MDE COVID-19 Guidance to Districts as of May 26, 2020

Additional Date Added for College and Career Readiness Course Training 
Due to high demand, an additional date has been added for the College and Career Readiness Course training: Monday, June 1, 2020 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Please register using… 

 CDC: CONSIDERATIONS FOR SCHOOLS – Released May 19, 2020 
As some communities in the United States open K-12 schools, 
CDC offers the following considerations for ways in which schools can help protect students, teachers, administrators, and staff and slow the spread of COVID-19.  

 CDC INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS AND DAY CAMPS – Released May 17,
 2020  
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has posted 
more detailed interim guidance on the reopening of physical child care programs and schools and day camps. This guidance is meant to supplement the decision tools CDC released on May 14, 2020. It lists specific practices that employers may find helpful at particular stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. 

 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.