Teachers and educators are facing challenges like never before, including battling misinformation, burned-out kids, parents, and of course—COVID.
Join J.R. Jamison as he explores these challenges and shares the story of a man who stays in teaching despite external pressures; another from a woman who uses empathy to teach multicultural education; and one from a teacher who decided to make her own kind of change—at the Statehouse.
Photo – Via Flickr Creative Commons by Phil Roeder: https://flic.kr/p/2kf6XeR.
Stories included in this episode –
• This Is Why I Teach: An anonymous story as told to Suzanne Clem from Facing Teaching.
• Mrs. Miller, You Set Us Up!: Barbara Miller’s story as told to Clarissa Cheslyn from Facing Teaching.
• Votes for My Students: Melanie Wright’s story as told to Susan Volbrecht from Facing Teaching.
Music used in this episode –
• "GREEN LEAVES" by Jason Shaw. Released under an Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) license. From the Free Music Archive.
