When local, community, or global events impact our classrooms, it can be challenging to maintain focus on teaching and learning. Teaching may feel mundane or even irrelevant in the face of tumultuous events. Sometimes a student's identity or a faculty's identity may make them especially vulnerable to the impact of natural disaster, violence, or tragedy. Faculty should recognize their own limitations in assisting students and prompt students to reach out to trained professionals for mental health or resource-based support. Faculty can, on the other hand, recognize tumultuous events with their classes, extend flexibility to students and yourself, and locate resources to support your learners.

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