Routines and rituals, like graduation, are foundational to the school experience. Hear how Tamara Albury (@AlburyTamara), principal at Young Women's Leadership Academy, transitions the experiences that matter to her community to a digital environment. Learn how she is currently leveraging these digital versions and how she plans to continue to use these once students and families return to school buildings.

Students, families, and staff at Dayton Leadership Academies have always been #DaytonStrong. In this podcast, hear from principal Tess Mitchner-Asinjo on how her school is engaging families and students through social media, planning for summer school, and ensuring students have access to instruction throughout the pandemic. 

View some of their online engagement here.

In today's episode, our guest is Eric McGuire, Director of Personalization, Matchbook Learning at Wendell Phillips School 63.  

Matchbook Learning actively utilizes online instruction to engage students so when their doors closed due to Covid-19, they quickly pivoted to providing resources to keep online instruction happening. In this episode, hear how Eric McGuire works with his staff to ensure all students have access to internet at home, connects families to the school staff, and reimagines professional learning time so that staff can support each other. Learn more about their online experience here: 

https://matchbooklearningindy.org/

Our COVID-19 Resource & Community Support Podcast features education leaders from across the nation.  Our leaders work in schools and districts that are unique, yet face many similar challenges in leading during a global pandemic.  In these robust and candid conversations, you'll learn about each guest’s experiences, how they’re supporting academic and social-emotional learning, what’s keeping them up at night, and what is inspiring them to keep on working.

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We invite you to start here, with our very first episode!  You'll hear from Krysten Wendell, Director of School Leadership, and Erika Reese, Senior Director of Internal Learning, on why we started this series and what you'll learn along the way.

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