Educator Resources

Curated by Andra Yeghoian, Chief Innovation Officer at Ten Strands, these resources guide educators and administrators in effectively integrating trauma-informed practices into the various phases of emergency preparedness for students and families.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has resources for school building owners and managers, school facility managers, public health officials, and emergency managers to reduce smoke concentrations in buildings during wildfires.

This guide includes a decision making guide for school closure, fire watch guidance, MOU template for temporary shelter site facilities, hazard response guidance, and student release guidance for schools.

For more information about the impacts of climate change on the recent wildfires, read California Wildfires worsened by climate change driven heat from Climate Central

Guidelines from The Association of California School Administrators on the correct procedure when dealing with wildfire smoke.

You can find these resources and more in our Climate Resilience and Adaptation Toolkit, which we recently released with the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence and UndauntedK12.