Resource Library

Watch this video to learn about the U.S. Department of Education's Best Practices Clearinghouse, where education stakeholders can access a wealth of resources and training opportunities to navigate a successful recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Best Practices Clearinghouse

This resource outlines the five components of the CDC’s framework for campus sexual violence prevention — comprehensive prevention, infrastructure, audience, partnerships and sustainability, and evaluation. The integration of all five components offers an opportunity to implement prevention efforts that have a greater impact on the prevention and reduction of sexual violence on college and university campuses. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Free to Learn ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This Web page contains fact sheets that summarize data collected from states about infants, children, and youth with disabilities who receive early intervention or special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Children and students with disabilities ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs

This funding and resource guide is designed to help colleges and universities in rural areas find federally funded low-interest loans and grants to build or improve their facilities, infrastructure, equipment, and educational programs. The guide shares a brief overview of applicable community programs, as well as relevant application details and requirements. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture

This guide provides community college administrators, educators, and staff with recommendations for designing and implementing high-quality career pathways that equip students with occupational skills. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse

This Web page outlines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Let’s RISE initiative, which offers strategies and resources for community leaders and health care professionals to support routine immunizations among children, teens, and adults. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The What Works Clearinghouse practice guides are designed for education leaders, teachers, and instructional staff and offer evidence-based recommendations for supporting students and addressing common challenges in early childhood programs, schools, and postsecondary institutions. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Early Childhood Programs ; PreK-12 Schools ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse

This fact sheet shares the Biden administration's progress on making COVID-19 vaccinations, testing, and treatments widely available and accessible. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: The White House

This infographic highlights the cognitive, educational, sociocultural, and economic benefits of being multilingual. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition

This letter describes how State and local education agencies can leverage American Rescue Plan and Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations funds to build and strengthen systems of support for students transitioning from PreK-12 schools to careers and postsecondary education. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education

This toolkit for administrators and staff members at institutions of higher education provides information and resources for preventing the spread of monkeypox. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This fact sheet provides information about long COVID as a disability and offers guidance on schools’ and postsecondary institutions’ responsibilities for the provision of services and reasonable accommodations for students for whom long COVID is a disability. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Children and students with disabilities ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

This guide shares research on the digital divide, outlining current barriers to digital equity and offering recommendations for overcoming these barriers and improving student, family, and community access to broadband and technology tools for learning. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology

This Web page shares highlights from a variety of data sources to provide a snapshot of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. education system. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics

This Website outlines the U.S. Department’s guide to success for the 2022-2023 school year, detailing the four main priorities that schools and institutions of higher education (IHEs) should work toward during the school year, and offering guidance and resources to help schools and IHEs meet these priorities. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education

This virtual library contains research studies that have been reviewed by the What Works Clearinghouse and categorized into tiered levels of evidence aligned to the Every Student Succeeds Act. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse

This annual report shares data and historical trends on crime and safety at PreK-12 schools and postsecondary institutions nationwide. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics; U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics

This report presents research on the current state of the U.S. education system, from PreK-12 to postsecondary outcomes as well as international comparisons. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Lessons Learned
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics

This Web page contains resources from the U.S. Department of Education, the White House, and Federal agencies that provide guidance on supporting and protecting the rights of LGBTQI+ students. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; LGBTQIA students ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education

This Website features a curated collection of Federal resources to support education providers serving Afghan students and families. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Racial/ethnic subgroups ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education

This CDC Website provides data on new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the country, helping school communities monitor and plan for prevention and mitigation strategies. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This curated resource list provides access to Federal resources on school-based physical, social, emotional, and behavioral health supports for children, youth, and young adults. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This fact sheet shares examples of how states, districts, and schools are utilizing Federal relief funding to address teacher shortages. Tags: Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education

The guide from the Environmental Protection Agency provides best practices, recommendations, and resources for improving indoor air quality in buildings to reduce the risk of the airborne spread of viruses like COVID-19. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

This Web page outlines President Biden's comprehensive mental health strategy— a multifaceted approach to addressing the current mental health needs of youth and adults nationwide. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: The White House

This fact sheet offers guidance and resources to support institutions of higher education (IHEs) as they consider uses of Federal funds to meet students’ basic needs. The document also includes spotlight examples of IHEs across the country engaged in student support initiatives using Federal funding. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education

In this Surgeon General's Advisory, Dr. Vivek Murthy addresses the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and youth, discussing long-standing challenges as well as actionable steps that communities, including families and schools, can take to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and protect youth mental health. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: Office of the Surgeon General

This mobile application for education agencies allows personnel to walk around buildings and grounds and conduct a site assessment. The app equips practitioners with information and knowledge about fundamental site assessment topics, allows users to add locality- and state-specific questions, and exports site assessment data for data analysis and recordkeeping. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools TA Center

This virtual training guide focuses on higher ed emergency operations plans (EOPs), including the recommended planning process and key considerations for creating, revising, and enhancing high-quality EOPs. The six-step planning process is flexible and can be adapted to accommodate an institution’s unique characteristics and situation. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Children and students with disabilities ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools TA Center

This fact sheet describes cybersecurity considerations for institutions of higher education (IHEs). The fact sheet includes background information on threats facing IHE systems and networks and provides strategies to prepare for threats, respond to and recover from threats, as well as details on how this topic relates to overall emergency operations plan development and school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools TA Center

This Web page shares Long Beach Community College's ongoing restorative approach to acknowledging and repairing the harm done by systemic racial injustice and inequity. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Racial/ethnic subgroups ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Long Beach Community College District

This resource outlines one university's approach to reopening campus in the Spring 2021 semester. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Heritage Christian University

This presentation contains general information regarding the U.S. Department of Education's Back-to-School Week event, including daily agendas, presenter information, and topical resources spanning the 5-day event. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education

This resource is intended to supplement the information in the ED COVID-19 Handbook, Volume 1: Strategies for Safely Reopening Elementary and Secondary Schools; Volume 2: Roadmap to Reopening Safely and Meeting All Students’ Needs; and Volume 3: Strategies for Safe Operation and Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education Students, Faculty, and Staff by providing focused information and resources to promote mental health and social and emotional well-being among students. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education

This fact sheet provides information about Federal civil rights laws that protect students with mental health disabilities. It includes scenarios that illustrate when the U.S. Department of Education might investigate a potential violation; gives schools and postsecondary institutions a list of action steps to create an environment responsive to students with mental health disabilities; and provides educational and crisis resources for students, families, and educators. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Children and students with disabilities ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education

This presentation outlines key strategies to building more effective school-community partnerships to promote college access for historically underserved students. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, The Double Discovery Center at Columbia University

This Web page hosts a variety of health-related resources relevant to COVID-19 and institutions of higher education (IHEs). Resources include webinars, guides, research briefs, and workshops to support IHE communities in best practices around operation and continued supports in the era of COVID-19. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: American College Health Association

This website provides information related to the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, designed to provide vaccinations to the American public through community partnerships with local pharmacies. By promoting and facilitating COVID-19 vaccination, this program supports the goal of keeping educators, teachers, and staff safe. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This document shares recommendations and resources that support the mental health and well-being of those who care for students at home and in school. The document offers strategies to aid caregivers in reducing the effects of various stressors and includes links to resources that share in-depth methods for addressing the emotional challenges experienced by caregivers, their students, and others. Tags: Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association of School Psychologists

This resource provides guidance on addressing the needs of higher education students, faculty, and staff. Topics include physical safety, social and emotional needs, and other important supports for the higher education community. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development

This COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review provides an up-to-date interpretive summary of the previous week’s key data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID Data Tracker. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This presentation provides an overview of the campus's reopening plans. The presentation outlines the university's planning and implementation procedures for maintaining a safe and healthy environment. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; State or Local Resources
Organization: Purdue University Fort Wayne

This resource guide outlines the reopening plans of the university and includes detailed information regarding campus policies, procedures and specific COVID-19 protocols. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Union University

This webinar series assists university faculty and staff and external community members with learning strategies to reduce stress and improve health and well-being during times of stress, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Ohio State University

This report outlines the safety protocols, mitigation strategies and support services established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the university. The report includes a matrix utilized for responding to direct and indirect exposures among campus employees. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Racial/ethnic subgroups; students from low-income backgrounds; Student veterans; Military-connected students ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: Hallmark University

This guide outlines the reopening plans of the college and includes detailed information on safety protocols and campus policies. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Orleans Technical College

This program profile highlights the modification of a construction materials lab to provide students with hands-on experience while maintaining a safe environment for in-person instruction at the university. The profile describes prior lab operations, newly developed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-compliant operations, and lessons learned from students’ experiences throughout the changes made to the university's instructional strategies. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: Missouri University of Science and Technology

This program profile outlines the COVID-19 mitigation strategies and lessons learned at a Veterans Upward Bound Program. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Students from low-income backgrounds; First-generation college students; Student veterans; Military-connected students ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Pima County Community College District- East Campus

This program profile describes the college’s approach to implementing mitigation strategies and preparing for and sustaining in-person operations safely. The profile details the impacts on TRIO students of the COVID-19 pandemic, the college’s subsequent mitigation measures and the lessons learned from students' experiences. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Children and students with disabilities; First-generation college students; Students from low-income backgrounds ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; State or Local Resources
Organization: Columbia College

This virtual conference offers keynote presentations and breakout sessions over a wide range of topics, including The Science and Theory of Hope, The Pandemic Brain, and Creating Trauma-Responsive Schools that Foster Resilient Environments for Youth & Adults. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Students from low-income backgrounds ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Implementation Stories ; Lessons Learned
Organization: Washington Student Achievement Council

This innovative spotlight profile describes the college's COVID-19 hotline. This telephone line addresses questions and concerns and provides information to the college community regarding campus shutdowns and the transition to remote learning. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; First-generation college students ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

This guide outlines the university's reopening plan and lists strategies used by the institution to address challenges caused by COVID-19, such as adapting services and implementing mitigation measures. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: University of the Potomac

This resource provides an example of an employee code of personal responsibility for following safety protocols on a college campus. The resource includes practical instructions and guidelines on how to follow these safety protocols. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Lakeland Community College

This series of short video modules assists students in adjusting to remote learning by preparing them to navigate classes on an online learning platform. Video topics include strategies for success, getting organized, tips from professors and students, and a review of resources available at the college. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Students from low-income backgrounds; First-generation college students; Student parents; Student veterans; Military-connected students ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Lakeland Community College

This spreadsheet offers a sample of reporting and discussion guides for personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety protocols management used by the college’s Emergency & Risk Team. The spreadsheet includes data on PPE inventory distribution and collection, COVID-19 testing inventory and methodology, and a daily overview of safety protocols and completion of tasks in an Incident Command System format. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Benedict College

This implementation profile shares a success story from the college's TRIO Talent Search program. By using data, developing local partnerships and collaborating with school district information technology managers, this program provided grade-specific support to students during pandemic-related school closures. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Students from low-income backgrounds; First-generation college students ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: University of Cincinnati, Clermont College

This program profile highlights how Northland Pioneer College redesigned lab science classes to replicate key components of the in-person lab experience and maintain student engagement in active learning during the remote instruction period. The program included the provision of lab material kits for students at home and the use of technology to connect students online. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Students from low-income backgrounds; Racial/ethnic subgroups ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Lessons Learned ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Northland Pioneer College

This program profile describes the College of Central Florida's COVID-19 pandemic response and lists strategies used by the institution to address challenges caused by COVID-19, such as adapting services and implementing mitigation measures. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: College of Central Florida

This program profile shares a detailed plan of action for phased school reopening. The plan offers guidance for students, teachers, faculty, and staff during each phase of reopening and is customizable based on COVID-19 caseload and local community needs. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Turtle Mountain Community College

This reopening plan utilizes local, state, and federal public health guidance to provide a detailed outline for safely reopening schools. It shares best practices for encouraging student retention and success; supporting students by strengthening organizational capacity; and increasing the health, safety and well-being of students, faculty, staff and the community. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Hocking College

This program profile describes a partnership between Victor Valley College and San Bernardino County, California, that involved working to increase organizational capacity and to support whole community health through the creation and operation of a no-cost COVID-19 testing site. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Victor Valley College

This program profile highlights the creation of telehealth services at Heidelberg University in response to student needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides information on materials utilized to develop and offer telehealth services and can serve as a model for increasing mental health services capacity. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Lessons Learned; State or Local Resources
Organization: Heidelberg University

This Web page hosts a collection of tools and resources for students, faculty, and staff that share guidance and best practices for safe campus operation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Featuring Utica College's COVID-19 surveillance testing protocol and reopening guides, this Web page also holds archives of the college's historical COVID-19 response plans and communications. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Utica College

This Website and playbook serve as a comprehensive guide and resource hub for Northeast Iowa Community College’s COVID-19 response. The Website and playbook detail the procedures and protocols implemented to ensure safe and healthy environments and to communicate updates on public health data and developments in campus operations and services. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Northeast Iowa Community College

This program profile provides a selection of Neumann University’s best practices to maintain safe and healthy environments and support students, faculty, and staff during remote learning and limited in-person instruction throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes details on practices such as investing in a robust technological infrastructure before the onset of COVID-19, allowing for student and faculty choice in classroom instruction methods and limiting in-person class sizes. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Neumann University

This innovative spotlight shares a data-driven approach for ensuring accessible and transparent management of personal protective equipment (PPE). The university utilizes materials management software and data dashboards to track the receipt, distribution, usage, and current inventory of PPE and ensures the university maintains supply and anticipates future needs. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Lessons Learned ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Western Carolina University

This program profile provides an innovative model for use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the management of COVID-19 related materials on college and university campuses. The program utilizes existing software, namely TMA warehouse inventory management software and Tableau data dashboards, to enable all inventory management stakeholders to have reliable, transparent access to actionable PPE inventory data. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; English learners ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Lessons Learned ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Western Carolina University

This fact sheet provides a bulleted list of Jarvis Christian College’s procedures, protocols, and services to maintain safe and healthy environments and support students, faculty, and staff during the return to in-person campus activities. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Jarvis Christian College

This program profile highlights the innovative COVID-19 pandemic response management model employed at Defiance College. The college’s Incident Command model sets in place collaborative decision-making and accountability structures to craft an appropriate and consistent administrative response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Lessons Learned; Innovative Spotlight; State or Local Resources
Organization: Defiance College

This implementation story shares a comprehensive outline of Santa Fe College’s strategies and initiatives to assist students, faculty, staff, and community members by providing public health information and support services during both the remote instruction period and the return to in-person instruction. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Students from low-income backgrounds; First-generation college students ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Lessons Learned
Organization: Santa Fe College

This document outlines procedures created by the Utah College of Dental Hygiene to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. It details steps to support students, faculty and clinic patients in a variety of settings while maintaining compliance with the regulations set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Dental Association. Tags: Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: State or Local Resources; Lessons Learned
Organization: Utah College of Dental Hygiene

This guide from the Nova Academy of Cosmetology shares procedures and protocols to maintain safe and healthy environments for students, staff and clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The guide provides an example of best practices for cosmetology programs or other education programs that require client interactions. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Nova Academy of Cosmetology

This program profile outlines the best practices implemented at Tennessee State University to maintain a safe and healthy campus environment amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights protocols and procedures for residential buildings and campus life, courses and classrooms, research labs and employees. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Tennessee State University

This program profile highlights Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s best practices for maintaining a safe and healthy campus environment and developing support networks for students. The college implemented a variety of strategies including a COVID-19 dashboard, a team of health screeners, an online student assistance form and a laptop loaner program. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Rowan-Cabarrus Community College

This program profile highlights Bay Path University’s nationally recognized best practices for delivering virtual student support programs and services. Bay Path University provides a virtual ecosystem called Social Online Universal Learning that uses data to innovate online learning and help ensure students gain the skills necessary for career success post-graduation. Tags: Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Bay Path University

This program profile shares an education technology implementation success story from University of La Verne. The university supports student success by integrating LinkedIn Learning technology with general education and career center Web platforms. By combining these tools, University of La Verne leverages technology to enhance retention, student success and student career outcomes. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; English learners, First-generation college students, Students from low-income backgrounds, Undocumented students ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: University of La Verne

This implementation profile describes the strategies and methods Iowa Lakes Community College utilizes to increase mental health service capacity on campus and support students' needs. By increasing access to services and reducing wait times and paperwork, Iowa Lakes Community College supports students' mental health and wellness so they can focus on achieving academic success. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Iowa Lakes Community College

This program profile outlines a partnership between Northland Pioneer College and local law enforcement agencies to provide laptops, hotspots and Wi-Fi connections to isolated students across the college’s 21,000 square mile service area amid mandatory curfews and quarantines and the closure of tribal borders to visitors. The program profile provides an example of how to leverage a community partnership to keep rural students connected to their classes during remote instruction. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Lessons Learned ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Northland Pioneer College

This guide provides support and guidance on reopening and mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in colleges and universities. The comprehensive guide features sections on cleaning protocols, case tracking and reporting, air quality and safety, and student and faculty support services. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Northern Essex Community College

This video for students, staff and faculty outlines St. Petersburg College’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and procedures established to facilitate a safe and healthy environment for in-person instruction and activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The video provides an example of leveraging multimedia formats to communicate important safety protocols to school communities. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: St. Petersburg College

This Web page provides resources that support students, teachers, faculty, staff and the greater community. It compiles local, state and federal public health resources; shares a detailed return to campus plan; and offers information on COVID-19 vaccination eligibility and accessibility. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Rowan-Cabarrus Community College

This Web page provides regular updates about the COVID-19 pandemic to faculty, staff, students, and families of Navajo Technical University. It also provides broadly applicable resources on health and wellness, safety protocols and reopening plans. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Students from low-income backgrounds; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Student veterans; Military-connected students; Students experiencing homelessness; First-generation college students ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Navajo Technical University

This Web page for the Missouri Baptist University community outlines the university’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and procedures established to facilitate a safe and healthy environment as the school reopened in Fall 2020. These protocols and procedures were implemented and communicated by the University’s COVID Action Team and enabled the university to navigate a successful reopening. Tags: Safe and Healthy Environments ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Missouri Baptist University

This handbook for district and school leaders offers guidelines on alternative preparation programs for hiring and developing new teaching candidates from other fields, including applicants making a career change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This resource supports leaders in selecting candidates who are more likely to be successful in the education field, and provides best practices on supporting new educators. Tags: Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform Center

This brief offers concrete ways teacher candidates can be leveraged to better support veteran teachers during the shift to remote learning, or as a component of new education models as schools return to in-person instruction. Tags: Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform Center

This webinar includes panelists who discuss the historical and current context of anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander racism and xenophobia, distinguish between hate incidents and hate crimes, and identify actions the general public can take to address bigotry and discrimination. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Racial/ethnic subgroups ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Lessons Learned; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Mid-Atlantic Equity Center (MAEC)

This blog discusses the importance of acknowledging, respecting, and integrating student voice and family voice in building and sustaining collaborative relationships between educators and families. Tags: Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities

Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific