USDOE Supplemental Fact Sheet: Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary Schools While Serving Children with Disabilities
This Supplemental Fact Sheet reaffirms the rights of students to receive educational instruction and related services under federal special education law during the COVID-19 pandemic, recognizing the need for educational services to be conducted remotely and with reasonable accommodations. It also provides examples of how schools and educators can provide these services.
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/frontpage/faq/rr/policyguidance/Supple%20Fact%20Sheet%203.21.20%20FINAL.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=
Guiding the Education Community Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
The New Jersey Department of Education (the Department) guidance and resources for educators, schools & districts, students and families, and specific student populations.
https://www.nj.gov/education/covid19/
Helping Children Cope with Changes Resulting from COVID-19
From the National Association of School Psychologists, this guidance can help families and teachers model positive ways to adapt to new schedules, balance work and other activities, get creative about how we spend time, process new information, and connect and support friends and family members in new ways.
https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/health-crisis-resources/helping-children-cope-with-changes-resulting-from-covid-19
Teaching Remotely
Council for Exceptional Children’s (CEC’s) collection of suggested resources to help determine the best means to provide services to students and their families. Regularly updated.
https://cec.sped.org/Tools-and-Resources/Resources-for-Teaching-Remotely
CEC Quick Take: What You Need to Know About Accessibility
Kelly Grillo, Ph.D. and Daniel McNulty discuss accessibility considerations while teaching online. When do you need to use captioning, and how do you do it? Is there a digital alternative to paper packets?
https://cec.sped.org/Tools-and-Resources/Resources-for-Teaching-Remotely/Webinars/Quick-Takes-for-Teaching-Online/Quick-Take-Accessibility
Virtual School Activities
This collection of virtual learning resources covers a wide gamut of online virtual experiences relevant to science, history and social studies, visual arts, music, fitness and more.
https://virtualschoolactivities.com/
Bring the World to Your Classroom
NJTV and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for teachers. Easy navigation helps find subject- and age-related content.
https://nj.pbslearningmedia.org/
Game On: Increasing Learning Through Online Games
These games will help middle school students explore writing and word meanings as well as encourage critical thinking in reading. The games are from such sites as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a large international learning company, Beacon Learning Center, Merriam-Webster, and the Adult Literacy Media Alliance.
https://sites.google.com/site/gameonlearning/la-middle-school-games
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