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1. In fall 2021, all districts and schools are required to be in-
person, full-time, 5 days a week. While student engagement,
learning, wellbeing, and safety are always the multifaceted
focus of the work of our schools, we understand that these
considerations are particularly important as the world
emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. This PowerPoint is intended as a resource/template for
school/district leaders to use to share key information from
the Department resource: Promoting Student Engagement, Learning,
Wellbeing and Safety — School Year 2021-2022 (Released Summer 2021) .
Please edit/copy/paste as is helpful to supplement existing
school/district orientation and training resources.
4. Contents
01 Introduction
02 Engaging and Connecting with Students and Families
03 Supporting Students’ More Intensive Needs
04 Attendance as a Tool for Engagement and Safety
05
Recognizing Abuse and/or Neglect & Fulfilling
Mandated Reporter Responsibilities
06
Appendix: Special Considerations for Students Learning
Remotely
07 Resources
6. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Priority 1: Foster a Sense of belonging and partnership among students and families.
Recognizing Abuse and/or
Neglect & Fulfilling
Mandated Reporter
Responsibilities
Engaging and Connecting
with Students and Families
Attendance as a Tool for
Engagement and Safety
Supporting Students’ More
Intensive Needs
Promote Student
Engagement, Learning,
Wellbeing, and Safety
• Engaging Families as Partners
• Re-envisioning School Culture
and the Conditions for Learning
• Cultivating Positive Behavior
6
8. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Engaging Families as Partners
Strategies:
• Maintain strong, consistent, ongoing, two-way communication with
families using culturally and linguistically responsive practices.
• Gather information and feedback about family strengths and support
needs.
• Set common expectations among staff about roles and
responsibilities to support families.
• Collaborate with community leaders and connectors.
• Connect families to resources.
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9. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Engaging Families as Partners.
Consider Equity-Related Questions:
• How and when do families and caregivers have a voice in student and school
matters? What happens to the input they provide? How are improvements and
changes communicated back to them?
• Are family communication, support, and care coordination systems designed with
the most marginalized families in mind, rather than the mythical “typical parent”?
• Are a family’s many strengths being considered using an assets-based approach for
engagement?
• Are regular conversations occurring with all staff responsible for family outreach
about the fears and realities that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
families are experiencing and how these may be affecting learning and the school
experience?
9
10. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Re-envisioning School Culture and the Conditions for Learning
Strategies:
• Continue to allocate time for culture and community
building.
• Focus on relationship-building.
• Make social emotional well-being and collective care a
normal and visible part of the school – for students, staff,
and families.
10
11. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Re-envisioning School Culture and the Conditions for Learning.
Consider Equity-Related Questions:
• What methods are being used to create emotional safety
and support for students and families of color?
• What steps have been taken to get student and family
feedback about this question?
11
12. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Cultivating Positive Behavior
Strategies:
• Clearly define what positive behavior looks like and
proactively and creatively update the entire school
community regarding expectations and student
development strategies related to positive behavior.
• Prioritize teaching and modeling behavioral expectations in
the classroom and at home.
• Take proportionate and contextualized responses to
deviations from behavioral expectations.
12
13. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Cultivating Positive Behavior.
Consider Equity-Related Questions:
• Are the school’s behavioral expectations aligned with and reflective of the norms
and values of all students’ backgrounds and identities? What steps have been
taken to get student and family feedback about this question?
• Will new behavioral expectations and consequences disproportionately impact
specific student groups (e.g., students with disabilities, students who have
experienced trauma)? What restorative measures can be taken to support students
in the adoption of behaviors required for health and safety reasons?
• What data or input does the school have about the quality of instruction and level
of engagement of students from different backgrounds and identities? To what
extent might behaviors be related to instructional choices (e.g., engaging
instruction/deeper learning, student voice and choice, culturally responsive
pedagogy and materials)?
13
15. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Supporting More Intensive Needs
Strategies:
• Ensure that staff and families know what to look for.
• Use mental health screeners to identify students who need
targeted and intensive supports (Tier 2 and 3).
• Identify and use research-based Tier 2 and Tier 3 supports and
services.
• Anticipate student needs, adjust methods of delivery, and make
referrals accordingly.
15
16. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Supporting More Intensive Needs.
Consider Equity-Related Questions:
• What data is collected and analyzed to identify trends in
students who are referred to more intensive supports and
services? Are data collection tools culturally responsive
and/or being used in a culturally responsive way? What
additional data might be needed?
• What systems and practices are in place to determine the
efficacy of services, including trends in efficacy by
populations of students?
16
18. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Attendance as a Tool for Engagement and Safety (continued)
Elements included in attendance policies and protocols:
• Clearly define terms related to absence.
• Convey the importance of regular attendance and engagement.
• Establish when and how attendance is reported and documented, by whom and
to whom.
• Outline the circumstances for when schools will check-in with students and
families, how this will take place and be documented, and with whom schools will
conduct check-ins during and following absences, including establishing clear
expectations about when the school requires direct contact with the student
themself.
• Identify the school personnel responsible for following up with students and
families to identify and address factors contributing to chronic absences.
18
19. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Attendance as a Tool for Engagement and Safety (continued)…
Elements included in attendance policies and protocols:
• Ensure communication about the student’s attendance status among
those who are engaged with the student. Consider the method(s) that
school personnel will use for such communications.
• Provide tools to help staff, including support staff, understand their
roles and to facilitate tracking, monitoring and following up when
students are absent, particularly for chronic absence.
• Establish clear, predictable consequences for absenteeism that support
student reengagement.
• Identify available supports and services, including and when and how
referrals will be made [e.g., to a Family Resource Center (FRC).
19
20. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Attendance as a Tool for Engagement and Safety.
Consider Equity-Related Questions:
• What data is collected and analyzed to identify trends in
students who are chronically absent?
• What systems and practices are in place to determine the
efficacy of services, including trends in efficacy by populations
of students?
20
22. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Recognizing Abuse and/or Neglect & Fulfilling Mandated
Reporter Responsibilities.
22
Important Considerations Relating to 51As (particularly for
issues related to engagement, truancy, and absenteeism):
• Has the school/district explored and documented all possible opportunities to support
and assist the student and their family to overcome barriers to engagement and
attendance (e.g., technology access if the student is learning remotely, support, etc.)? What
additional supports might be needed and how can students and families get connected to
those supports? What alternative learning opportunities might be available to support
engagement?
• Has the school/district reviewed data to identify whether there is an over-reliance on 51A
filings as an intervention for specific student groups (e.g., students of color, students with
disabilities, etc.)? Reporting to DCF is referred to as “filing a 51A,” after the section in the
law (M.G.L. c. 119, s. 51A) that covers mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect.
23. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Recognizing Abuse and/or Neglect & Fulfilling Mandated
Reporter Responsibillties (continued)…
Concerns that may require contacting DCF to report an
allegation of abuse or neglect:
• When there is a legitimate concern about abuse or neglect and students and/or
families are non-responsive to ongoing, multiple, and varied efforts to connect and
engage.
• Chronic truancy or absence from school programming where efforts to engage the
child and family in supportive services have been unsuccessful.
• Observation of unexplained or suspicious bruising, welts, cuts, or other injuries on
a child.
• Observation of or reasonable cause to believe the child, adult, or caregiver is
providing care while under the influence of drugs or alcohol that could be
resulting in abuse or neglect.
23
24. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Recognizing Abuse and/or Neglect & Fulfilling Mandated
Reporter Responsibilities(continued).
Concerns that may require contacting DCF to report an
allegation of abuse or neglect:
Observation of or a student discloses abuse or neglect.
Any other time there is reasonable cause to believe that a child(ren) is being abused or
neglected. (This reasonable cause can be based on expertise as an educator and/or past
experiences with this child or family.)
24
25. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
How do I make a Report of Suspected Child Abuse and/or Neglect?
When you suspect that a child is being abused and/or
neglected, you should immediately telephone…
DCF Area Offices
between 9 am and 5
pm weekdays
Child-At-Risk Hotline at
800-792-5200
any other time, including
after 5 pm and on
weekends and holidays
25
27. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Special Considerations for Remote Learning
This fall, all schools and districts are required to resume full, in-person
learning, but in exceptional cases remote learning may continue to be an
option.
Remote learning may be appropriate for …
• students with medical conditions who may need educational services
in the home or hospital setting (requires Physician’s Affirmation),
• students attending in-district virtual schools, or students attending
approved district virtual programs.
27
28. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Learning Time Requirements
As set forth in the DESE Guidance on In-Person Learning and
Student Learning Time Requirements (April 27, 2021), please
recall that,
“[S]chools and districts are required to include a visual
component as part of the daily “live check-in” that is
needed to support students whose families have selected a
remote model of instruction for the remainder of the
school year.”
28
29. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Engaging Families of Students Learning Remotely
Special Considerations:
• Schools should develop a protocol for daily visual check-ins, home visits
(when appropriate) and other forms of communication with families whose
children are learning remotely.
• Schools should provide clear information about the types of supports the
district will provide even when students are learning remotely, such as special
education services, EL services, and mental health supports.
• Schools should also consider assigning one or more point people at the
district who are responsible for regular communication and coordination
with families of students learning remotely.
• Schools should also consider strategies for creating a sense of community
and connection among families learning remotely. 29
30. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Re-Envisioning School Culture and Learning Conditions for Students Learning Remotely
Special Considerations:
Establishing clear schedules and easy access to teacher-facilitated (synchronous),
independent learning (asynchronous), and teacher office hour opportunities.
Offering activities that build a sense of community and belonging and provide a clear
support system
Engaging in explicit work with students on the social emotional aspects of remote
learning, including social emotional skills they need to manage learning, screen time
management, strategies to combat isolation, self-advocacy skills, goal-setting, etc.
Employing strategies for orienting families and students on all aspects of remote learning
and for checking with families and students on a regular basis to gather input on their
experiences (daily student check-in (visual check-in) and check-out (CICO) routines, family
feedback meetings, regular survey and/or focus groups).
30
31. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Cultivating Positive Behavior among Students Learning Remotely
Special Considerations:
• Consider how the school can proactively support students
and their parents/caregivers to set up positive routines and
behaviors while learning at home.
• Establish, teach, and practice norms for remote learning.
• Work with support staff and families to proactively identify
students who might struggle in a remote environment
and co-develop a plan to support them.
31
32. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Supporting the More Intensive Needs of Students Learning Remotely
Special Considerations:
• Ensure regular virtual face time and/or conduct home visits when needed.
• Consider using a mental health screener.
• Be sure that families are aware of their rights to mental health and/or special
education services.
• Work collaboratively with the family to identify if services are most effectively done
in-person and what options are available.
• Establish a frequent and routine (daily, weekly) protocol for monitoring the use and
effectiveness of services (including monitoring by staff beyond direct service
providers).
• Connect with the student support team and family immediately to problem-solve if
school attendance or participation in services lapses.
32
33. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Using Attendance as a Tool for the Engagement and Safety of Students Learning
Remotely
Special Considerations:
Schools and districts should consider the many factors that may contribute to a
student’s participation and attendance in remote learning.
Does the student have access to the necessary technology (e.g., devices, internet
access, etc.) to fully participate?
Does the student or their family need technical support (e.g., accessing needed
apps or software, troubleshooting camera/audio issues, etc.)?
Does the student have access to appropriate space for learning (particularly for
students in congregate care settings, homeless students in shelters or “doubled-
up”) and/or supports to help mitigate space limitations (e.g., noise cancelling
headphones, etc.)?
Are accommodations needed related to a disability?
33
35. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 35
Resources(1):
Engaging Families as Partners
• Strengthening Partnerships: A Framework for Prenatal
Through Young Adulthood Family Engagement Framework
(DESE webpage)
• Massachusetts Family, School, and Community Partnership
Fundamentals - Version 2.0 (DESE webpage)
• Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family–School
Partnerships
• Engaging Families Using the MTSS Model: Love in the Time of
COVID
• Mass General Hospital COVID-19 Mental Health Resources
for Families and Children
• Engaging Families in Social Emotional Learning - Edutopia
• Learning Heroes
• MassSupport
Re-envisioning School Culture and
the Conditions for Learning
• Safe and Supportive Schools (DESE webpage)
• Social and Emotional Learning in Massachusetts (DESE webpage)
• Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) (DESE webpage)
• Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading (DESE webpage)
• Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Schools and Classrooms (DESE
webpage)
• Re-Imagine and Rebuild: Restarting School with Equity at the Center
• How Schools Can Help Kids Heal After a Year of ‘Crisis and
Uncertainty - NPR
• No More Easy Button: A Suggested Approach to Post-Pandemic
Teaching
• What Does Good Classroom Design Look Like in the Age of Social
Distancing?
• Four Core Priorities for Trauma-Informed Distance Learning
• Remote Learning Practice Profile: Relationship Mapping to Support
Positive School Connections
36. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 36
Resources(2):
Cultivating Positive Behavior
● Returning to School During and After Crisis:
A Guide to Supporting States, Districts,
Schools, Educators, and Students through
a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
Framework during the 2020-2021 School
Year
● COVID-19 Resources: General Restorative
Practices
● Center on Positive Behavior Interventions &
Supports
Supporting More Intensive Needs
● DESE-Sponsored Youth Mental Health First
Aid Training
● Mental and Behavioral Health Resources
(DESE webpage)
● Massachusetts CBHI Services
● Network of Care Massachusetts
● Handholdma.org
● Supporting the SEL and Mental Health
Needs of Students and Educators in the
COVID-19 Era
● DPH Suicide Prevention Program
● Behavioral Health Integrated Resources for
Children Project (BIRCh) Online Learning
Modules
37. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 37
Resources(3):
Attendance as a Tool for
Engagement and Safety
Student Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism
(DESE webpage)
Pathways to Engagement: A Toolkit for Covid-19
Recovery Through Attendance
Recognizing Abuse and/or Neglect &
Fulfilling Mandated Reporter Responsiblities
DCF's Reporting Abuse and Neglect webpage
DCF Mandated Reporter Guide
Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office -
51A Online Mandated Reporter Training
Promising Approaches: Working with Families
Child Welfare and Domestic Violence
Safe Kids Thrive
Joint Advisory Regarding School District
Officials' Duty to Report Suspected Child Abuse
and Neglect (an update to this advisory is forthcoming)