Are you an Educator, Parent, or Student Who Has been impacted by COVID-19?
It is time To Share Your Experience With the World!
Milestales is currently accepting submissions for consideration for inclusion in the following book.
Education in the Era of COVID-19:
How Educators, Parents, and Students Survived and Thrived During the Early stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Milestales Publishing and Training and Development
We blinked, and our entire way of life changed.
We could no longer run in and out of supermarkets. Instead, we were greeted with long lines and the mandate to wear masks and remain six feet apart from all other patrons.
Toilet paper, bleach, hand sanitizer, and disinfectant items stopped being regular household items. They became precious resources that could rarely be found.
But perhaps one of the biggest changes is that we had to abandon our daily routines of traveling to and from home, work, school, and other places. The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in 2020 caused states across the country to shut down daycare centers, schools, offices, houses of worship, dine-in restaurants, gyms, amusement parks, playgrounds, basketball courts, and other places of communal gathering to halt the spread of the deadly and highly infectious respiratory illness.
How did we manage this abrupt and immense shift? This book seeks to answer that question from the perspective of how education changed for pre-k through 12th-grade students who had to engage in virtual learning when schools were ordered to close.
This book gives voice to some of the educators, parents, and students who managed this transition while sometimes dealing with the heartbreaking loss of lives and loss of livelihoods because of COVID-19. In their own words, they tell us who they are, how they managed, what they learned, and why we can thrive through a pandemic.
This book is immensely relevant for political leaders, administrator, educators, parents, and students as we collectively figure out the future mix of classroom learning and distance learning in a world which is vulnerable to pandemics.
Acceptable Submissions (written submissions should be 1,500 words or fewer)
-Personal Essays
-Short Stories
-Poems
-Drawings and Photos
-Journal or Diary Entries
-Song Lyrics
-Inspirational Quotes
-Meditations or Prayers
All submissions of personal essays, short stories, poems, drawings, photos, journal entries, diary entries, song lyrics, inspirational quotes, meditations, or prayers are hereinafter known as the “Work”.
Questions that administrators, teachers, and other educators may consider as they create the Work.
1. Please describe your school. What grade levels are taught? How many students attend the school? What are your school’s special features?
2. What were the circumstances that led your school to initially close its doors? Did the school have a COVID-19 case? Did your school board or a government official order your school to close?
3. What was your reaction to the closure? How did it impact you emotionally? What were your thoughts and feelings surrounding it?
4. What was your process for creating a distance learning plan? How long was your planning process? How long did it take for your school to execute the plan?
5. What was your distance learning model? What technology did you leverage? (Zoom, Google Classroom, Google Hangout, Seesaw, and or Classtag) How often did teachers interact with students? How often did students interact with their teachers or each other? What was the daily and or weekly schedule?
6. What were the challenges of rolling out distance learning? (Zoom-bombing, distracted students, technical glitches, students without access to personal devices)
7. What are the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning as it is executed at your school?
8. How did the school community adjust? What were the reactions of parents, students, teachers, and administrators?
9. How was your school community impacted by COVID-19? Did any of your parents, students, or teachers fall ill? How did the community manage the illness itself?
10. How did you personally handle the crisis, emotionally and mentally?
11. What are the miracles or good experiences that you and your school community have had since the COVID-19 outbreak?
12. What are you grateful for?
13. What did this experience teach you about the field of education?
14. How did the school community demonstrate resilience and school spirit during the time? Were there any car parades or other activities?
15. How did your school honor typical school celebrations such as graduation, prom, Muffins with Mom, Donuts with Dad, etc?
16. What do you want future generations to know about what your school experienced during this time?
17. It is unclear whether schools nationwide will open in September. It is also unclear how such a reopening will look in terms of the degree of social-distancing and the requirement that students wear personal protective items. What is your hope for the 2020-2021 school year and beyond?
Questions for parents and caregivers to consider as they create the Work.
1. Please describe your household? How many members of the household are there? How many are adults? How many are children? What are the education levels of the people in the house?
2. What was your household’s experience with COVID-19? Did any members of the household or other people within your circle fall ill?
3. What was your reaction when you learned that your child or children’s school would close and learning would be accomplished virtually?
4. How did you balance managing your child or children’s distance learning programs with your work and other family obligations?
5. How did you handle the change to distance learning from a mental and emotional standpoint?
6. Did remote learning create any financial burdens such as the need to purchase a computer and more “school” supplies?
7. How did your child adjust to remote learning? How did it impact your child’s learning and emotional wellbeing?
8. What were the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning from the family perspective?
9. How did your family manage the crisis, in general? Were there any new habits or rituals that your family developed?
10. How did your family honor celebrations such as Passover, Easter, birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, etc., while social distancing?
11. What are the miracles or good experiences that you and your family have had since the COVID-19 outbreak?
12. What are you grateful for?
13. What lessons did you learn about yourself, your child, and your family through the crisis?
14. What do you want future generations of your family and your community to know about your family’s experience during this time?
15. It is unclear whether schools nationwide will open in September. It is also unclear how such a reopening will look in terms of the degree of social-distancing and the requirement that students wear personal protective items. What is your hope for the 2020-2021 school year and beyond?
Questions that parents may share with their children and that their children may consider when creating the Work.
1. Please describe yourself and your general feelings about school.
2. What was your reaction to the news that schools would close?
3. How did you adjust to remote learning?
4. In your view, what are the advantages and disadvantages of remote learning? What did you like about it? What did you not like about it?
5. How did you manage the emotional aspect of not being able to go to school to see friends and do extra-curricular activities?
6. What new habits or rituals did you develop to stay in contact with friends from school, if any?
7. How did you honor celebrations such as field day, graduation, and or prom?
8. If you are a senior in high school, how did the closure impact your college, trade school, or other post-high school ambitions?
9. What lessons did you learn about yourself through the crisis?
10. Do you believe that this experience has changed you as a student? If so, how?
11. What are the miracles or good experiences that you and your school community have had since the COVID-19 outbreak?
12. What are you grateful for?
13. What do you want future students to know about what life was like as a student during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
14. What are your hopes concerning your future educational experiences?
Education in the Era of COVID-19:
How Educators, Parents, and Students Survived and Thrived During the Early stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Milestales Publishing and Training and Development
We blinked, and our entire way of life changed.
We could no longer run in and out of supermarkets. Instead, we were greeted with long lines and the mandate to wear masks and remain six feet apart from all other patrons.
Toilet paper, bleach, hand sanitizer, and disinfectant items stopped being regular household items. They became precious resources that could rarely be found.
But perhaps one of the biggest changes is that we had to abandon our daily routines of traveling to and from home, work, school, and other places. The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in 2020 caused states across the country to shut down daycare centers, schools, offices, houses of worship, dine-in restaurants, gyms, amusement parks, playgrounds, basketball courts, and other places of communal gathering to halt the spread of the deadly and highly infectious respiratory illness.
How did we manage this abrupt and immense shift? This book seeks to answer that question from the perspective of how education changed for pre-k through 12th-grade students who had to engage in virtual learning when schools were ordered to close.
This book gives voice to some of the educators, parents, and students who managed this transition while sometimes dealing with the heartbreaking loss of lives and loss of livelihoods because of COVID-19. In their own words, they tell us who they are, how they managed, what they learned, and why we can thrive through a pandemic.
This book is immensely relevant for political leaders, administrator, educators, parents, and students as we collectively figure out the future mix of classroom learning and distance learning in a world which is vulnerable to pandemics.
Acceptable Submissions (written submissions should be 1,500 words or fewer)
-Personal Essays
-Short Stories
-Poems
-Drawings and Photos
-Journal or Diary Entries
-Song Lyrics
-Inspirational Quotes
-Meditations or Prayers
All submissions of personal essays, short stories, poems, drawings, photos, journal entries, diary entries, song lyrics, inspirational quotes, meditations, or prayers are hereinafter known as the “Work”.
Questions that administrators, teachers, and other educators may consider as they create the Work.
1. Please describe your school. What grade levels are taught? How many students attend the school? What are your school’s special features?
2. What were the circumstances that led your school to initially close its doors? Did the school have a COVID-19 case? Did your school board or a government official order your school to close?
3. What was your reaction to the closure? How did it impact you emotionally? What were your thoughts and feelings surrounding it?
4. What was your process for creating a distance learning plan? How long was your planning process? How long did it take for your school to execute the plan?
5. What was your distance learning model? What technology did you leverage? (Zoom, Google Classroom, Google Hangout, Seesaw, and or Classtag) How often did teachers interact with students? How often did students interact with their teachers or each other? What was the daily and or weekly schedule?
6. What were the challenges of rolling out distance learning? (Zoom-bombing, distracted students, technical glitches, students without access to personal devices)
7. What are the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning as it is executed at your school?
8. How did the school community adjust? What were the reactions of parents, students, teachers, and administrators?
9. How was your school community impacted by COVID-19? Did any of your parents, students, or teachers fall ill? How did the community manage the illness itself?
10. How did you personally handle the crisis, emotionally and mentally?
11. What are the miracles or good experiences that you and your school community have had since the COVID-19 outbreak?
12. What are you grateful for?
13. What did this experience teach you about the field of education?
14. How did the school community demonstrate resilience and school spirit during the time? Were there any car parades or other activities?
15. How did your school honor typical school celebrations such as graduation, prom, Muffins with Mom, Donuts with Dad, etc?
16. What do you want future generations to know about what your school experienced during this time?
17. It is unclear whether schools nationwide will open in September. It is also unclear how such a reopening will look in terms of the degree of social-distancing and the requirement that students wear personal protective items. What is your hope for the 2020-2021 school year and beyond?
Questions for parents and caregivers to consider as they create the Work.
1. Please describe your household? How many members of the household are there? How many are adults? How many are children? What are the education levels of the people in the house?
2. What was your household’s experience with COVID-19? Did any members of the household or other people within your circle fall ill?
3. What was your reaction when you learned that your child or children’s school would close and learning would be accomplished virtually?
4. How did you balance managing your child or children’s distance learning programs with your work and other family obligations?
5. How did you handle the change to distance learning from a mental and emotional standpoint?
6. Did remote learning create any financial burdens such as the need to purchase a computer and more “school” supplies?
7. How did your child adjust to remote learning? How did it impact your child’s learning and emotional wellbeing?
8. What were the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning from the family perspective?
9. How did your family manage the crisis, in general? Were there any new habits or rituals that your family developed?
10. How did your family honor celebrations such as Passover, Easter, birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, etc., while social distancing?
11. What are the miracles or good experiences that you and your family have had since the COVID-19 outbreak?
12. What are you grateful for?
13. What lessons did you learn about yourself, your child, and your family through the crisis?
14. What do you want future generations of your family and your community to know about your family’s experience during this time?
15. It is unclear whether schools nationwide will open in September. It is also unclear how such a reopening will look in terms of the degree of social-distancing and the requirement that students wear personal protective items. What is your hope for the 2020-2021 school year and beyond?
Questions that parents may share with their children and that their children may consider when creating the Work.
1. Please describe yourself and your general feelings about school.
2. What was your reaction to the news that schools would close?
3. How did you adjust to remote learning?
4. In your view, what are the advantages and disadvantages of remote learning? What did you like about it? What did you not like about it?
5. How did you manage the emotional aspect of not being able to go to school to see friends and do extra-curricular activities?
6. What new habits or rituals did you develop to stay in contact with friends from school, if any?
7. How did you honor celebrations such as field day, graduation, and or prom?
8. If you are a senior in high school, how did the closure impact your college, trade school, or other post-high school ambitions?
9. What lessons did you learn about yourself through the crisis?
10. Do you believe that this experience has changed you as a student? If so, how?
11. What are the miracles or good experiences that you and your school community have had since the COVID-19 outbreak?
12. What are you grateful for?
13. What do you want future students to know about what life was like as a student during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
14. What are your hopes concerning your future educational experiences?
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