Fall 2022 Update
Here at Integral Steps, we hold the safety of our staff, teachers, students and families at the forefront.
Integral Steps offers both in-person and online programs, to serve the needs of all our students. We will also continue to offer needs-based scholarships with the support of our generous community of donors and friends.
Integral Steps offers both in-person and online programs, to serve the needs of all our students. We will also continue to offer needs-based scholarships with the support of our generous community of donors and friends.
In-Person Classes: Safe Community Learning.
For those families wanting to join us in-person, we want to reassure you that Integral Steps will be taking strict measures to ensure our classes are a safe space.
For those families wanting to join us in-person, we want to reassure you that Integral Steps will be taking strict measures to ensure our classes are a safe space.
- Integral Steps will be taking a conservative approach to safety, closely following the latest guidelines laid out by the CDC.
- Masks are optional.
- We will also be asking that all families attending in-person classes read a Sickness Policy and Code of Conduct at the beginning of your program to ensure you are familiar with our regulations.
- If it becomes unsafe to learn in person due to high community spread of Covid-19, Integral Steps is ready to return to interactive and engaging online learning for as long as is needed to keep everyone safe.
SICKNESS POLICY & Code of conduct
What are some of the measures we are taking at Integral Steps to keep you safe?
What can you do to help keep others safe?
By signing up to an Integral Steps in-person program, we ask that parents and guardians agree to the following:
Symptoms of Illness / Exposure - for a child or household member
Code of Conduct
- All Integral Steps teachers and staff are vaccinated.
- Currently, mask wearing is optional for students and teachers/staff. This could change depending on local community spread of Covid-19.
- Health self-attestations will be required at check in, where we ask each family to confirm that their child has not experienced any Covid-19 symptoms or been exposed to anyone with a confirmed diagnosis.
- HEPA filters are available in some of our spaces. Please email us at info@integralsteps.org if you need more specifics.
- Doors to the classroom and windows will be open if possible. Please email us at info@integralsteps.org if you need more specifics.
- If it becomes unsafe to learn in person due to high community spread of Covid-19, Integral Steps is ready to return to interactive and engaging online learning for as long as is needed to keep everyone safe.
What can you do to help keep others safe?
By signing up to an Integral Steps in-person program, we ask that parents and guardians agree to the following:
Symptoms of Illness / Exposure - for a child or household member
- If your child or any household member of any age (parent, sibling, nanny/babysitter, grandparent) starts to exhibit any of the following symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or other “flu-like illnesses”, you agree to keep your child at home until their symptoms have improved. We encourage getting tested for COVID-19 or the flu. Symptoms to be aware of include, but are not limited to:
- Fever
- Pink eye (conjunctivitis)
- Belly pain
- Muscle aches or headaches
- Poor appetite
- General lethargy/fatigue
- A sore throat
- Nasal congestion or runny nose
- A cough
- Vomiting or diarrhea
- Shortness of breath
- Loss of taste/smell
- For more information on symptoms, please see here.
- Your child is welcome to join class virtually. Please contact your teacher (and cc info@integralsteps.org) by the morning of the class to discuss options.
- If your child does not exhibit any symptoms but has had contact* with someone who has tested positive for COVID, please continue to monitor them and follow the CDC's guidelines for exposure. (*Contact is defined as being within 6 feet for 15 minutes or more, regardless of wearing a mask)
- Your child is welcome to join class provided they wear a mask for 10 days after exposure.
- If a child becomes ill during the day with us, they will be removed from the program to wait in a separate area and the parent or caregiver will be called immediately. For your child’s wellbeing and the health of others, you agree to pick up your child as quickly as possible.
- Should we be informed that a student or instructor tests positive for COVID, we will notify all families in that class.
- Masks will be required for all students, instructors, and parents/caregivers in class for 10 days following exposure.
Code of Conduct
- Please note that masks are optional in all our classes and programs but that this is subject to change at any time depending on changing conditions. Integral Steps is able to provide 3-ply masks to any students who would like to wear them.
- Students will wash or sanitize their hands at the beginning of each class.
Online Classes: Ensuring flexibility and choice.
We are ready to continue teaching through interactive video calls and other digital platforms to bring joyful learning into your home! Our teachers and staff have already shown tremendous energy and enthusiasm shifting to this different teaching modality, opening registration to students from around the country. We are immensely proud of our students and staff for their flexibility, creativity, and generosity for making this transition and continuing to learn and grow throughout this time.
To specifically view our online programs, please click here.
Revised curriculum and safety policies for online programs.
Our staff is at the forefront of researching and exploring effective teaching practices and we will continue to refine and improve our teaching tools to offer excellent quality education and engagement.
Online safety is extremely important to us and we have reviewed our Code of Conduct & Ethics, educating staff on how it applies in online and digital teaching situations. We have reached out to organizations specializing in child abuse prevention and intervention in order to get their recommendations. We encourage our entire Integral Steps community to learn what we can do as individuals to protect children in areas where schools are closed and routines are disrupted due to social distancing recommendations.
Need-Based Scholarships
We appreciate that these are still difficult times for some families and as such, we will be continuing our expanded scholarship program. Making our programming accessible has always been a part of Integral Steps’ mission, and we are honored to welcome students of all backgrounds into our classes. To learn more or to reapply for scholarships, please visit our scholarship page.
We would like to take a moment to thank you...
We are so grateful to those who have donated time, money, services, and supplies to Integral Steps! Our community stepped up, in a big way, to help ensure our programs remained accessible once the pandemic hit. A combination of increased individual giving and a big increase in local and national Covid relief grants made all the difference in allowing Integral Steps to pivot, expand services, and continue uninterrupted in new formats. We were able to develop new programming, connect with each other as a community even from afar and evolve and grow in ways we hadn't anticipated.
It's been a difficult and overwhelming couple of years but we saw just how much families and donors and neighbors cared about this organization and each other.
We feel humbled by your generosity and love.
Thank you.
We are ready to continue teaching through interactive video calls and other digital platforms to bring joyful learning into your home! Our teachers and staff have already shown tremendous energy and enthusiasm shifting to this different teaching modality, opening registration to students from around the country. We are immensely proud of our students and staff for their flexibility, creativity, and generosity for making this transition and continuing to learn and grow throughout this time.
To specifically view our online programs, please click here.
Revised curriculum and safety policies for online programs.
Our staff is at the forefront of researching and exploring effective teaching practices and we will continue to refine and improve our teaching tools to offer excellent quality education and engagement.
Online safety is extremely important to us and we have reviewed our Code of Conduct & Ethics, educating staff on how it applies in online and digital teaching situations. We have reached out to organizations specializing in child abuse prevention and intervention in order to get their recommendations. We encourage our entire Integral Steps community to learn what we can do as individuals to protect children in areas where schools are closed and routines are disrupted due to social distancing recommendations.
Need-Based Scholarships
We appreciate that these are still difficult times for some families and as such, we will be continuing our expanded scholarship program. Making our programming accessible has always been a part of Integral Steps’ mission, and we are honored to welcome students of all backgrounds into our classes. To learn more or to reapply for scholarships, please visit our scholarship page.
We would like to take a moment to thank you...
We are so grateful to those who have donated time, money, services, and supplies to Integral Steps! Our community stepped up, in a big way, to help ensure our programs remained accessible once the pandemic hit. A combination of increased individual giving and a big increase in local and national Covid relief grants made all the difference in allowing Integral Steps to pivot, expand services, and continue uninterrupted in new formats. We were able to develop new programming, connect with each other as a community even from afar and evolve and grow in ways we hadn't anticipated.
It's been a difficult and overwhelming couple of years but we saw just how much families and donors and neighbors cared about this organization and each other.
We feel humbled by your generosity and love.
Thank you.
We are here for you!
Integral Steps Teachers and staff are available via email, phone, and video chat, and a staff member checks our mailbox regularly. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to us at info@integralsteps.org or (720) 577-5441 or send a message on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/integralsteps/
Integral Steps Teachers and staff are available via email, phone, and video chat, and a staff member checks our mailbox regularly. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to us at info@integralsteps.org or (720) 577-5441 or send a message on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/integralsteps/
