This toolkit from Brooklyn Lab Charter School and Equity by Design outlines five core principles and provides practical advice on how to improve school-community communication to improve schools.
This practitioner toolkit from the Parabola Project offers strategies for school leaders to understand family concerns and needs, define clear messages, and use effective communication tools and tactics to engage parents and caregivers.
Healthy Buildings, an initiative of the Harvard T.H. Chan Public School of Health, has created a detailed how-to guide for measuring ventilation rates, including materials needed and helpful strategies.
This toolkit from the Parabola Project is designed to assist district and building operations and facilities leaders by providing a checklist of priority steps related to improving air quality to prepare for in-person learning.
This presentation from Chiefs for Change explains the Covid-19 vaccine, vaccine hesitancy, and five main steps districts have taken to implement a COVID-19 vaccination program. it also provides a case study and additional resources to support school reopening.
In collaboration with Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools, a public charter school in Brooklyn, New York, EquityByDesign.org has created this 10-point plan to help schools promote vaccination and address hesitancy. This plan is informed by insights and resources from practitioners and experts across health and education. This toolkit is organized into 10 distinct tips schools can implement to expand vaccination nationwide
This was a guide put out by the California Department of Education and is meant to be a a guide for local discussion on reopening schools and not a one-size-fits-all document. This guide provides checklists, essential questions for consideration, and examples of best practices.
This toolkit from the Parabola Project helps school leaders make key decisions driven by the values and priorities of their school or district. Leaders need to determine the resources they have available (time, people, and space) and think creatively about scheduling for a hybrid or fully in-person model.
This Self-Assessment Tool is intended to foster productive dialogue within leadership teams in an iterative manner. Whether you are just beginning to think about digital equity or have been working on it for years, cycling through this tool will help to clarify vision and strategy, articulate needs, and identify areas for improvement. With your team assembled, as you work through the guide, self-assess to see where you might be on your digital equity journey. This tool has been created to support teams when using The Learning Accelerator’s Digital Equity Guide.
The digital equity audit process and tools are intended to foster productive dialogue within leadership teams in an iterative manner. Whether you are just beginning to think about digital equity or have been working on it for years, cycling through this workbook and the accompanying Self-Assessment Tool will help to clarify your vision and strategy, articulate needs, and identify areas for improvement. Each section includes questions to support team reflection as well as a template for exploring how you might make change(s) to improve. This tool has been created to support teams when using The Learning Accelerator’s Digital Equity Guide.
