COVID-19 Guides & Resources
In April of 2020, the Office of Job Corps distributed Program Instruction Notice 19-15 (PIN 19-15) to the Job Corps system. The Office of Job Corps subsequently issued Program Instruction Notice 19-17 (PIN 19-17) announcing that on May 11, 2020, all Job Corps centers will convert to distance learning. In August, Job Corps issued Program Instruction Notice 20-06 (PIN 20-06) to communicate plans to distribute nationwide 25,000 Chromebooks, each with a carrying case, and 25,000 hot spots with data service, for use of students in distance learning and on campus, as appropriate. ETA continues to host weekly calls with Job Corps operators and regional staff to discuss and solve pressing issues facing our students, staff and centers. We remain grateful to the Office of Job Corps and ETA for their leadership during the pandemic.
Distance Learning Guides and Resources
The Job Corps community of operators has begun to develop resources to assist Job Corps staff and students in the transition to distance learning as well as to prepare for the eventual re-opening of Job Corps Centers. Please click on the links below to download or link to the guides.
COVID-19 and Distance Learning Templates and Documents
The following documents were also put together by the Job Corps Community of operators and sent to the Department of Labor:
- All Center Re-Entry Schedule
- ASWR Request
- ASWR-MSWR Reinstatement Request
- Case Notes Minimum Requirements Cheat Sheet
- Center Preparation for Student Return – Updated
- Chromebooks Accountability Workgroup Report (Final)
- Coronavirus Continuity Plan for Center Closures
- COVID-19: The Reasons Behind Policy – RD Version
- Distance Learning Plan Submission Cover Letter – Template
- Distance Learning Plan Table of Contents – Final Draft
- Distance Learning Audit Tracking
- Documentation of Symptom Tracker and Attestation – Sample Policy
- EPMS and Chromebooks
- General COVID Tracker Sign
- Homeless Paper Final
- Hybrid Instruction Model Paper Final -8-27-2020
- HYS Virtual Classroom Observation Form (Fill-in)
- JC COVID19 Pre-Return Health and Safety Contract (Fill-in)
- JC COVID19 Pre-Return Health and Safety Contract (Fill-In) Generic
- Job Corps Center Resumption of Physical Operations Plan – DRAFT Template
- Job Corps Distance Learning Participation Form
- Job Corps Enrollments and CPP During Distance Learning
- LMS Recommendation – Operator Virtual Learning Workgroup (Final)
- Minimum Requirements for Student Re-Entry
- Off-Center Recreational Fieldtrip Review Form
- Operators’ Approach to Distance Learning in Job Corps
- Operator Group Research – Strengths & Challenges
- PIN 20-11 COVID -19 Symptom Tracker and Attestation Form (staff, Students, visitors)
- PRH Waiver Recommendations
- Process for Preparing for OIG
- Quarantine and Isolation COVID Tracker Sign
- Recommendation to Reduce Weekly Distance Learning Participation Requirements
- Recreation Trip Checklist March 10 2021
- Regional Request for Homeless or Displaced Students
- Student Behavior Management in Distance Learning
- Shelter in Place Plan
- Student IT Allocation – Distribution
- Student Loan Device Program – SOP Template
- Teleworking Weekly Report – SAMPLE
- Telecommuting and Teleworking Policy
- Template Letter of Request – Returning Homeless
- UA Clarification from PIN 20-05
- Underrun Utilization Workgroup Recommendations
- Weekly Distance Learning Requirements 9-11-2020
The NJCA has also posted questions developed as part of the Job Corps Distance Learning Workgroup as guidance for putting together distance learning plans here.
