The U.S. Department of Education has released a guide to intervention to to recover lost instructional time. The steps they identify:
- Reengaging students in their learning including by meeting the social, emotional, mental health,
and academic needs of students and through such approaches as tutoring and creative staffing; - Providing information and assistance to families as they support students, including through
home visits and information sharing; and - Using high-quality assessments to inform teaching and learning, including acceleration, and
target resources and supports.
Click here to read the full PDF report.
In order to build trust with families to return to in-person learning, they suggest:
• Communicate frequently with families – in their home language – and work to build their
confidence that children will be safe in-person;
• Encourage and provide access to vaccinations for eligible students and staff;
• Implement COVID-19 testing in schools;
• Address ventilation needs where applicable;
• Implement universal indoor masking;
• Maintain at least 3 feet of physical distance between students within classrooms to reduce
transmission risk. Because of the importance of in-person learning, schools should implement
physical distancing to the extent possible within their structures, but should not exclude
students from in-person learning to keep a minimum distance requirement. When it is not
possible to maintain a physical distance of at least 3 feet, such as when schools cannot fully reopen while maintaining these distances, it is especially important to layer multiple other
prevention strategies, such as screening testing;
• Provide safe transportation;
• Provide affordable child care; and
• Ensure access to healthy meals and other basic needs
See also the U.S. Dept of Ed “Return to School Roadmap”