MDE COVID-19 Guidance to Districts as of June 1, 2020

CDC Pre-K Guidance 
CDC Pre-K Classroom Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/guidance-for-childcare.html#SocialDistancing

2020 Virtual Summer Learning Tools and Supports
MDE has updated the District Learning at Home page with the 2020 Virtual Summer Learning tools and supports. Administrators and teachers can find the following information on the Learning-at-Home Resources…

ASCD Webinar: Planning for Reopening
Leading Schools During the Coronavirus Crisis: Planning for Reopening This webinar will focus on what schools and their communities need to consider as they plan on reopening schools. The CDC…

MDE Webinar: K-3 Literacy in a Time of Remote Learning
The Office of Elementary Education and Reading will host a webinar for administrators, teachers, and school-based coaches to help improve literacy supports for students and families from a distance.  This webinar…

Do You Have Questions for MDE?
Please check the MDE COVID-19 Information webpage before emailing your questions to MDE staff. The answers to most of the questions we receive are addressed on the webpage. We also regularly add guidance, answers to new questions and links to our daily update email on this webpage. Daily updates are posted in the Administrator News section of the EdUpdate.

The Educator Licensure Call Center will be open every Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., until further notice. You may reach a licensure team member at 601-359-3483. Due to the anticipated high volume of calls, we encourage you to continue to visit the Educator Licensure section of www.mdek12.org/covid19 and www.mdek12.org/licensure before calling the office or emailing questions to the teachersuppoort@mdek12.org email address. Answers to most questions we receive are addressed on those webpages.

Announcements from all previous email updates are posted in the Administrator News section of the EdUpdate.