Continuity of Learning During COVID-19 Resource Database

This recorded webinar addresses challenges in supporting families to help their children with learning activities or conducting intervention within routines using technology.

This Voices From the Field piece includes a discussion with Laura Hamby and Ann Jolly from the Exceptional Children department in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools about how they have addressed teaching and learning challenges related to COVID-19 restrictions. They shared some of the strategies they implemented during Spring 2020 to support special educators in their districts to meet the needs of students with disabilities and their families.

NCSI presented a multi-part webinar series sharing best practices for state special education leaders to make the best use of available resources during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. NCSI and invited experts shared information to help state leadership teams make informed decisions amid current circumstances, ensuring leaders are poised to continue high-quality educational programming for students and families.

Open Educational Resources (OER) support flexible instructional opportunities through the use of materials that can be reused and remixed to meet the needs and preferences of a wide range of learners. In this webinar, educators who are new to OER will learn how to create accessible OER using Open Author and how to evaluate existing OER in a variety of formats for accessibility.

In this article, online instructors offer wisdom they've gathered -- what to do and what not to do -- from years of experience teaching in the modality.

This pre-recorded webinar provides a message from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on online education and website accessibility.

In this article, to help schools and school systems navigate the sudden transition to distance learning, FutureEd Director Thomas Toch explored the new education landscape with Brad Rathgeber, the head of school and chief executive of One Schoolhouse, a highly regarded, nonprofit online school that partners with 160 public and private schools worldwide to supplement their school-based instruction and to provide professional development for faculty members working in the online space.

This article provides an overview of the experiences of a range of teachers who are using technology in their classrooms and recommendations on digital learning strategies.

This packet details 7 support strategies that are designed to meet the unique needs of individuals with autism during this period of uncertainty.

Official communication from the US Department of Education with policy and guidelines for serving students with disabilities during disruptions to education caused by COVID-19.

This article explains instructional scaffolding and how it can be implemented in a virtual learning environment.

Official communication from the US Department of Education with policy and guidelines for ensuring and maintaining student privacy during online and virtual learning.

This checklist for the American Federation for Teachers (AFT) outlines the steps teachers and school leaders should take to ensure learning can continue as instruction shifts to virtual platforms.

This brief from the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) contains guidelines for conducting counseling support from a distance. Links to additional resources are included.

This document provides information on digital tools and practical examples that educators can use both to create a personalized learning environment for students and to focus that learning on skills needed for success in the 21st century.