News and information about COVID-19 changes daily. As your professional organization, NASSP wants to ensure that our members are informed and prepared.
We will continue to monitor the situation and will share updates and additional resources as they become available.
NASSP Resources
NASSP Town Hall Series
- March 26: Special introduction to “Leading Through Crisis.”—Learn more
- March 31: Supporting Students, Families, and Staff—Learn more
- April 2: Communicating in Crisis—Learn more
- April 7: Leading Remote Learning—Learn more
- April 9: Continuing the Life of the School—Learn more
- April 14: Planning for Transition—Learn more
- April 22: Staying True to IEPs During the COVID-19 Closure—Learn more
- April 29: Meeting Each Student’s Learning Needs with Adaptive Technology—Learn more
- May 7: State and Federal Policy Response to COVID-19—Learn more
- May 20: What Does It Mean to Be a Trauma-Informed School in the New Normal?—Learn more
- June 11: It Begins With a Single Step: Ramping Up Your School to Respond to Mass Trauma—Learn more
- June 24: Building a Culture Before and Beyond COVID-19—Learn more
NASSP School of Thought Blog Posts
What Principals Can Learn From ‘Cobra Kai’
24 November 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has taught us all a lot, including a greater appreciation for the little things, like Netflix. With this new appreciation, I came across a TV series I may have skipped over pre-COVID: “Cobra Kai.” It might sound vaguely familiar to any of us old enough to remember the iconic 1984 movie “Karate […]
NASSP Works With Congress to Curb Educator Job Loss
19 November 2020
As the dust from the election continues to settle, many in Congress have begun to turn their attention back to addressing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on schools. There is renewed hope for a new COVID-19 relief package following Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) recent call for legislation to be passed before […]
NASSP Presents DonorsChoose Grants for Exceptional NPM ‘Shadowing Visits’ With Lawmakers
18 November 2020
Every year during National Principals Month (NPM), NASSP encourages principals to host “shadowing visits” with members of Congress, state and local elected officials, and other community leaders. Shadowing visits are a key part of our advocacy strategy for one simple reason: they work. We’ve seen time and again the transformative impact that getting a lawmaker […]
Principals and the Pandemic
5 November 2020
NASSP President Robert Motley recently called one of his students to see why he wasn’t logging into synchronous online classes at his Maryland high school. The student’s reply? He had to take a job at a shipping company to help support his family. “Our kids are experiencing a whole different kind of pressure,” says Motley, […]
A Start of School Like No Other
28 October 2020
Beginning a new program and opening a new building would be a challenge for any school administration team, but doing so during a pandemic has provided many additional obstacles and unique situations. For this school year, I was extremely blessed to be assigned to our new freshman academy that we are beginning at Harrisburg High […]
Leadership Through COVID-19
Remote Learning
- 5 Ways Digital Content Can Support Virtual Learning
- DonorsChoose: Keep Kids Learning
- Educators Support Home Internet For Students
- Principal and School Administrator Distance Learning Guidebook
- DonorsChoose: Supporting District Leaders, Teachers, and Remote Learning
- The Wallace Foundation: What the Pandemic Means for Summer Learning-And How Policymakers Can Help
Sustaining School Life
- Webinar: Managing Virtual Honor Society Chapters
- Free Resources for Yearbook Advisers
- TEEN TRUTH/365, a free virtual school assembly program
- Amazon Business Distance Learning Hub, resources for preK–12
- Collins Hill High School Orchestra Seniors Video
- NASSP Virtual Graduation Submissions
Collaborative Peer-to-Peer Resources
CDC Resources
- CDC: Interim Guidance for Administrators of U.S. Childcare Programs and K–12 Schools to Plan, Prepare, and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Spanish)
- CDC Coronavirus Disease Resource Center (Spanish)
- CDC: Stigma Related to COVID-19
- Fact Sheet: What You Need to Know (Spanish)
- Fact Sheet: What to Do if You Are Sick (Spanish)
- Poster: Stop the Spread of Germs (Spanish)
- Poster: Symptoms of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Spanish)
- What Is Coronavirus Disease 2019?
- What’s My Risk?
- How Do I Protect Myself?
- COVID-19 Stop the Spread of Germs
- Tools To Evolve Your COVID-19 School Strategy