sample schedule models collected with input from educational experts from across the country. Includes: Middle and high school block and period schedules with flex time (slides 6-9).
Distance Learning Plan
Sample student and staff schedules from a district highlighted by the Center for Public Research and Leadership at Columbia University. Includes: Secondary student schedule (slide 4) and Instructional staff schedule (slide 5).
Attendance Playbook: Smart Strategies for Reducing Chronic Absenteeism in the Covid Era
A playbook of 26 strategies to address student chronic absence, whether it be mild, moderate, or severe (the three tiers of intervention). The COVID-19 considerations, included with the strategies, show ways to adapt evidence-based practices when it is not possible to meet face-to-face.
Teachers’ Experiences Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A survey administered in the summer of 2020 in which teachers reported concerning levels of student engagement with remote learning overall and stark differences along racial and socio-economic lines that make engagement in learning markedly more challenging.
Embrace
A SEL hub on a district’s website to promote SEL skills and well-being across the whole community.
The CASEL Guide to Schoolwide Social and Emotional Learning
Guide includes a tool that provides a model for structuring a conversation about developing a shared vision for SEL or integrating SEL into your school’s existing shared vision and a tool that provides guidance for creating staff shared agreements through a collaborative process to articulate core mindsets and values that will guide staff members’ interactions …
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Improving Student Engagement and Attendance During COVID-19 School Closures
This promising practices brief explores research on monitoring and promoting attendance and engagement in online learning and summarizes the findings from conversations with a small number of school districts about their transition to remote learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The brief provides a resource to states and districts on promising practices in …
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Nine Elements of Effective School Community Partnerships to Address Student Mental Health, Physical Health, and Overall Wellness
A white paper that outlines elements necessary for creating and sustaining effective partnerships to improve student mental health, physical health, and overall wellness.
School Partner Agreement
A sample agreement that includes a “Virtual Programming Protocol” under Partner Responsibilities.
Trauma-Sensitive School Checklist
A checklist to create or refresh a trauma-informed action plan with five key components: School-wide policies and practices; Classroom strategies and techniques; Collaborations and linkages to mental health resources; Family partnerships and Community Linkages.