COVID-19: Resources for Educators

The Early Learning Resource Center Region 5 and our quality partners at Trying Together have curated a number of resources for early childhood educators to utilize during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• Early Learning Program Resources

  • Health and Safety Guidance for Open Early Learning Programs (PDF), ELRC

  • From the Front Lines: The Ongoing Effect of the Pandemic on Child Care (PDF), NAEYC

  • Schools and Child Care Programs: Plan, Prepare, and Respond (web), CDC

    • Cleaning and Disinfecting (web), CDC

    • Schools and Child Care Programs Checklist (PDF), CDC

    • Child Care Decision Tree (PDF), CDC

    • Youth Programs and Camps Decision Tree (PDF), CDC

    • Worker Safety and Support (web), CDC

    • Considerations for Schools (web), CDC

    • Considerations for Youth and Summer Camps (web), CDC

    • Cleaning Supply & PPE Requests (web), Department of Community and Economic Development

    • Early Learning Program and Professional Resources (web), OCDEL

      1. Guidance for Child Care Programs That Remain Open (web), CDC

         • Archived Webinars: OCDEL, Bureau of Certification & The Pennsylvania Key

           • Implementing the CDC Guidance for Child Care Programs that Remain Open

             • Pre-Recorded Webinar (video), 5/21/20

               • Slide Deck (PDF)

             • Pre-Recorded Webinar (video), 05/14/20

               • Slide Deck (PDF)

             • Pre-Recorded Webinar (video), 05/07/20

               • Slide Deck (PDF)

           • School Age Care Reopening During COVID-19 (video), 05/06/20

           • Child Care During COVID-19 and Reopening Child Care (video), 05/06/20

             • Slide Deck (PDF)

           • Child Care Centers and Group Child Care Homes (video), 04/29/20

             • Slide Deck (PDF)

           • Family Child Care Homes (video), 04/29/20

             • Slide Deck (PDF)

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