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Preparing for a Healthy and Safe Return to School: Public School Facilities Planning in the Era of COVID-19
This new guide outlines how Brooklyn LAB safeguarded their school community’s health and shares best practices for other schools.
An Opportunity to Disrupt Education for the Better: Lessons From Starting a School in a Pandemic
By: Tom Woelper. The disruptive forces at play in American education due to COVID-19 present challenges, but they also provide an opportunity for us to rethink the educational experience we’re delivering. For a startup school, the pandemic has presented lessons that can be extended to better education for all.
4 Actionable Queries Empowering EdLeaders to be Change-Ready
By: Karine Veldhoen. “Like never before we face the challenge of delivering education in nimble and new ways. How can we transform this pandemic into a positive provocation?” Karine Veldhoen, school leader and consultant, shares four actionable ideas and resources you can implement right now to cultivate your school’s change-readiness for fall.
Learning Coach Academy: Supporting the Role of Parents or Guardians in Remote Learning
By: Heather Hiebsch and Cheryl Fenlason. Heather and Cheryl share hybrid, personalized, and blended learning tips to develop and support Learning Coaches to help students adapt - and even thrive - in this uncertain educational landscape.
How Schools Can Help Cultivate Learner Identity and Agency
The Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools team shares how educators can cultivate opportunities to develop a strong sense of identity and agency.
Our Schools Must Adjust to a COVID-19 World
By: Ulrich Boser. Ulrich shares how educators should focus on community and project-based learning projects during remote learning to create an education system that works for all students.
Schools Need a Success Coach for Every Learner
Success coaches are powerful resources for connection and healing and can help shepherd our student communities through this pandemic and its lasting traumas.
How Can We Make the Most of Synchronous and Asynchronous Time in Distance Learning?
By: Katie Martin. An outline of key shifts and considerations when designing for distance learning both in synchronous and asynchronous modes.
How To Bring a Cross-Curricular Approach to Your Instruction
By: L. Hixson. A cross-curricular approach to learning is an effective way to introduce students to multiple subjects and help them build critical thinking skills.
Back to School – Meeting the Networking Needs of Tomorrow’s Digital Classroom
By: Todd Rychecky. Todd outlines what network resiliency means and provides strategies needed for keeping learning networks and devices online, regardless of disruption or location.