2020-21 Comprehensive Distance Learning (ARCHIVED: COVID-19 RESOURCES 2020)

For the 2020-21 school year, schools that select a Comprehensive Distance Learning instructional model must meet criteria that ODE published June 30, 2020. The approach will continue to center around the core values of care, connection, and continuity of learning. However, unlike Distance Learning for All, which was a response to emergency school closure, a comprehensive approach must guarantee the opportunity to learn for each student while prioritizing students' social, emotional, and mental health needs.

ready schools, safe learners. guidance for school year 2020-21

Comprehensive Distance Learning Guidance

Designing Learning for 2020-21
Provides subject-specific instructional resources for Oregon schools for the 2020-2021 school year.
Messaging Apps and Websites for Students, Teachers, and Parents
Apps and websites for texting, messaging and communication.
Community-Based Organizations
Comprehensive Distance Learning: Engaging Community-Based Organizations
TAG Ready Schools, Safe Learners
Specific guidance on serving students identified as TAG during distance learning
Sample Instructional Day Elementary
An overview of the potential configurations of a school day for students grade K-5 under a Comprehensive Distance Learning model.
Sample Instructional Day Secondary
An overview of the potential configurations of a school day for students grade 6-12 under a Comprehensive Distance Learning model.
Mental Health and Social Supports
Mental Health Guidance for School Counselors, other Mental Health Professionals and Administrators
Software Systems: Procurement and Implementation Considerations
This form guides districts through the questions that inform decision-making in the software procurement process, including data security and privacy, accessibility, integration and administration, cost, screen layout and user interface, and connectivity and bandwidth.
Infrastructure Project Plans
Infrastructure and access project plans for mobile cellular hotspots, working with local internet providers, wireless broadband services, and LEO Satellite Services.
Decision Tool
Decision tree intended to support Oregon educational leaders facing dilemmas and choices that require thoughtful intervention, design, and problem solving.
Operational Blueprint for Reentry
Districts are required to submit this blueprint for all schools by August 15, 2020.
Institution Request Form
This form is used for both directory updates (such as staff changes) and major district or school updates (such as changing a grade range, adding a school or requesting Electronic Grant Management System access).
Comprehensive Distance Learning Requirement Overview
Worksheet containing all the requirements listed in ODE’s Comprehensive Distance Learning guidance.
Short Term Distance Learning Requirement Overview
Worksheet containing all the requirements that apply for Short Term Distance Learning.
Supporting Student and Educator Mental and Emotional Well-Being in Distance Learning
Suggestions to help educators and staff center distance learning around students’ mental and emotional health and learning needs.

Oregon Open Learning is an OER Commons hub that serves as a repository of open educational resources (OER) and a collaboration space for educators.

Get started with the Oregon Open Learning User Guide
Continue learning in the Oregon OER Professional Learning Group
View Oregon’s statewide OER Workshop event
View the statewide launch event
Email the Oregon Open Learning Team
Sign up for the Oregon Open Learning Mailing List

Resources for School Leaders and Educators

Comprehensive Distance Learning Resource Library

Administering the ELPA Screener with Physical Distancing
Formative Assessment Process in Remote Learning Environments Webinars
Guidance on Screening and Identification of Potential English Learners (Coming Soon)
Mental Health Resources for Migrant and Non-English Speaking Families
Supporting Emergent Bilinguals with Distance Learning
Unique Screening in 2020-21

Oregon Educator Network Calendar
Learning Keeps Going (from ISTE, NEA, and others)
Teach from Home (Google-specific, with PDF Toolkit)
Getting Started with Canvas as an Instructor
Canvas How-To Guides
Google Hangouts/Meet Training
Recording in Meet
Zoom: Support during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Updated Security Features
Student Etiquette for Video Conferencing
Google for Education Training
California Department of Education: Remote Learning Guidance
Riverside County (CA): Distance Learning Pedagogy
Copyright Guidelines for Video Read Alouds
Guidance on Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Remote Teaching and Learning

Student Privacy Considerations and Distance Learning for All
Protecting Student Privacy: FERPA and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (March 12, 2020)
FERPA and Virtual Learning (Updated March 2020)

The following Federal resources are important for districts to consider when making online readiness determinations:

Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Schools While Protecting the Civil Rights of Students (March 16, 2020)
Office of Civil Rights Short Webinar on Online Education and Website Accessibility (Length: 00:07:08) (March 16, 2020)
Protecting Student Privacy: FERPA and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (March 12, 2020)
Office of Civil Rights Letter to Education Leaders on Preventing and Addressing Potential Discrimination Associated with COVID-19 (March 4, 2020)
FERPA and Virtual Learning (Updated March 2020)

Please send any questions that you have to ReadySchools@ode.state.or.us. If you need any of the information shared on this website in a different format, please contact ODE’s Communications team.

2020-21 Comprehensive Distance Learning (ARCHIVED: COVID-19 RESOURCES 2020)

Comprehensive Distance Learning Guidance

Tools for Implementation

​​​Oregon Open Learning (Learning Resources)

Resources for School Leaders and Educators

Comprehensive Distance Learning Resource Library

Recommendations for Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students

Professional Learning for Educators

Student Privacy Consideration

Federal Resources