How a World Language Teacher Thrives With Virtual Instruction
Written: October 2020 Updated: April 2026 Thriving in a virtual classroom doesn’t happen by accident. It takes the right mindset, a willingness to grow, and the ability to adapt instruction to meet students where they are. For many online instructors, success with livestreamed instruction comes from strong connections, keeping students engaged, and creating meaningful learning […]
Despite Pandemic, Students in Online AP Chinese Classes Saw Success
Despite k-12 education being turned upside down as a pandemic closed the doors of many U.S. schools and lent learning into the hands of technology in the middle of the spring semester, College Board’s Advanced Placement exams didn’t falter. AP students wanting to earn college credit continued their studies from home to prepare for a […]
Math and Music Mix in this Teacher’s Online Classes
Drums, tambourines, congos, cabasas, and bongos often make a guest appearance in Dion Lucas’ classroom. Growing up under her mom’s dedication and passion for music and teaching, she said she hopes to continue passing down that love for learning to the next generation in her Proximity Learning online classes. “I’ve been playing drums for over […]
Online Classes Allow Teacher to Personalize Learning
“Hey, I’ve seen you do well,” virtual math teacher Cody Reid said to his student. “Don’t shut down on me yet. Alright? Don’t shut down on me yet. Don’t say I can’t. Alright? Because I know you can do it. I’ve seen it. I know you can do it. It’s going to suck. It’s going […]
Teacher Adjusts to Virtual Classroom Role During COVID-19 Closures
Suddenly left without classes in the midst of a pandemic two months before the school year ended, Dorvera Owens, a science teacher at Proximity Learning since 2016, immediately called for support. The school she taught at all year decided not to do live sessions after they closed their doors, so like many other teachers in […]
Students Thrive During Closures with Help from Virtual Teacher
As her students signed into class twice a week amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Cori Allan, a Spanish teacher at Proximity Learning, said she hoped her students would feel that her class time was a space in their day where they could feel safe and be logged on with a familiar face — her. “If anything […]
Virtual Teacher Goes Above and Beyond to Help Graduating Seniors
On a Thursday afternoon, Proximity Learning physics teacher Marcia Hammond found out her students at Duncanville High School would be learning virtually from home beginning the next Monday due to the spread of COVID-19. While she had been teaching online all school year, she was concerned her students wouldn’t get the learning experience they needed […]
How Virtual Teacher Creates an Engaging Virtual Classroom Environment
“Oh, I don’t know. I don’t think we should play a game again,” Casey Harris, a Proximity Learning 8th-grade science teacher, said to her students. Her teasing was met with strong resistance, a fun, welcome distraction from their new reality of living in quarantine from COVID-19. Although the school district Harris teaches in required teachers […]
Virtual Teacher Delivering Quality Education During Covid-19
As K-12 schools across the United States have closed or moved online in wake of COVID-19, Proximity Learning teacher Lizette De Luna faced little setback when returning to classes after spring break. While other classes at her schools paused to allow teachers to adjust to teaching virtually, De Luna had been instructing online via live […]
Teacher Persists to Make a Difference in Virtual Classroom
“Why do I teach?” Proximity Learning teacher Kris Wedington said. She took a moment to remember her first French class. Standing in front of the classroom adorned in a Pendleton suit and beautiful high heels, her French teacher became the epitome of who Wedington wanted to become when she grew up. “She was impeccably dressed […]
