What Can Educators Expect When Students Return to School?

Three quarters of the educators believed that school resources helped students navigate their emotions School social workers and counselors worked tirelessly to connect families with local organizations that could offer them supplies and support Over 90 percent of survey respondents said that students' mental health was a long-term concern after the disasters, and 77.4 percent felt that school resources were successful In helping students navigate their emotions. * Expect myriad new stressors for teachers. Many educators wished they had access to professional development sessions that would direct them on how to modify existing curriculum structures Administrators and teachers expressed support for adjusting, condensing and expanding modules given that students lost critical instructional time from school closures. Others looked for ways to Implement trauma-informed teaching practices to help students navigate the crisis MEGAN GRIFFARD is a research assistant at the Education Policy Initiative at Carolina at the School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, E-mail megan19@email.unc edu.