Stories of COVID-19: Teachers
b"Few professions outside of medicine and research have played as pivotal of a role in the events of the past year as teachers have. In today\\u2019s episode, we\\u2019ll hear two stories \\u2014 one from a Chicago Public Schools teacher and another from a New York Public Schools teacher \\u2014 about how the challenges and triumphs they\\u2019ve experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.\\nPart 1: Jenny DeLessio-Parson has always prided herself on being a super teacher \\u2014 until the challenges of remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic begin to add up.\\nPart 2: As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, Amanda Geduld begins to feel that she and her fellow teachers aren\\u2019t receiving the support and respect they need to do their jobs.\\nJenny DeLessio-Parson was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After studying Public Policy in college, she worked in various roles serving Chicago students and families before returning to school to become a teacher. Jenny has been an educator with Chicago Public Schools for 8 years and currently serves as a middle school Social Studies teacher and staff delegate to the Chicago Teachers Union. She was introduced to storytelling through Lily Be, which later led her to become co-host of The Stoop, a Chicago-based storytelling show. \\nAmanda Geduld received her B.A. from Dartmouth College in English Literature and Women's and Gender Studies. She went on to study English education at Boston University where she received her M.Ed. Now serving as an 11th and 12th grade ELA teacher in the Bronx, she is deeply passionate about approaching education reform through a social justice lens. Her writing has been featured in The Washington Post and CNN. \\nAs always, find photos and transcripts at storycollider.org\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"