1. COVID-19: Updates from the Summer and Early September
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We know you worked hard to prepare for the start of this very different school year, and we collaborated with medical experts, districts, and education stakeholders to do the same. We thank all the educators who made it possible for more than 3,000 students with disabilities to attend summer programs this year, and we were happy to see everyone return to learning this month.
Here’s a sampling of our work this summer that might interest you. A more extensive list is at the bottom of this newsletter. All build off of our Initial Fall School Reopening Guidance from June:
We also worked on remote learning resources. See below!
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2. New Resources: Center for Instructional Support Program Catalog and Remote Learning
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Looking for content-area-specific professional development opportunities? Find networks and workshops specific to your area, as well as subject-spanning offerings, in the Center for Instructional Support’s Program Catalog. You can download it from this page for the most up-to-date version.
We know that help with remote learning is of special interest. Building off of the Remote Learning Guidance for Fall 2020 (download), issued on July 24, we’ve posted information and resources on our remote learning webpage. In addition, we’re offering professional development opportunities related to remote learning:
- Our Center for Instructional Support has released the Remote Teaching and Learning Module Series. This is a free, five-part series of self-guided modules for teachers and other school-based educators who will be engaging in remote teaching and learning this coming year, whether through a hybrid or fully remote model.
- LearnLaunch, in collaboration with DESE, has scheduled a series of highly interactive Building Blocks Workshops that addresses elements of teaching and learning across different learning models. More information, including links to registration for each workshop, is available online.
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3. The Buzz: Mini-Units on COVID-19 and Health Equity
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OpenSciEd has released multidisciplinary COVID-19 & Health Equity units for grades 3-5 and high school. The COVID-19 pandemic is a clear example of how science and society are connected, and these units explore how different communities are impacted by the virus through the lens of historical inequities in society. The elementary units include integrated social-emotional learning and supports for teachers and families in addressing these emotional topics. The high school materials can be appropriate for science, social studies, and health courses. Epidemiologists, public health experts, equity and antiracist education experts, community groups, as well as social-emotional learning experts contributed to the material development. A K-2 unit will be available shortly, and a middle school unit is expected in January 2021. More information, including a link to archived and upcoming webinars, is available at the link above.
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Continued from COVID-19: Updates from the Summer and Early September
Here are some of the other actions we took over the summer and earlier this month to help districts respond to the effects of COVID-19:
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