Resources

• General
  • How to access NYCDOE remote learning instruction
  • Supporting children for success as remote learners (video)
  • Supporting Multilingual and English Language Learners
  • Remote learning, home schooling, and home instruction
• Early Intervention & Early Childhood
  • Early Intervention services contact sheet
  • Preschool special education contact sheet
  • Advantages of Remote Early Intervention (EI) Evaluations
• Age-specific
  • Supporting remote learning for elementary school students
  • Supporting middle and high school students
  • NYS Regents exams & high school graduation requirements
  • Students with IEPs Graduating June 2020
  • College distance learning
  • Deciding when your student graduates
  • College admissions and enrollment during COVID

Updates

Updated September 17, 2020, 11 AM

NYC Department of Education:

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza announced today that remote learning will continue. Back to school in-person reopening for instruction will happen in several phases:

• Monday, September 21: 3-K, Pre-K, District 75 (all grades)
• Tuesday, September 29: K-5, K-8
• Thursday, October 1: Middle and High Schools, Secondary Schools, Transfer/Adult Education

NYCDOE has hired 4,500 additional educators to support in-person learning.

Updated September 8, 2020, 11:30 AM

NYC Department of Education:

• New guidance documents for NYC public schools on the special education process, services, learning, and instruction:

  • Special Education Evaluations

  • Provision of Related Services During Blended Learning (Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech Therapy)

  • Special Education Program Adaptations Document (PAD) for Blended and Remote Learning (updated version of Special Education Remote Learning Plan)

  • Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT)

  • Special Education Teacher Support Services in a Blended Learning Environment (SETSS)

  • Extension of Service for Students 21+

• All NYC public schools will begin full-time teaching and learning on Monday, September 21. Students will remotely reconnect to their school community, learn the health, and safety procedures, check technical connectivity and have wellness checks with their teachers and guidance staff Wednesday, September 16 - Friday, September 18, 2020.

• NYC Department of Education 2020-21 public school year calendar

• School transportation information for students with disabilities attending public schools this fall is expected to become available to schools and parents soon. Families will need to have a NYC school account to view transportation services and busing information online or can contact their child's school.

Updated September 1, 2020, 11 AM

NYC Department of Education:

• The first day of the 2020-21 academic school year has been moved to Wednesday, September 16, 2020. All students will remotely begin to transition to online learning for three days from September 16-18th, 2020. In-person learning in school buildings will begin for blended learning students on hybrid schedules on Monday, September 21.

Resources

• Fun and free learning resources for young children
• Indoor fun: activities for students K-12

Resources

• Preparing for and managing remote IEP meetings
• The difference between IEPs and Remote Learning Plans
• Advocacy skills during school closures
• Questions to ask your child's charter school
• Communications log
• Creating and applying schedules to your child’s daily life
• Helping your young child adapt to change during COVID-19
• Enjoying reading with reluctant readers (grades 1-6)

Resources

• Citywide and local food pantries
• Social Security benefits
• Immigration resources during COVID-19

Updates

Updated September 1, 2020, 11 AM

NYC Department of Education:

• NYC families of children in 3-K programs through 8th grade can now apply for new free child care options on the days their children are scheduled for remote learning.

Resources

• Ideas for stress management
• Emotional health as a caretaker
• How to help your child wear a mask
• Preparing children for temperature checks
• Tips for social distancing with children