Providing training as soon as possible and setting up just-in-time support as teachers and students get up to speed are crucial strategies for success, says DA guest columnist John Englander.
DA guest columnists Matthew X. Joseph and Christine Ravesi-Weinstein offer strategies for continuing learning opportunities and addressing student wellness—for the first week out and beyond. Joseph, director of curriculum, instruction and assessment at Leicester Public Schools, is a featured speaker at FETC.
Ensuring students can still learn during coronavirus-related school closures has become as big a priority for many district leaders over the last several weeks as has disinfecting their buildings.
A program from a previous Districts of Distinction honoree that connects middle school students to introductory college-level work has grown significantly.
The growing number of closures is raising questions about where some students will get free- and reduced-price lunch and other federally provided meals.
Fears of coronavirus and COVID-19 have driven parents in several Seattle-area cities to petition their district administrators to close schools, according to reports.
