Webinar on embracing the new normal for children, educators and families
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The webinar discussed embracing the new normal for children, educators, and families with the spread of the pandemic. It covered best practices for safely reopening kindergartens and schools, including enhanced cleaning protocols, limiting student interaction, health screenings, and responding to COVID-19 symptoms. Teaching will utilize more digital tools while following measures like sanitation and social distancing. The new normal aims to safely resume activities through customized approaches for outdoor play, food, and staff training.
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- 1. WEBINAR ON EMBRACING THE NEW NORMAL FOR CHILDREN, EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES
- 2. EMBRACING THE NEW NORMAL FOR CHILDREN, EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES WITH SPREAD OF PANDEMIC. Source: Planteres Idea
- 3. OPENING OF THE KINDERGARTEN SCHOOLS IN THE NEW NORMAL CONDITION • In the covid-19 measures should be taken for routine setting up of the day care. • Parents are also supporting this step due to busy schedule with work. • Opening of schools should be as per the guidelines as per national public health guidelines.
- 4. FACTORS CONSIDERED BEFORE OPENING SCHOOLS IN THE NEW NORMAL CONDITION • Factors that have to be considered before reopening the schools are that: • 1. Availability of qualified staff • 2. Availability of space • 3. Enhanced cleaning materials
- 5. BEST PRACTICES FOR LIMITING INTERACTION BETWEEN STUDENTS • The best practices that are applied as part of the new normal situation so that the interaction between the students can be reduced are: • 1. clubbing of before and after school programs • 2. Using large ventilated spaces • 3. Identification of the confirmed covid-19 cases.
- 6. CLEANING PROTOCOLS TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE NEW NORMAL SITUATION • Cleaning protocols to be followed in the new normal condition: • 1. cleaning of the school spaces before and after school program • 2. Special focus on cleaning of frequently touched surfaces • 3. proper planning of the classes to schedule the cleaning sessions • 4. Review of the cleaning procedures and the inventory of the cleaning equipments • 5. Shared resources like Washroom has to be cleaned after every use • 6. If any individual is suspected of having Covid-19 then cleaning of the area is necessary with utilization of PPE and material that can be disposed.
- 7. RESPONSIBILITY OF SCHOOL STAFF TOWARDS HYGIENE IN THE NEW NORMAL CONDITION • The staff should be trained to use the best practices for taking care of hygiene in school: • 1. Apart from having meal the staff should wear face masks and eye protection • 2. For outdoor conditions if space is limited so face mask is necessary.
- 8. EXPECTATIONS FROM CHILDREN IN THE NEW NORMAL CONDITION • Expectations from children in the new normal condition: • 1. children have to put face masks in indoor • 2. children have to put face masks in outdoor condition when social distancing cannot be maintained • 3. parents should ensure to provide children with storage of the masks when not in use • 4. perform frequent hand hygiene • 5. masks should be replaced when soiled • 6. masks breaks conditions only when social distacing is possible • 7. Eye protection is necessary
- 9. SCREENING FOR COVID-19 SYMPTOMS • There has to be regular symptoms so that individuals can be screened for the Covid 19 condition as: • 1. Individuals should check for the covid-19 test result • 2. There should be alternate diagnosis available • 3. There should be check of symptoms after 10 days if the test is positive • 4. If there are visitors in the school it should be ensured that the visitors carry the Covid screening test result • 5. The staff also need to carry the self screening report • 6. If the result is positive in screening then the individual is sent back home and guided to self isolated
- 10. RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF COVID-19 SYMPTOMS • 1. The individuals who are tested positive are required to quarantine till the time the symptoms are not there and the individual has received a negative Covid test result • 2. If the individual is showing symptoms and is not tested then the individual needs to isolate itself for 14 at least. • 3. The individual who has not passed the screening test should be advised to self isolate and should not be allowed to attend the program • 4. The person who is tested Covid 19 positive should follow guidance of their local public health unit • 5. self isolation measures need to be adopted
- 11. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IF THE PERSON IS ILL • If the individual is ill then: • 1. The individual should be separated from others • 2. The symptomatic children should be supervised • 3. The individual who is caring for the person who is ill should provide care with appropriate social distancing • 4. The ill person should wear face masks and eye protection and should be trained to use PPE • 5. The ill person need to practice hand hygiene and respiratory etiquettes • 6. The area used by ill individual should be cleaned at regular intervals • 7. The individual who is ill should undertake testing at the advice of medical professionals.
- 12. STAFF TRAINING • Staff Training • 1. The staff training should be provided as per the directions of local public health • 2. Staff should be trained on current health and safety measures
- 13. FOOD FACILITY IN THE NEW NORMAL SITUATION • The meal practices have to be changed in the new normal condition as • 1. there cannot be sharing of food and there will be no self serving • 2. No food provided from outside other than that is prepared in the school • 3. Children should be restricted from sharing food and utensils • 4. children need to follow proper hand hygiene before eating food • 5. meal should be taken in social distancing manner.
- 14. OUTDOOR PLAY IN THE NEW NORMAL CONDITION • The outdoor play has to be customized according to the new normal condition as: • 1. The outdoor play should be conducted in groups • 2. The toys and the equipments should be disinfected • 3. sun screens should not be shared while playing
- 15. EMBRACING THE NEW NORMAL FOR CHILDREN, EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES • In the new normal situation of working in the pandemic digitalization plays a very important role as • Teaching through virtual contact and following measures of social distancing • Reopening with appropriate arrangements like ensuring proper sanitation, social distancing etc.
- 16. REFERENCES • (2020). Guidance for Re-Opening of Preschools and Kindergartens post-COVID19 UNICEF Europe and Central Asia. Retrieved from https://www.unicef.org/northmacedonia/media/6596/file/Guidance%20for%20Re-opening%20Preschools%20Post%20Covid19.pdf • Parekh, G., & Underwood, K. (n.d.). Child care after the corona virus pandemic should be more inclusive of children with disabilities. Retrieved from The Conversation website: https://theconversation.com/child-care-after-the-coronavirus-pandemic-should-be-more-inclusive-of-children-with-disabilities-141172 • Langford, R. (n.d.). Professional Pay for Professional Work HOW DO WE GET THERE? Retrieved from website: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/aeceo/pages/656/attachments/original/1421423524/ProfessionalPay_AECEO_R.Langford.pdf?1421423524 • Why Is STEM Important in Early Childhood Education? Understanding Child Development and Learning. (n.d.). Retrieved from soeonline.american.edu website: https://soeonline.american.edu/blog/stem-in-early-childhood-education • The Importance Of Outdoor Play For Early Learners. (2019, October 15). Retrieved from LTC website: https://littletikescommercial.com/blog/the-importance-of- outdoor-play-for-early-learners/ • Spreeuwenberg, R. (2016, October 8). What is Scaffolding in Early Childhood Education? Retrieved from HiMama Blog - Resources for Daycare Centers website: https://blog.himama.com/what-is-scaffolding-in-early-childhood-education/ • Savage, L. (n.d.). 5 Strategies for Scaffolding in an Early Childhood Classroom. Retrieved from info.teachstone.com website: http://info.teachstone.com/blog/5- strategies-for-scaffolding-in-an-early-childhood-classroom • Landscape South Australia. (n.d.). Retrieved from Landscape Boards SA website: https://www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au
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Editor's Notes
- In the covid-19 outbreak it is risky to open schools but if suitable measures are taken the risk can be minimized, these measures are in the form of routine setting up of the day care. It is very important to open the kindergartens because the approach that is used in the early childhood education is very different from other levels of education and other reason is that it supports parents also along with children as parents are at work and that time children can stay at kindergartens. Although opening the schools at this time is a challenge for the teachers, families and the students but there is requirement of proper balance through the integration of the guidelines as per national public health guidelines. So, that the children will be able to enjoy in such environment skills and development of a safe environment.
- Before opening the schools there should be availability of qualified staff which is trained on which operations to be performed in the new normal situation and follows all the instructions of the safety requirements. In the school premesis there should be availability of space adequate for the children to be able to be in social distancing condition and the space should be aviailable both in the indoor premises and the outdoor premises also there should be avaialability of necessary cleaning materials that will be utilized in the cleaning of the surfaces with disinfectants both before starting the school and after ending the school.
- The best practices that are applied as part of the new normal situation so that the interaction between the students can be reduced are that firstly any kind of class in which the student is enrolled whether before or after school program it has to be combined so as to form a single core class and the class should be conducted in the well ventilated and large space so that the students can attend class following the social distancing norms. Also it has to be make sure by the school that the covid report of the students is maintained at regular intervals so that any new occurance can be tracked and the spread of the disease can be contained.
- Cleaning protocols to be followed in the new normal condition are that The school boards, tables, chairs etc. should be cleaned before and the after the school program and special focus has to be put on the surfaces that are frequently touched which includes tables, sinks, doorknobs, faucets etc. with proper schedules of clearning according to classes and for that a log book can be prepared to track the progress of cleaning and the progress can be reviewed if the surfaces are properly cleaned or not. Also an inventory can be managed that contains the record of the items included in the cleaning process and so that essential materials can be acquired on time.Most prominent places like washroom has to be cleaned with adequete care as it is a shared entity so cleaning has to be done regularly after each use and lastly if there is detection of any covid case in the school then the area has to be properly cleaned using disposable materials and wearing of PPE kit is necessary in that case and the items that cannot be cleaned need to be isolated for 7 days.
- The staff needs to take care of the maintainance of hygiene in the school and teaching the students good practices to follow for that they also need to follow that according to which school staff needs to wear face mask and eye protection like googles and face shield but while eating food they can remove the face mask also it is requird that if the space is limited and social distancing cannot be maintained so face mask has to be worn in the outdoor condition as well.
- Children are expected to wear face masks when they in the indoor conditions and in the outdoor conditions when social distancing is not possible. It is required that the parents need to provide the children with the additional masks and the storage space in which the used mask can be put. At school the children will be taught how to use PPE and eye protections so that children will become flexible with these. Then the mask breaks can only be provided to the children when they are having meal and when there is sufficient space available for social distancing.
- There has to be regular symptoms so that individuals can be screened for the Covid 19 condition as: 1. Individuals should check for the covid-19 test result 2. There should be alternate diagnosis available 3. There should be check of symptoms after 10 days if the test is positive 4. If there are visitors in the school it should be ensured that the visitors carry the covid screenig test result 5. The staff also need to carry the self screening report 6. If the result is positive in screening then the individual is sent back home and guided to self isolated
- 1. The individuals who are tested positive are required to quarantine till the time the sysmptoms are not there and the individual has recieved a negative Covid test result 2. If the individual is showing symptoms and is not tested then the individual needs to isolate itself for 14 at least. 3. The individual who has not passed the screening test should be advised to self isolate and should not be allowed to attend the program 4. The person who is tested Covid 19 positive should follow guidance of their local public health unit regarding the directions to isolate and return before and after the school programs. Also it is not essential to provide the negative result to return to school 5. self isolation measures need to be adopted when the person has returned to school and has symptoms that are improving for atleast 24 hours.
- If the individual is ill then: 1. The individual should be separated from others 2. The symptomatic children should be supervised 3. The individual who is caring for the person who is ill should provide care with appropriate social distancing 4. The ill person should wear face masks and eye protection and should be trained to use PPE 5. The ill person need to practice hand hygiene and respiratory etiquettes 6. The area used by ill individual should be cleaned at regular intervals 7. The individual who is ill should undertake testing at the advice of medical professionals.
- Staff needs to be trained so that they are able to follow the directions as per the local public health unit and the training should be updated so that the current health and safety measures can be followed and if there is any inconsistency in training the public services health and safety association's guidelines can be followed.
- The meal practices have to be changed in the new normal condition as 1. there cannot be sharing of food and there will be no self serving 2. No food provided from outside other than that is prepared in the school 3. Children should be restricted from sharing food and utensils 4. children need to follow proper hand hygiene before eating food 5. meal should be taken in social distancing manner.
- Outdoor play in the new normal condition The outdoor play has to be customized according to the new normal condition as: 1. The outdoor play should be conducted in groups so that physical distancing can be ensured in the limited space so that all the students are not allowed to play at once 2. The toys and the equipments used by the children during play should be disinfected properly before sharing while playing 3. while playing students are allowed to wear sun screens but are not allowed to share that and also before application they need to follow the proper procedure of hand hygiene.
- In the new normal situation of working in the pandemic digitalization plays a very important role and teaching through physical face to face presence will be converted to virtual contact but parents are struggling as unable to provide time to the children in managing a lot of home tasks. but the education received on virtual platform for the kindergarten students is very limited as the student is not much attentive in the virtual class so schools can invite the kindergarten students for face to face education by appropriate arrangements in the school according to the Reopening Ontario guide for the students also the schools should ensure proper sanitation with least instances of interaction between the students.