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.NYSSCA UPDATE
CONNECTIONS — NYSSCA and Social Media
NYSSCA
We are going to bet a big plate of left-over Thanksgiving stuffing that you didn't realize NYSSCA has a Facebook page. OK, you knew that, but we are going bet you didn't realize your 21st Century NYSSCA is also on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. Well we are!
Now you know all the ways you can build a more informational connection with NYSSCA, the state-wide professional association, that unites, represents, and supports New York State school counselors as they serve all students.
Join our community at:
Also, don't forget to tag us in your posts about school counseling so that we can feature the great work you are all doing!
"See" you soon.
Stay safe, wash your hands, and wear your mask,
The Social Media Committee
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Apply to be a Department of Education School Ambassador
The U.S. Department of Education's School Ambassador Fellowship is designed to support the department's efforts in improving educational outcomes for students and families by involving school-based stakeholders in the development and implementation of national education policy. The School Ambassador Fellowship is a one-year professional learning community. Throughout their fellowship year, School Ambassador Fellows will share perspectives from the field that ultimately inform educational decisions at the national level, work alongside department officials as a full-time member of the Department of Education community or continue working within your school and collaborate on a part-time basis, and facilitate meaningful interactions between national policymakers and educators in the field. To apply, you must currently be a teacher, administrator, counselor, social worker, or other school staff member (and anticipate being employed in this role during the 2021–2022 school year). To apply for the 2021-2022 School Ambassador Fellowship, visit the online application portal. The deadline to apply is Jan. 11, 2021.
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.AROUND THE INDUSTRY
CDC shortens COVID-19 quarantine periods. Here's what that means for schools
Education Week
Shorter COVID-19 quarantine periods, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends, could ease some of the burdens that have made in-person learning difficult for schools, but challenges remain.
The new recommendations, announced Wednesday, would allow for close contacts of people diagnosed with the virus to resume normal activity after 10 days if they don't show symptoms, or as little as seven days if they test negative. The ideal quarantine period is still 14 days, but federal health officials hope that offering shorter options will encourage more people to cooperate by reducing the burden of being away from work and school for extended periods, they told reporters on a conference call.
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New York City public elementary schools to begin reopening on December 7
CBS News
Public elementary schools in New York City will begin reopening on Dec. 7, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday. The largest public school system in the country closed on Nov. 19, 2020, when the city reached a seven-day COVID-19 testing positivity average of 3%, but de Blasio said that metric will no longer be used.
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MULTIBRIEFS EXCLUSIVE
Report: The impact of COVID-19 on student achievement
By Bambi Majumdar
 A recent report sheds light on the adverse effect of COVID-19 school disruptions on K-12 learning. Titled, "How Kids Are Performing: Tracking the Impact of COVID-19 on Reading and Mathematics Achievement," the report was released by a leading education technology leader, Renaissance. It considers student assessments from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The results total over 5 million student assessments. The report touches upon all the aspects of learning issues and gaps and seeks to guide educators as they address learning gaps.
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Schools have struggled to fulfill IEPs amid pandemic, government report finds
Disability Scoop
Government investigators are offering up some of the first details about how schools fared in addressing the needs of students with disabilities when they shuttered at the start of the pandemic. A report from the Government Accountability Office dives into how schools managed special education and services for English learners during the switch to distance learning in the spring of the 2019-2020 academic year, finding that by and large, they struggled.
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Two-thirds of parents worry about long-term impact of pandemic on kids
UPI
Two-thirds of parents of children under 18 are worried about the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their child's mental health, according to the findings of a survey released Wednesday by Nationwide Children's Hospital. More than half of parents surveyed said they are running out of ways to help their children stay positive during the pandemic and the life changes that have come with it, including school closings and restrictions on social gatherings, the survey also found.
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ELLs are at risk of becoming 'invisible' in the classroom. Here's how we keep that from happening
The Hechinger Report
Eric Nolan, a contributor for The Hechinger Report, writes: "I entered my classroom in the Bronx, N.Y., for the first time this school year to find nine of my students spread out around the room, wearing masks and positioned behind plastic bubble shields. The nine middle schoolers were all English Language Learners, and several had immigrated to the United States within the last year. They already faced enough obstacles in their pursuit of academic achievement — and now there was this."
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Could Biden find a middle path on student testing during the pandemic?
Education Week
The appetite for data on how the pandemic has affected student learning will confront the Biden administration with a tough decision: whether to waive the main federal K-12 law's requirement for annual assessments. While tension is only likely to grow about that choice, it's worth exploring how the new president could provide states flexibility on this front while still keeping political sensitivities in mind.
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Reopening rollercoaster: Stay open, go home, come back?
Tech & Learning
As coronavirus cases surge across the U.S., school districts have had to respond quickly to local outbreaks. Approaches range from going completely virtual through the end of the calendar year to only closing affected schools and grades to shutting down for a few days and reopening for certain students, particularly those with special needs.
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Schools get creative to enroll, retain youngest students during pandemic
Education DIVE
Kyle Dooley will do just about anything to engage his kindergarten students in the lessons he's teaching. He dressed as a snowman to teach about the color white, and he sings rhyming words to emphasize word associations and reading skills. He's also introducing "tall words" such as integrity, tenacity and empathy to encourage social and emotional well-being, especially during this challenging school year.
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Report offers clearest picture yet of pandemic's impact on student learning
MindShift
A sweeping new review of national test data suggests the pandemic-driven jump to online learning has had little impact on children's reading growth and has only somewhat slowed gains in math. That positive news comes from the testing nonprofit NWEA and covers nearly 4.4 million U.S. students in grades three through eight. But the report also includes a worrying caveat: Many of the nation's most vulnerable students are missing from the data.
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Scale up tutoring to combat COVID learning loss for disadvantaged students
Scientific American
After heroic efforts to keep school doors open this Fall, schools are yet again shutting down and returning to distance learning as COVID-19 cases spike across the country. With no choice but to return to remote learning, schools have struggled to support their students and provide them with the resources and education they need to succeed. Already the disease has taken a toll.
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Children with dyslexia show stronger emotional responses
University of California - San Franciscovia Science Daily
Children diagnosed with dyslexia show greater emotional reactivity than children without dyslexia, according to a new collaborative study by UC San Francisco neuroscientists with the UCSF Dyslexia Center and UCSF Memory and Aging Center. In the study, published online in an early form Nov. 20, 2020 in Cortex, children with dyslexia who watched emotionally evocative videos showed increased physiological and behavioral responses when compared to children without dyslexia.
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