Students receive vaccinations required for entry into school in a timely and efficient way. This toolkit is designed to provide practical guidance, recommendations, and resources to ensure that all Students: A Toolkit for Educational Leaders.вЂќ Pleased to share with educational leaders our latest publication, вЂњAddressing the Decline of Vaccination Rates of U.S. To support that critically important goal, AASA is extremely Without question, our shared commitment to supporting the whole learner requires that in addition to studentsвЂ™ cognitive-academic growth, educators must also approach learning holistically and ensure that all students are safe, healthy, and perceive themselves as a viable part of the schoolвЂ™s learning community. We are at a crisis point in public education in the United States. FOUR GOALSДЄASA, The School Superintendents Association Sustaining the work beyond the one-year grant-funding cycle to ensure growing levels of vaccination rates within communities and regions (especially those most severely impacted by scarcity of access to available health services).Disseminating vaccination rate updates and data and.Promoting cross-institutional partnerships and communities of practice (including school districts, schools, state and local governments, health agencies, and community advocacy groups) to implement toolkit-related recommendations and strategies.Ensuring maximum distribution of the toolkit.Key principles underlying this initiative include: A major priority of this is to ensure that superintendents and other district leaders have the knowledge, skills, and resources to address this challenging national health issue.

If rates decline below levels to maintain herd immunity, dangerous outbreaks of preventable diseases could follow.вЂќ This toolkit is available to superintendents, school boards, executive staff, school-based administration and teachers, as well as families and community members. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, вЂњDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, children have missed routine well-child care and related vaccinations.

Data suggest that the percentage of children receiving required vaccinations (i.e., the seven-vaccine regimen required for entrance to public education) has decreased by 14% during the pandemic and related school closures.

AASA, The School Superintendents Association, in partnership with the Merck (MSD Inventing for Life) Foundation has developed a comprehensive toolkit for educational leaders to address the decline of vaccination rates of students resulting from the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

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