The Road Back: Restart and Recovery Plan for Education

June 2020

The

Road

Back

Restart and Recovery

Plan for Education

New Jersey Department of Education

Governor Philip D. Murphy

Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver

Lamont O. Repollet, Ed.D.

Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Education

State Board of Education Members

Kathy Goldenberg, President

Andrew J. Mulvihill, Vice President

Arcelio Aponte

Mary Beth Berry

Elaine Bobrove

Fatimah Burnam-Watkins

Ronald K. Butcher

Jack Fornaro

Mary Elizabeth Gazi

Nedd James Johnson, Ed. D.

Ernest P. Lepore

Joseph Ricca, Jr., Ed.D.

Sylvia Sylvia-Cioffi

Sabrina Capoli, Student Representative 2020-2021 School Year

Acknowledgments

The New Jersey Department of Education would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who

contributed to this report. Your meaningful input, purposeful recommendations, and willingness to

collaborate demonstrated a unified commitment to supporting all of New Jersey¡¯s school communities

as we move forward on our path to recovery. We would like to extend our deep appreciation to

representatives from the following organizations, school districts, departments, and agencies:

? Abbott Leadership Institute

? JerseyCAN

? Advocates for Children of New Jersey

? Lenape Regional High School District

? American Federation of Teachers New Jersey

? Long Branch Public School District

? Association of Schools and Agencies for the

Handicapped

? Manalapan-Englishtown School District

? Boys & Girls Clubs in New Jersey

? Carteret Public Schools

? Center for Autism and Early Childhood

Mental Health at Montclair State University

? Center for Counseling Services

? Center for Family Resources

? Center for Family Services

? Clayton Public Schools

? Community Child Care Solutions

? Marlboro Township Public Schools

? Middletown School District

? Millstone Township School District

? Mount Olive School District

? National Institute for Early Education

Research

? New Jersey Alliance for Social-Emotional

and Character Development

? New Jersey Association for Supervision and

Curriculum Development

? Cranford Public School District

? New Jersey Association of Pupil Services

Administrators

? Diocese of Trenton/Chair of NJDOE

Nonpublic Advisory Committee

? New Jersey Association of School

Administrators

? Education Law Center

? New Jersey Association of School Business

Officials

? Educational Partnership for Instructing

Children (EPIC) Schools

? New Jersey Association of School Librarians

? Advocates for Children of New Jersey

? New Jersey Association of Student Councils

? Garden State Coalition of Schools

? New Jersey Business & Industry Association

? Garfield School District

? Gateway Community Action Partnership

? New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of

Pediatrics

? Hillsborough Township Public Schools

? New Jersey Charter Schools Association

? Hudson County Social Emotion Character

Development Consortium

? New Jersey Department of Agriculture

? Jersey City Public Schools

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? New Jersey Department of Children and

Families

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? New Jersey Department of Health

? Old Bridge Township Public Schools

? New Jersey Department of Human Services

? Passaic County Technical-Vocational

School District

? New Jersey Department of Treasury

? New Jersey Education Association

? New Jersey Principals and Supervisors

Association

? New Jersey School Age Care Coalition

? New Jersey School Boards Association

? New Jersey School Buildings and Grounds

Association

? New Jersey School Counselor Association

? New Jersey School Nutrition Association

? Paterson Education Fund

? Red Bank Regional High School District

? River Edge Public Schools

? Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care

Traumatic Loss Coalition

? Rutgers University Social Emotional and

Character Development Lab

? Save Our Schools

? School Culture and Climate Initiative

? New Jersey Schools Development Authority

? Social Emotional Learning Alliance for

New Jersey

? New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic

Association

? South Brunswick Board of Education

? New Jersey State School Nurses Association

? New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers

of Other Languages/New Jersey Bilingual

Educators

? New Jersey YMCA Alliance

? New Jersey Joint Council of County Special

Services School Districts

? Statewide Parent Advocacy Network

? Stockton University

? Tabernacle Township School District

? Teach Coalition

? We Raise New Jersey

? Weehawken Township School District

? New Jersey Parent Teacher Association

? Wharton Borough Public Schools

? Newark Public Schools

? Windsor Regional School District

? Ocean City School District

? YCS Institute for Infant and Preschool

Mental Health

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Table of Contents

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Foreword

Executive Summary

Conditions for Learning

16

Health and Safety: Standards for Establishing Safe and Healthy Conditions for Learning

32

Academic, Social, and Behavioral Supports

33

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and School Culture and Climate

38

Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)

39

Wraparound Supports

43

Food Service and Distribution

44

Quality Child Care

45

Leadership and Planning

46

Requirements to Reopen: Knowns and Unknowns

47

Pandemic Response Teams

49

Scheduling

54

Staffing

58

Educator Roles Related to School Technology Needs

60

Athletics

61

Policy and Funding

62

School Funding

73

Continuity of Learning

74

Ensuring the Delivery of Special Education and Related Services to Students with Disabilities

75

Technology and Connectivity

76

Curriculum, Instruction and Assessments

82

Professional Learning

84

Career and Technical Education (CTE)

90

91

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Future Considerations

Appendix A: Major COVID-19 Related Events in Education

Appendix B: Additional Resources

Appendix C: Statutes and Regulations

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