Resources: Conditions for Learning

General Health and Safety Guidelines

• CDC Activities and Initiatives Supporting the COVID-19 Response and the President’s Plan for Opening America Up Again (CDC)
• General Guidelines for the Control of Outbreaks in School and Child Care Settings School Exclusion List (NJDOH)
• People Who Are at Higher Risk for Severe Illness (CDC)

Transportation

• CDC Activities and Initiatives Supporting to the COVID-19 Response, May 2020
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Considerations for Schools (CDC)
• COVID-19 Resources (National Association for Pupil Transportation)
• Parental Transportation Waiver Form (NJDOE)
• Transportation FAQs (NJ Department of Education)
• What Bus Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19 (CDC)

Student Flow, Entry, Exit, and Common Areas

• ASHRAE Offers COVID-19 Building Readiness/Reopening Guidance
• “Considerations for Schools (CDC)”
• Governor Murphy Unveils Multi-Stage Approach to Execute a Responsible and Strategic Restart of New Jersey’s Economy
• “Guidelines for Opening Up America Again,” Opening Up America Again Guidelines, The White House and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Melnick, H., & Darling-Hammond, L. (with Leung, M., Yun, C., Schachner, A., Plasencia, S., & Ondrasek, N.). (2020). Reopening schools in the context of COVID-19: Health and safety guidelines from other countries (policy brief). Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute, https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/reopening-schools-covid-19-brief.
• Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic (CDC)
• When and How to Wash Your Hands (CDC)

Screening, PPE, and Response to Students and Staff Presenting Symptoms

• Guidance on Purchasing Safety Supplies (Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (2020)

Contact Tracing

• CDC Guidance on Contact Tracing
• Contact Tracing Awareness Training 
• FERPA & COVID-19: FAQ
• NJ COVID-19 Information Hub: What is Contact Tracing? How Does it Stop the Spread of COVID-19? 
• USDE's Student Privacy Policy Office

Facilities Cleaning Practices

• COVID-19 Resources for School Bus Personnel: Best Cleaning and Disinfecting Practices for Buses (American Federation of Teachers)
• Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 (EPA)
• Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools, and Homes (EPA)

Educator Well-Being

• 5 Strategies for Teacher Self-Care (ASCD)
• Educator Stress Spectrum
• Educator Resilience and Trauma-Informed Self Care
• Handout: Supporting Healthy Mindsets and Behaviors
• NJEA’s Member Helpline
• Resiliency Resources at Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care
• Supporting Teachers Through Stress Management (NASP)

Trauma Informed Social and Emotional Learning

• Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools
• CASEL Program Guide
• Center for SEL and School Safety
• Considerations for Schools (CDC)
• COVID-19 Resources (American School Counselor Association)
• Creating Opportunities through Relationships Modules
• Creating SEL Teams
• Creating Trauma-Informed Systems
• Developmental Indicators—SEL in the K–12 Classroom (NJDOE)
• Guide to Schoolwide SEL (CASEL)
• Helping Children Cope with Changes Resulting From COVID-19
• High School Toolkit: Building a Mental Health-Friendly Classroom
• Incorporating SEL into Classroom Instruction
• Initial Guide to Leveraging the Power of Social and Emotional Learning as You Prepare to Reopen and Renew Your School Community (CASEL)
• New Jersey’s SEL Competencies and Sub-Competencies.
• SEL Data Reflection Protocol
• SEL Professional Development Modules for Educators (NJDOE)
• Social Emotional Learning District Implementation and Professional Development (Minnesota Department of Education)
• Strategies for Trauma-Informed Distance Learning
• The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
• Trauma-Informed School Strategies during COVID-19 (National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
• Trauma informed SEL: Pawlo, E., Lorenzo, A., Eichert, B., & Elias, M. J. (2019). All SEL should be trauma-informed. Phi Delta Kappa, 101 (3). 37-41.
• Trauma-Informed SEL Toolkit
• The School Climate Strategy Resource Guide provides support to school leadership teams in using the New Jersey School Climate Survey and includes sections dedicated to SEL and trauma-informed approaches among other evidence-based strategies for improving school climates that would be applicable both if a school is operating remotely or in-person.

School Culture and Climate

• National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments
• National School Climate Center: School Community Engagement in the Time of COVID-19
• School Climate Strategy Resource Guide
• Thapa, A., Cohen, J., Guffey, S., & Higgins-D’Alessandro, A. (2013). A Review of School Climate Research. Review of Educational Research. 83(3), 357-385.

Universal Screening

• Considerations for Remote Instruction in Early Math (K–5)
• Considerations for Remote Instruction in Early Reading (K–5)
• Marlboro Township RTI Manual
• Mount Olive Township Schools Response to Intervention (RTI)

Collaborative Problem Solving

• Dunlap, G. & Fox, L. (2015). The Pyramid Model: PBS in Early Childhood Programs and its Relation to School-wide PBS. The Pyramid Model Consortium.
• New Jersey Tiered System of Supports (NJTSS) Implementation Guidelines (NJDOE)

Family Engagement

• Dunlap, G. & Fox, L. (2015). The Pyramid Model: PBS in Early Childhood Programs and its Relation to School-wide PBS. The Pyramid Model Consortium.
• New Jersey Tiered System of Supports (NJTSS) Implementation Guidelines (NJDOE)
• 6 Keys to Engaging Families in ESSA (National PTA)
• California Department of Education (2020). Stronger Together.
• Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council (CIACC)
• County Offices of Education Directory
• Engaging Parents through Conversations (East Side Pathways)
• Families Portal (NJDOE)
• Myers, A. (2019). Going old-school: Home visits show marked effect on absenteeism and performance. Johns Hopkins School of Education.
• New Jersey’s Parent Teacher Association
• NJ Parent Link: The Early Childhood, Parenting and Professional Resource Center
• NJ 211 Resource Finder
• SPAN Parent Advocacy Network
• Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN) for Students with Disabilities: Resource Library
• Title I, Part A: School/Family/Community Engagement (NJDOE)
• Tucker, E. and Kruse, L. (2020). Preparing to Reopen: Six Principles That Put Equity at the Core. Getting Smart.

Data-Based Decision Making and Three Tiers of Academic and Behavioral Interventions

• Considerations for Remote Instruction in Early Math (K–5)
• Considerations for Remote Instruction in Early Reading (K–5)
• Dunlap, G. & Fox, L. (2015). The Pyramid Model: PBS in Early Childhood Programs and its Relation to School-wide PBS. The Pyramid Model Consortium.
• New Jersey Tiered System of Supports (NJTSS) Implementation Guidelines (NJDOE)

Academic Enrichment, Expanded After-School Learning & Summer Programming

• New Jersey’s Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies by County
• NJSACC: The Statewide Network for NJ’s Afterschool Communities – Virtual After School Resource Guide
• NJ YMCA Locations
• United Way’s Summer Learning Resources

Mentoring

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of NJ
• Extensive Mentoring Resources by the United Way including Tools and Guidebooks
• Mentoring Youth and Young Parents: A Guidebook for Programs Helping Youth and Young Parents Navigate a Pathway to Self-Sufficiency (US Dept of Labor)
• National Mentoring Resource Center

Food Service and Distribution

• COVID-19 and Food Safety Memo (New Jersey Department of Agriculture)
• Food Safe Schools Tools and Guide (USDA)
• Interim Guidance for Administrators of US K-12 Schools and Child Care Programs to Plan, Prepare, and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (CDC)
• Seamless Summer Option: Providing Multiple Meals at a Time During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic (USDA)

Quality Child Care

• Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
• Child Care Subsidy Program
• COVID-19 Resources for Licensed Child Care
• Directory of Licensed Child Care Centers (NJDCF)
• Emergency Child Care Assistance Program
• How to Establish and Design a Wellness Program
• New Jersey Head Start Association
• New Jersey School Age Care Coalition
• Weekly Conversations for Public-School Based Afterschool Programs (New Jersey School Age Care Coalition)