This toolkit provides several documents and guidance on how to encourage vaccination among staff, including printable posters and social media strategies.
- Tools & School Guidance
This FAQ, last updated January 5, 2021, explains that children will not be vaccinated until well into the 2021–22 school year, and clinical trials for ages 12–17 are ongoing.
- News
These slides provide examples of language for school leaders to use when emphasizing the health and safety benefits of the vaccine.
- Virtual Training
This article summarizes the latest evidence on the safety and efficacy of three different COVID-19 vaccines in children and finds promising results. Adolescents may be vaccinated as soon as this summer.
- News
This CDC guidance outlines several strategies, including how to serve students with special needs, how to create cohorts, and how to stagger parent drop-off and pick-up.
- Tools & School Guidance
This regularly updated website lists where child care providers are eligible for vaccines, with 39 states prioritizing them in the same category as k-12 teachers.
- News
This webinar discusses safe school reopening strategies, the safety of the vaccine and the need to communicate its effectiveness, and ways that school leaders can provide more in-person education.
- Virtual Training
This guidance outlines mitigation strategies for schools, including COVID-19 testing strategies and guidelines to inform school closure determinations when active in-school transmission is suspected.
- Tools & School Guidance
This two-page FAQ explains what symptoms to expect after receiving the vaccines, particularly the second dose, as well as their safety and efficacy.
- Research
This FAQ states that individuals who have been infected with COVID-19 should still sign up for the vaccine, as re-infection is possible. It also makes clear that the vaccine cannot make individuals sick or alter their DNA.
- Research
This webpage provides regular updates on the status of vaccine distribution by state, including numbers of people vaccinated and the number of doses allocated to each state.
- News
This tracking website, updated frequently, allows visitors to see when vaccines become available to teachers of all ages through an interactive map and a sortable table.
- Data