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Classroom precautions during COVID-19
Tips for teachers to protect themselves and their students
As schools reopen, it’s important that precautions are taken both inside and outside the classroom to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This article aims to support teachers with information and tips on:
Physical distancing at school
Practicing health and hand hygiene
Cleaning and disinfecting tips for the classroom
Actions to take if a student appears sick
A key lesson learned during the pandemic is the important role teachers play in ensuring that learning continues.
As schools reopen, a lot will depend on teachers to ensure that children will be able to continue their education in a safe and healthy environment; and make up for knowledge and skills that may have been lost.
As a teacher, knowing the facts will not only protect yourself but also your students. Be aware of fake information and dangerous myths about COVID-19 circulating that are feeding fear and stigma.
Some of your students might be returning to school from households where they heard false information about COVID-19. You will need to educate them on the facts.
Understanding COVID-19, how it spreads and how we can protect ourselves and others is an important first step in establishing classroom procedures and protocols. Students need to understand what it is in order for them to follow the rules. Listen to their concerns and ideas and answer their questions in an age-appropriate manner. Discuss the different reactions they may experience and explain that these are normal reactions to an abnormal situation.
Make sure to use information about COVID-19 from reliable sources such as UNICEF and WHO, as well as the health authorities in your country. By staying informed about the situation and following the recommendations of public health experts, we can protect our own wellbeing and those around us.
Physical distancing at schools
When it comes to physical distancing, it is important that you establish some classroom ground rules in accordance with the procedures established by your school’s administration, as well as the protocols established by your respective country’s Ministry of Health and/or local health bodies and authorities. Recommended measures include:
Maintain a distance of at least 1 metre between everyone present at school
Increase desk spacing (at least 1 metre between desks), stagger recesses/breaks and lunch breaks (if difficult, one alternative is to have lunch at desks)
Limit the mixing of classes for school and after-school activities. For example, students in a class will stay in one classroom throughout the day, while teachers move between classrooms; or classes could use different entrances, if available, or establish an order for each class to enter and leave the building/classroom
Stagger the school day to vary the start and end times and avoid having all the students and teachers together at once
Consider increasing the number of teachers, if possible, to allow for fewer students per classroom (if space is available)
Advise against crowding during school pick-up or day care, and if possible avoid pick up by older family or community members (i.e. grandparents). Arrange school pick up/drop off times differently (according to age group) to decrease any large gatherings of children at a given time
Use signs, ground markings, tape, barriers and other means to maintain 1 metre distance in queues around entrances
Discuss how to manage physical education and sports lessons
Move lessons outdoors or ventilate rooms as much as possible
Encourage students not to gather and socialize in big groups upon leaving school grounds.
To do
To encourage your students to stick to the rules, it can be helpful to create a dos and dont’s list with them. Develop a list together around how students will greet each other; how desks will be arranged; physical distancing measures during lunch breaks (who they will sit with, play with during breaks, how they can schedule time with all of their friends across the week).
Health and hand hygiene
Teachers have a critical role to play in ensuring students understand the precautions they should take to protect themselves and others from COVID-19, and it is important you lead by example in the classroom.
Handwashing is one of easiest, more cost efficient and effective way of combating the spread of germs and keeping students and staff healthy.
Teach the five steps for handwashing
Wet hands with safe,
wash with running water,
Apply enough soap to cover wet hands
Scrub all surfaces of the hands – including backs of hands, between fingers and under nails – for at least 20 seconds,
You can encourage students to sing a quick song at this point to make it a fun habit,
Rinse thoroughly with running water
Dry hands with a clean cloth or single-use towel.
If there is limited access to a sink, running water or soap in the school, then use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 per cent alcohol.