To help you navigate these uncertain times and figure out what might work best for your community, EdSurge (and ISTE, its parent organization) is collecting news, resources and expert advice to help educators and school leaders make informed decisions.
The Center for Racial Justice in Education
Curated lists of resources for a variety of essential areas. Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Racialized Violence with Kids A Racial Justice Guide to the Winter Holiday Season for Educators and Families
Virtual Culturally Responsive Resources: High Schoolers
Each includes a curriculum, a syllabus, and other practical resources such as a video playlist, a book list, and activities and guidance for caregivers.
Teaching Strategies of Award-Winning Online Instructors
An article that makes the case and shares tips for supporting teachers to use a variety of formats–video, audio, reading, and interactive content—to make classes more accessible and engaging.
Virtual Classroom Walkthroughs Practical Look-Fors for Online Classrooms
Virtual walkthroughs can provide clear, actionable feedback about how professional learning efforts are translating into practice. This booklet provides an overview of the methodology and a table of practical “look-fors.”
Three lessons learned from the pandemic about professional learning
Lessons emphasize the importance of tying professional learning directly to timely student needs; providing space and time for learning that teachers need and want; and creating different designs for learning.
Guide to Coaching School Principals
The guide includes a framework for coaching principals and guidance, strategies, and tools for using a continuum of core coaching techniques.
TNTP COVID-19 Support Survey
This resource includes survey questions designed to help district and network leaders understand what everyone in your school or school system needs during the COVID-19 crisis
Compilation of Fully Remote-Schedules
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).
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.