An engaging power point presentation with research and resources on student engagement and the effects of the Covid 19 pandemic.
ALP ASSESSMENT CAPTURE TOOL (DISTRICT VERSION)
A tool to help districts evaluate digital tools that support asynchronous, online or blended learning for teachers.
Education and Career Plan (ECP) template and guides
Students who create a plan during high school that they update and revise year-to-year with guidance from caring, knowledgeable adults are both better prepared for life after high school and more aware of how their educational and career plans are interconnected. When students know what courses and activities align to their interests and goals for …
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SEL Priority Setting Questionnaire
A tool to get a quick snapshot of your district’s current approach to SEL and identify which key activities to focus on.
Remote Learning Instructional Improvement Toolkit
Trauma-informed practices
Use the reflection questions and list in this article to inform your district or school’s selection of trauma-informed practices. For example: begin class time with a social ritual; introduce a short “mental stretch” break during class; offer monitored hangout time before class starts; and create small groups that meet socially.
2020-21 Priority Instructional Content
A resource to help a school/district plan how to identify priority standards.
Actualizing Connecticut Classrooms for Continuous Learning: Guidance and Tools for High-Quality, Equitable Distance Learning
This resource has three parts: Standards defining high-quality, equitable distance-learning in action; Steps a district should take (i) in Summer 2020, (ii) if and when remote learning must be initiated, and (iii) while distance learning is being implemented; and A model showing what one district’s distance learning approaches look like in action.
Restart & Recovery: Considerations For Teaching And Learning
This resource is one part of a project designed to support states and school systems in addressing the critical set of challenges they will face as they plan for—and restart—teaching and learning in the 2020-2021 school year (SY21) amid the COVID-19 pandemic and in light of the moral imperative to actively redress racial and other …
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