Tag Archives: Reflections on distance learning

Dealing With Expectations During a Global Crisis

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Nathan Yaussy (WWTF ’13)

BIOGRAPHY
Nathan Yaussy is an alumnus of the 2013 Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellowship at John Carroll University. He just completed his seventh year of teaching at Fairport Harding High School where he taught a variety of science courses, from 7th grade science to human anatomy and quite a few subjects in between. In November, he was awarded the Milken Education Award, which is only given to forty teachers throughout the nation each school year. In August, he will begin his first year teaching at KIPP Columbus High School.
SCHOOL PROFILE

  • Small School
  • Urban
  • Traditional public school
  • Enrolled students: 400
  • Free/Reduced lunch eligible: 40%
  • Demographics: 20% minority

SESSION ABSTRACT
This session is a conversation focusing on the expectations put on teachers and students and the ways that these expectations have (or have not) been managed in the transition to distance learning. Session participants will discuss the strategies and technology they have used to maintain connections with students and the difficulties (and successes) they have encountered along the way. The intention of the session is to have an open and honest discussion about these challenges with as much focus on describing the difficulties as celebrating the victories.

Work/Life Balance While Quarantined

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Brandon Washington (WWTF ’14)

BIOGRAPHY
Brandon Washington is a Technology Education Teacher at Hamilton High School West. He became a teacher after working for over 10 years in the Technology industry. Washington became a Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Teaching Fellow in 2014 and received his Master of Arts in Teaching from The College of New Jersey. He has taught Technology Education at the secondary education level for the past five years and recently began teaching as an adjunct professor at LaSalle University in the Integrated Science Business and Technology Department.
SCHOOL PROFILE

  • Large school
  • Urban
  • Traditional Public School
  • Enrolled students: 1,243
  • Free/Reduced Price Lunch Eligible: 43%
  • Demographics: 3% Asian, 20% Black, 37% Hispanic, 38% White, 2% other

SESSION ABSTRACT
Join Brandon Washington as he shares his journey through quarantine. The session, Work/Life Balance while Quarantined, is a success story pertaining to ways in which one can manage remote teaching during a pandemic. Brandon will share a problem-solving approach to meeting professional expectations and a strategy for persevering during these difficult times. The session will provide various resources, a strategy for accomplishing day-to-day tasks, and an approach to finding peace at home.