Safety Knowledge Base

basic search

advanced search

Exact phrase:

  • Home
  • Categories
  • Home
  • Categories
  • |
  • Submit new ticket
  1. Home
  2. Checklists, Tools and Tactics for COVID-Free Classrooms
  • Safety Services 36 Articles

    • Lockout/Tagout training
    • Confined Space training
    • Personal protective equipment(PPE) training
    • Respirable crystalline silica training
    • Electrical/NFPA 70E Training
    • Fall protection & walking/working surfaces training
    • OSHA 10- and 30-HOUR outreach training
    • Safety Training With Conney Safety
    • Respiratory protection training
    • Powered industrial truck training (PIV)
    • Mobile elevated work platform training
    • Excavation/trenching training
    • First Aid, CPR, AED training
    • Ergonomics: Assessing & Controlling risks
    • Hazard communication / GHS training
    • RCRA
    • DOT
    • IATA training
    • Hazardous waste operations & emergency response (HAZWOPER) - 24 hour
    • Hazardous waste operations & emergency response (HAZPOWER) - 8 hour training
    • Conney Consulting Services
    • Gas detection equipment repair
    • Fall protection inspections/repairs
    • Safety program development & review
    • Site safety audit (compliance audit)
    • Safety project management
    • Contractor Safety Management
    • Customized fall protection solutions (engineered systems and re-certification)
    • Electrical Glove Testing
    • Arc Flash Assessments
    • Lockout/Tagout Procedure development (machine specific)
    • Air quality/noise sampling (industrial hygiene services)
    • Respiratory medical evaluations (online)
    • Fit testing
    • Conney Safety Consulting
    • Conney Safety Team
  • Blog 50 Articles

    • Nemesis Glasses, Storm Glasses, and the ANSI Eye Protection Standard
    • Flushing Out the Facts on the Emergency Eye Wash Station
    • FDA, CDC and OSHA: A Guide to Changing Respiratory Protection Regulations
    • An Employee In Your Facility Tests Positive for COVID-19 – Now What?
    • Preparing for a New Tomorrow: Returning to Work during COVID-19
    • Guidelines for Taking Employees’ Temperatures
    • Prepare Now for Mask Mandates || Dane County, WI || July 13th, 2020 || $376 Fine
    • New Wisconsin Facemask Mandate Starts Saturday, August 1st
    • Checklists, Tools and Tactics for COVID-Free Classrooms
    • Finding and Fixing Your COVID Weak Spot
    • 10 Ways to Create a COVID-Free Winter Workplace
    • Handy Guide: How to Choose the Right Thinsulate™ Gloves
    • Dress for the Elements with Winter Work Clothes
    • New Strains of COVID-19 Virus Call for Higher Quality Masks
    • What Does the OSHA ETS for COVID-19 Mean for Your Business?
    • Suit Up – Choosing the Right Arc Flash Suit for the Job
    • Mechanics Gloves – Not Just for Mechanics
    • KN95 Face Masks: What You Need to Know
    • Explained: North American Standard for Cut-Resistant Gloves
    • Disposable Nitrile Gloves Guide: How to Select Your Pair
    • Selection Guide: Winter Work Gloves and Freezer Gloves
    • Anti-Fog Safety Glasses | The Ultimate Guide
    • Focus on Choosing the Best Safety Glasses
    • ANSI First Aid Kits: New 2021 Standard [Effective 10/15/22]
    • Choosing the Right Welding Jackets, Welding Respirators and Welding Gloves
    • Suit Yourself (and Your Workforce) with a Tyvek Suit
    • Learn the ABC's of the Personal Fall Arrest System
    • Put Heat Stress on Ice with Ergodyne Chill-Its
    • Quench Workplace Dehydration With Sqwincher Zero
    • Save Your Skin with Sunscreen and Insect Repellents
    • May | Electrical Safety Month
    • What to Look For in Your Hi-Vis Rain Jacket
    • How to Select the Right Pair of Colored Nitrile Gloves
    • National Safety Stand-Down is May 2 - 6, 2022
    • Impact Gloves: What is the ANSI/ISEA 138 Standard?
    • Get Locked in with 3M™ Secure Click™ Respirators
    • What is the Difference Between KN95 and N95 Face Masks?
    • Four Barriers to an Effective Company Safety Culture
    • Extreme Heat is Coming!
    • Why Is Safety in the Workplace Important?
    • 3M N95 Respirator: Valve or No Valve?
    • The Quiet Danger of Worksite Dehydration
    • Fire Safety in the Workplace - Don’t Get Burned!
    • Winter Fall Hazards | Tips for Preventing Falls
    • The Skinny on Thinsulate™
    • How Does Workplace Fatigue Impact Safety?
    • What You Need to Know About OSHA’s COVID Vaccine Mandate
    • Cold Stress Safety | Risks and Solutions
    • Our First New Location in 75 Years
    • Helpful Hints for Choosing Tints
  • Info and FAQs 3 Articles

    • Fuel and Logistics Surcharge
    • 3M Promotions and Conversion Programs
    • Product Recall Notices & Advisory Notices
  • Resources 0 Articles

    • Safety Focus 8 Articles
      • The Ins & Outs of First Aid in the Workplace
      • The Ins & Outs of Eye Protection
      • The Ins & Outs of Respiratory Protection
      • Work Zone Traffic Safety Essentials
      • Understanding Electrical Arc Flash Protection in the Workplace
      • New Developments in Fall Protection & Confined Space
      • Your Guide to Key Glove Categories
      • Your Guide to Protective Clothing in the Workplace
    • Webinars 3 Articles
      • FDA, CDC and OSHA: A Guide to Changing Respiratory Protection Regulations
      • An Employee In Your Facility Tests Positive for COVID-19 – Now What?
      • Preparing for a New Tomorrow: Returning to Work during COVID-19
  • About 0 Articles

Popular Knowledgebase Articles

  • Guidelines for Taking Employees’ Temperatures
    • 1189
    • 1
  • What is the Difference Between KN95 and N95 Face Masks?
    • 24151
    • 7
  • Respirable crystalline silica training
    • 1302
    • 1
  • Electrical/NFPA 70E Training
    • 1304
    • 0

Checklists, Tools and Tactics for COVID-Free Classrooms

  • Date updated 2023-01-12
  • Categories
  • Blog
  • Tags
  • Pandemic

Checklists, Tools and Tactics for COVID-Free Classrooms

Most everyone is understandably concerned about sending children back to school – including the school administrators, teachers and staff responsible for creating a safe learning environment.


While we cannot completely eliminate coronavirus risk, we do have proven, highly effective ways to reduce the chance of viral spread.

 

Create a school reopening checklist

Or use one we’ve already created: Protecting What Matters Most. It’s a comprehensive guide that details best practices, key to-do’s and essential products to keep classrooms as coronavirus-free as possible.

Protecting What Matters Most Guide
Learn More

Plan ahead, and stock up on essential supplies while they are available. Supplies can be here today, gone tomorrow. This is why safety experts recommend buying when items are available. Conney Safety has a complete line of ready-to-ship COVID-protection supplies, including facemasks, disinfectants, social distancing supplies, digital thermometers and much more.

 

Consider cohorting

Cohorting (or podding) is a strategy many schools are using to limit viral transmission among students and staff.

Here’s how it works:
  1. Assign each student to small group, or cohort. By reducing physical proximity amongst larger groups, cohort groups may help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Cohorts also facilitate more efficient contact tracing in the event of a positive case.
  2. Create a cohort logistics layout: Schools may keep cohorts together in one classroom, with teachers rotate between rooms. Or, you can assign each cohort a specific day or week to attend class in person.
  3. Another alternative is a hybrid approach. This is an alternating schedule in which cohorts are assigned either to in-person learning or online learning on specific days or weeks.

 

Reassure, educate and motivate students in simple, everyday ways.

Here are some ideas:

  • Remind students they are safe, and that it’s okay to be worried or upset. Keep in mind that children react to what you say and how you say it.
  • Use classroom lessons and experiments to help students understand coronavirus. Create an interactive lesson on handwashing technique. Conduct a science experiment that shows how supposedly clean hands are not always germ-free.

CDC’s Handwashing Experiments for the Classroom [PDF]

  • Put up educational and motivational posters in bathrooms, classroom and hallways. The CDC has free poster PDFs you can download and print. Topics include handwashing, classroom hygiene, and more.

Handwashing is Your Superpower Poster [PDF]

Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands Poster [PDF]

Wash Your Hands Poster [PDF]

  • Reward positive behavior. Hand out incentives like “I washed my hands” stickers, vending machine passes or whatever is low- or no-cost yet meaningful to students.

I Washed My Hands Stickers [DOC]

  • Teach children the simple, everyday actions they can do to protect themselves against the coronavirus, like how to properly take off a facemask, what six feet of social distance looks like, and how to open doors without using hands.

Don’t Let Germs Go for a Ride Poster [PDF]

  • Create a COVID fact or fiction question of the day. Keep it truthful and age-appropriate. Talk about how some stories on the Internet and social media may be rumors or inaccurate.

 

Reach out – you’re not in this alone.

There are professional safety experts with years of experience who are ready to help you reduce viral risks with proven, highly effective tactics. They can provide you with custom coronavirus prevention training, a blueprint for health screening stations, an outbreak response plan and much more. Reach out today, and a Conney Safety school safety expert we will contact you at your preferred day and time.

related articles

  • What is the Difference Between KN95 and N95 Face Masks?
    • 24151
    • 7
  • FDA, CDC and OSHA: A Guide to Changing Respiratory Protection Regulations
    • 862
    • 0
  • An Employee In Your Facility Tests Positive for COVID-19 – Now What?
    • 1011
    • 0
  • Preparing for a New Tomorrow: Returning to Work during COVID-19
    • 859
    • 0
  • Guidelines for Taking Employees’ Temperatures
    • 1189
    • 1
  • Prepare Now for Mask Mandates || Dane County, WI || July 13th, 2020 || $376 Fine
    • 771
    • 0
  • New Wisconsin Facemask Mandate Starts Saturday, August 1st
    • 726
    • 0
  • 3M N95 Respirator: Valve or No Valve?
    • 2169
    • 0
  • Finding and Fixing Your COVID Weak Spot
    • 835
    • 0
  • 10 Ways to Create a COVID-Free Winter Workplace
    • 919
    • 0
  • Checklists, Tools and Tactics for COVID-Free Classrooms
Rate this article
Subscribe to alerts for this article below
Your email is now subscribed to alerts for this article
Your email is not subscribed to alerts for this article
Unsubscribe to alerts for this article below

Company Sites

Home

Categories

  • Safety Services
  • Blog
  • Info and FAQs
  • Resources
  • About
  • -- All Categories --

Connect With Us

  • Conney Safety Products
  • Creating Safer Work Environments
  • 3202 Latham Drive
    Madison, WI 53713

  • 888.356.9100
  • sales@conney.com
  • https://www.conney.com/
    Powered by LiveHelpNow customer support suite