Teaching Online
Online Teacher
The move to online education was equally as jarring for educators. Classes had to be re-worked or re-imagined, greatly increasingly prep time. Though many schools gave educators time to adapt their courses, the transition was still not easy. Absent the rythms of a physical school and classroom, teachers worked to bring order both to their own lives as well as those of their students. They found a variety of ways to do so.
Bilingual Homeschool Schedule
A Slight Change in Scenery
6th Grade Daily Schedule
Tim Burdick Oral History
At Hayes Bilingual School, parents were given voluntary lesson plans to keep students busy during quarantine. The lesson plans are written in English and Spanish so students can continue to build their skills in both languages. Bianca, whose daughter attends Hayes, also is an essential worker. She said it is difficult to balance her work and her children’s work.
Brianna Quade, Ph.D. student and Teaching Assistant at UW-Milwaukee wrote her thoughts on the transition to online teaching. Being in the classroom challenging her students’ comprehension of primary source documents has been extremely rewarding. But that was cut short due to classes being moved online. Like other teachers, professors, and teaching assistants, Quade found that virtual communication cut short her ability t0 help students build their critical thinking skills in person.
Timothy Burdick, a student at UW-Milwaukee and new parent studying history education, shared his experiences in an oral history. Burdick was in his field observation in the Milwaukee Public School System in the Spring of 2020 when the Coronavirus pandemic when Governor Tony Evers “Safer at Home” order closed the school. As a student and future teacher, Burdick experienced the coming of the pandemic on two unique fronts. He explains his own transition to online courses, while also noting how both his placement school and UW-Milwaukee worked with him and his department. Throughout this pandemic, Burdick has attempted to remain positive, even though the future as of May 30, 2020 was uncertain.