As our community pivots to meet the ever-changing criteria related to the COVID-19 pandemic, CAE has collected these strategies and approaches to creating the safest spaces for learning in these uncertain times. We share these resources emphasizing that it is a work in progress, and urge you to share any further resources at cae@aia.org.
Thanks for your participation and we hope you find this resource helpful to your practice. Please share this resource with allied professionals such as faculty, school administrators and allied organizations. dealing with educational environments. Stay safe.
2020 CAE Leadership Group
Resources & guides
AIA COVID-19 Resources for ArchitectsThis page is intended to provide guidelines, policies, and tools for our members and will be updated frequently as new resources become available.
AIA: Reopening America: Strategies for safer buildingsThese resources are intended to provide design professionals, employers, building owners, and public officials with tools and resources for reducing risk when re-occupying buildings during the pandemic. Typologies covered include: offices, schools, retail, senior living, multifamily housing, and polling places.
AIA New York: COVID-19 resources
AIANY's hub for architects to remain connected and operational
AIA New York: Resources for Architecture Schools During COVID-19In the wake of COVID-19, AIA New York is supporting local architecture schools in an effort to share content and resources. Please check this page for statements from the deans, upcoming lectures, and other resources in the coming weeks.
ALA: COVID-19 RecoveryThis collection of tools will help communities, library workers, and library supporters plot the best course forward for their libraries.
American Alliance of Museums: COVID-19 Resources & Information for the Museum FieldANCA: COVID-19 Resources
ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force: Schools & Universities guide
AZA: Member Resources for COVID-19 Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools: Public School Facilities Planning in the Era of COVID-19School community's guide outlines lessons from its journey to safeguard its community's health, offering a model for schools charting their respective COVID-19 approaches across the country.
CANNONDESIGN Classroom Capacity CalculatorCANNONDESIGN Coronavirus Group Exposure Risk CalculatorDigital Promise: Designing Synchronous and Asynchronous Instruction for Digital Learning
Educator develops a digital learning schedule that meets the needs of all learners.
Harvard-CU Boulder Portable Air Cleaner Calculator for Schools v1.3 Calculate how powerful an air purifier must be to help keep classrooms safe from the coronavirus.
LA County Schools: Rising to the Challenge of COVID-19A planning framework for the 2020-2021 year
LPA: K-12 Response Pandemic Planning | Chapter 3Research and analysis to address the COVID-19 crisis in the now, near and next
MBB: 2020 School Reopening Planning – A Case Study [PDF]Download can be accessed at the bottom of this page
MSBA: Resources for the COVID-19 PandemicCritical COVID-19 resources for Missouri school officials
NAIS: Coronavirus (COVID-19) ResourcesStudent Health and Well-Being and the Intersection of Race, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Setty Associates Risk Estimator Download as an Excel and PDF.
STANTEC: Getting Back to School K-12: Responding to COVID-19 [PDF]Download can be accessed at the bottom of this page
USGBC: Managing buildings during COVID-19
USGBC: Five Guiding PrinciplesThis new guidance provides useful, actionable information for school districts as they consider how to use these relief funds to meet local needs. The resource identifies examples of school facility improvements as well as curriculum and training that both align with allowed uses and provide long-term benefits.
Articles
Miseducation: How COVID-19 Unlocked the Education Cheat Code
By Brady Cook | GoGuardian
The Reopened Campus: What It Will Take. How It Will Look.
By The Chronicle of Higher Education
Schools Briefing: Parents in New York City Are Stressed
By Amelia Nierenberg and Adam Pasick | New York Times