New Directors Focus on Educational Equity
The Proximity Learning team is expanding! We are thrilled to welcome new employees and new departments to our growing company. As we evolve, we have recognized new needs that can be fulfilled by experts like Daryl Chesley, Kip Pygman and Dr. Evette Riley-Allison. Learn more about our new leaders! Daryl Chesley, Director of Innovation Proximity […]
What is the Enriched Live Instruction Model?
Enriched Live Instruction Model (ELIM) The pandemic has transformed teaching methods and exacerbated the learning gap. Anxieties arose alongside uncertainty of the effectiveness of traditional versus virtual methods of teaching. When forced to turn to online spaces, asynchronous and synchronous learning became the norm. How can teachers ensure students are learning, understanding, and applying lessons […]
Equipping Staff for Authentic and Meaningful Engagement with Students
In November Proximity Learning led a webinar, Dr. April Willis was joined by virtual certified teachers Regina Salinas and Crystal Demsky Hudak to discuss best practices in student engagement. Senora Salinas has been teaching Spanish for 25 years. Ms. Demsky Hudak (Ms. D) has been teaching English Language Arts (ELA) and Social Studies for 11 […]
September and October Featured Virtual Teachers are Energized by their Students
Proximity Learning live online instruction offers a unique opportunity to teach virtually while seeing and interacting with students live every day. Teachers can see and interact with their students as they livestream their lessons into the classroom. They correspond with students over video and through the chatbox, during all class activities. The students’ enthusiasm for […]
Elementary Teacher Switches to Virtual Education to Pursue Her Dreams
Karen Wirt loves working in education. She worked in Tennessee schools for 23 years before making the switch to live online teaching with Proximity Learning. She taught Kindergarten through 4th grade and worked as a Professional Development and School Compliance (PDSC) Coach in brick and mortar schools. Both positions gave her the perspective she needed […]
COVID-19 Impact on Teacher Shortages
How is COVID-19 causing teacher vacancies? COVID-19 has caused many educators to reevaluate their positions. Teachers have decided to retire early or change careers to keep themselves and their families out of harm’s way. Teachers are frontline workers who interact with students, parents, administrators, and fellow faculty every day. While a general sense of appreciation […]
Long-term, Non-Certified Teacher Impact
Uncertified teachers are impairing student learning in the long term As the teacher shortage has continued to grow over the last decade, state legislatures have passed new rules “temporarily” allowing uncertified individuals to teach classes in public schools to solve the issue. However, there is no end in sight for these emergency measures. Uncertified teachers […]
Critical Race Theory and Equity: How do they Coincide?
The term “Critical Race Theory” is a hot topic in the education world due to new state legislators who deem such rhetorical and historical perspectives as “divisive” in the structure of race relations in America. But if students do not have a thorough understanding of how history has strategically disadvantaged certain populations, how can future […]
Catching Students Up with Summer School
About a year later from when the COVID-19 pandemic began in the United States, students and teachers both are still struggling with the effects of the virus. School districts across the nation are planning for the 2021-22 school year and having to address and find solutions for their losses in equitable education. Congress’s latest COVID-19 […]
Allocating Relief Funding for Greater Equity in Schools
The latest stimulus package proposal advocates for up to $170 billion to be put into America’s education system – significantly more than the previous two relief packages ($30.7b and $82b) combined. Across all 50 states, $54.3 billion will be distributed to K-12 schools as part of the package, largely through Title I funding. COVID-19 disrupted […]
