Teachers (COVID-19) Stay-at-Home

Most school districts have closed during the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic, leaving both parents and teachers looking for help. Teachers have been tasked with figuring out how to deliver lesson plans and classroom activities as part of distance learning. 

This information may be geared towards K-5, but you might get some helpful tips and ideas from this.

We asked educators what they need, and we listened. We hope this message—and these resources—offer some help.

By Cory Collins
www.tolerance.org

(Updated March 26; originally published March 13) In response to the number of states, districts and schools that are shuttering schools to students over the next several weeks in response to fears about the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), education technology companies have stepped forward to help educators reach students in virtual ways.

As many educational institutions around the globe are undergoing, extending or planning closures due to COVID-19, half of the world’s student population is unable to attend school. Educators face the challenge of teaching remotely at an unprecedented scale, and in some cases, for the first time.

CEC is opening its doors to the special education community in need of resources. Nonmembers of CEC can receive a free basic membership from now through May 31 by using the promotional code CECED60

This article provides specific guidance related to school districts’ and elementary schools’ supports for at-home learning across the primary grades (PreK-3rd grade).

University of Colorado Denver
School of Education & Human Development
Kristie Kauerz, Roberta Ballard, Andrew Schaper, and Margaret Soli, Jennifer Liu and Willie Adams.