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

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

Manalapan-Englishtown School District

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

Clayton Public Schools Community Child Care Solutions Cranford Public School District Diocese of Trenton/Chair of NJDOE

Nonpublic Advisory Committee Education Law Center Educational Partnership for Instructing

Children (EPIC) Schools Advocates for Children of New Jersey Garden State Coalition of Schools Garfield School District Gateway Community Action Partnership Hillsborough Township Public Schools Hudson County Social Emotion Character

Development Consortium Jersey City Public Schools

New Jersey Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

New Jersey Association of Pupil Services Administrators

New Jersey Association of School Administrators

New Jersey Association of School Business Officials

New Jersey Association of School Librarians

New Jersey Association of Student Councils

New Jersey Business & Industry Association

New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

New Jersey Charter Schools Association

New Jersey Department of Agriculture

New Jersey Department of Children and Families

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 New Jersey Department of Health

New Jersey Department of Human Services

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

New Jersey Schools Development Authority

New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association

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

New Jersey Parent Teacher Association

Newark Public Schools

Ocean City School District

Old Bridge Township Public Schools Passaic County Technical-Vocational

School District 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 Social Emotional Learning Alliance for

New Jersey South Brunswick Board of Education Statewide Parent Advocacy Network Stockton University Tabernacle Township School District Teach Coalition We Raise New Jersey Weehawken Township School District Wharton Borough Public Schools Windsor Regional School District YCS Institute for Infant and Preschool

Mental Health

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Table of Contents

6 Foreword 8 Executive Summary 15 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 Future Considerations 91 Appendix A: Major COVID-19 Related Events in Education 93 Appendix B: Additional Resources 103 Appendix C: Statutes and Regulations

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