An extension of nationwide summer food service programs will allow school districts to provide free school meals to families through the end of the year, but services may be paused during extended school breaks.
Educators will need to get creative about providing 504 plan accommodations for students, such as extended time and preferential seating, in the remote learning environment.
Non-classroom duties, such as after-school supervision or other activities teachers haven't volunteered for, are among the leading causes of low K-12 morale.
Some administrators keep tabs on the entire community's social-emotional wellbeing by having their staffs reach out regularly to students and their families via "empathy interviews."
Teachers' wages continue to lag about 20% behind the earnings of comparable workers, and the gap that has grown significantly over the last two decades.
It may seem counterintuitive, but COVID has so disrupted K-12 education that building leaders and teachers could look at 2020-2021 as their first year in the profession.
we need to pause, think about why our typical approach may not be effective, and then experiment with a new approach that will likely be uncomfortable at first.
The first step for administrators in developing an effective, online social-emotional learning program is making sure that the teachers leading it are taking care of their own wellbeing.
