Translated COVID-19 Guidance and Information Documents
COVID-19 guidance and information documents issued by the Iowa Department of Education are being translated into Iowa's most used languages of Spanish, Arabic, Swahili, Karen, and Vietnamese. Documents targeted specifically for families are being translated into the additional eight languages of Bosnian, Chinese (Traditional), Burmese, French, Nepali, Somali, Marshallese, and Nilo-Saharan. Translated documents will be added to this page as they are issued and updated.
Arabic
Resources for Families and Educators
- (4-21-20) Arabic - COVID-19 Guidance: Family School Engagement Resources, Best Practices and Considerations
PK-12
- (6-18-20) Arabic - 2019-20 EL Program Provisional Identification and Placement Parental Notification Template
- (5-14-20) Arabic - Return-to-Learn Support Structure
- (5-8-20) Arabic - Return-to-Learn Guidance
- (5-5-20) Arabic - CARES Act Guidance: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER) Distribution and ESEA Waivers
- (4-30-20) Arabic - COVID-19 Guidance: Public School and AEA Fiscal Issues
- (4-16-20) Arabic - COVID-19 Guidance: Educator Preparation FAQs
- (4-14-20) Arabic - COVID-19 Guidance: FAQs
- (4-10-20) Arabic - CARES Act Summary for K-12 Schools
Bosnian
Resources for Families and Educators
- (4-21-20) Bosnian - COVID-19 Guidance: Family School Engagement Resources, Best Practices and Considerations
PK-12
- (6-18-20) Bosnian - 2019-20 EL Program Provisional Identification and Placement Parental Notification Template
Burmese
Resources for Families and Educators
- (4-21-20) Burmese - COVID-19 Guidance: Family School Engagement Resources, Best Practices and Considerations
PK-12
- (6-18-20) Burmese - 2019-20 EL Program Provisional Identification and Placement Parental Notification Template
Chinese
Resources for Families for Educators
- (4-21-20) Chinese - COVID-19 Guidance: Family School Engagement Resources, Best Practices and Considerations
French
Resources for Families and Educators
- (4-21-20) French - COVID-19 Guidance: Family School Engagement Resources, Best Practices and Considerations
PK-12
- (6-18-20) French - 2019-20 EL Program Provisional Identification and Placement Parental Notification Template
Karen
Resources for Families and Educators
- (4-21-20) Karen - COVID-19 Guidance: Family School Engagement Resources, Best Practices and Considerations
PK-12
- (6-18-20) Karen - 2019-20 EL Program Provisional Identification and Placement Parental Notification Template
- (5-14-20) Karen - Return-to-Learn Support Structure
- (5-8-20) Karen - Return-to-Learn Guidance
- (5-5-20) Karen - CARES Act Guidance: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER) Distribution and ESEA Waivers
Marshallese (Ebon)
Resources for Families and Educators
Nilo-Saharan
Resources for Families and Educators
Nepali
Resources for Families and Educators
- (4-21-20) Nepali - COVID-19 Guidance: Family School Engagement Resources, Best Practices and Considerations
Somali
Resources for Families and Educators
- (4-21-20) Somali - COVID-19 Guidance: Family School Engagement Resources, Best Practices and Considerations
Spanish
Resources for Families and Educators
- (4-21-20) Spanish - COVID-19 Guidance: Family School Engagement Resources, Best Practices and Considerations
Community College
- (4-10-20) Spanish - COVID-19 Guidance: Temporary Community College Program Modification Process
- (3-30-20) Spanish - COVID-19 Guidance: State Mandated Drinking Driver Program
- (3-24-20) Spanish - COVID-19 and Delivery of Postsecondary Coursework through Concurrent Enrollment and the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Program
PK-12
- (7-30-20) Spanish Version: Chart - Return to Learn: Reopening Iowa's Schools Safely and Responsibly
- (7-30-20) Spanish Version: Chart - Evaluating Sick Students and Staff: Reopening Iowa's Schools Safely and Responsibly
- (6-18-20) Spanish - 2019-20 EL Program Provisional Identification and Placement Parental Notification Template
- (5-8-20) Spanish - Return-to-Learn Guidance
- (5-5-20) Spanish - CARES Act Guidance: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER) Distribution and ESEA Waivers
- (4-30-20) Spanish - COVID-19 Guidance: Public School and AEA Fiscal Issues
- (4-17-20) Spanish - COVID-19 Guidance: Teacher and Administrator Evaluation
- (4-14-20) Spanish - COVID-19 Guidance: FAQs
- (4-10-20) Spanish - CARES Act Summary for K-12 Schools
- (3-26-20) Spanish - COVID-19 Guidance: Iowa Educator Preparation Programs
- (3-17-20) Spanish - Guidance for Iowa AEAs and School Districts for IDEA During COVID-19 Outbreak
- (3-16-20) Spanish - COVID-19 Guidance: Educator Preparation FAQs
- (3-16-20) Spanish - Guidance for Iowa School Districts and Teacher Preparation Programs in Response to COVID-19
Swahili
Resources for Families and Educators
- (4-21-20) Swahili - COVID-19 Guidance: Family School Engagement Resources, Best Practices and Considerations
PK-12
- (6-18-20) Swahili - 2019-20 EL Program Provisional Identification and Placement Parental Notification Template
- (5-5-20) Swahili - CARES Act Guidance: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER) Distribution and ESEA Waivers
- (5-8-20) Swahili - Return-to-Learn Guidance
- (4-30-20) Swahili - COVID-19 Guidance: Public School and AEA Fiscal Issues
Vietnamese
Resources for Families and Educators
Community College
- (3-30-20) Vietnamese - COVID-19 Guidance: State Mandated Drinking Driver Program
- (3-24-20) Vietnamese - COVID-19 and Delivery of Postsecondary Coursework through Concurrent Enrollment and the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Program
PK-12
- (6-18-20) Vietnamese - 2019-20 EL Program Provisional Identification and Placement Parental Notification Template
- (4-17-20) Vietnamese - COVID-19 Guidance: Teacher and Administrator Evaluation
- (4-16-20) Vietnamese - COVID-19 Guidance: Educator Preparation FAQs
- (4-16-20) Vietnamese - COVID-19 Guidance: Public School and AEA Fiscal Issues
- (4-14-20) Vietnamese - COVID-19 Guidance: FAQs
- (4-10-20) Vietnamese - CARES Act Summary for K-12 Schools
- (3-26-20) Vietnamese - COVID-19 Guidance: Iowa Educator Preparation Programs
- (3-17-20) Vietnamese - Guidance for Iowa AEAs and School Districts for IDEA During COVID-19 Outbreak
- (3-16-20) Vietnamese - Guidance for Iowa School Districts and Teacher Preparation Programs in Response to COVID-19