Lessons From the Past, Present, and Future: The Evolving K–12 Responses to the COVID Crisis

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

As citizen-scholars, we accept greater responsibility for social problems that plague our world and acknowledge our work is grounded in space, place, and time. These past, present, and futures of education touch our work as we present our findings on the K-12 educational responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenters from various educational spaces and geographic locations will present on community-based administrative responses, the realities of English learner families, the experiences of students, families, and school leaders related to student attendance and absenteeism, and the teacher perceptions of the shift to online/virtual delivery. These presenters should engage multiple stakeholders in considering how to more effectively respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, thereby supporting educational possibilities for all.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 1: Education and Place, Space, Time

Chair

• Linsay DeMartino, Illinois State University

Papers

• Building and Maintaining School as Community in Pandemic Times - Linsay DeMartino, Illinois State University; S. Gavin Weiser, Illinois State University

• Realities of English Learners During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study Using Multiple-Case Studies - Christina Marie Trujillo, Rio Rancho Public Schools

• The Challenge of Student Attendance and Absenteeism During COVID-19: Narrative Perspectives From an Urban High School Setting - Jennifer Antoni, Temple University

• The Effects of COVID-19 on Teachers and Their Classrooms - Brianne Kramer, Southern Utah University; Denisha Jones, Sarah Lawrence College

• Communication in a Crisis: How Administrators and Teachers Communicated With Families and Students - Suzanne L. Porath, Kansas State University; Cynthia Emery; Lucas Shivers