INNOVATIVE EDUCATOR FOR YOU THIS MORNING. THIS TEACHER
CONTINUES TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE FOR HER
STUDENTS... FROM HOME.
AS TAMI TREMBLAY
FOUND OUT... IT'S
HELPING THE CLASS COPE
WITH BEING OUT OF
SCHOOL, UNEXPECTEDLY.
STINGER BURNED IN:
GAVIN LEE, 6TH GRADER
AMY GRIFFIN, LIBERTY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TEACHER
HEATHER LEE, PARENT OF
STUDENT
THESE ARE PICTURES OF
MS. AMY GRIFFIN'S
CLASS...
AT LIBERTY ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN BOISE.
SHE LOVES HER 6TH
GRADERS...
AND THEY LOVE HER.
WE TALKED WITH ONE OF
HER STUDENTS...
GAVIN LEE... OVER
FACETIME...
"I WISH I COULD BE IN
CLASS WITH HER RIGHT
NOW."
BUT, OF COURSE, NO ONE
IS IN SCHOOL.
IDAHO IS UNDER A STAY
AT HOME ORDER.
SO MS. GRIFFIN DECIDED...
SHE HAD TO DO
SOMETHING...
TO KEEP THE CLASS
TOGETHER.
"AND I THINK IT CAME
FROM THE ABRUPTNESS
OF THE DECISION WHERE
WE SAID GOODBYE TO
EACH OTHER ON FRIDAY
FULLY EXPECTING TO SEE
EACH OTHER ON MONDAY
AND
AND THAT
AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND THAT COUPLED WITH WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
HOW LONG THIS WOULD
GO."
SO SHE TOLD US OVER
ZOOM...
THAT SHE CONNECTED
WITH HER STUDENTS ON
GOOGLE CLASSROOM
JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY
KNEW SHE WAS THINKING
ABOUT THEM.
MS. GRIFFIN ALSO GAVE
THEM SOME
ENRICHEMENT ACTIVITIES
TO KEEP THEM
ENTERTAINED.
BUT SHE SAYS... IT WASN'T
ENOUGH.
"I DID WANT TO HEAR
THEIR VOICES SO I
LOGGED INTO OUR
COMPUTER SYSTEM AT
SCHOOL
SCHOOL AND FOUND THEIR PHONE NUMBERS AND STARTED CALLING
THEM ALL."
SHE TOLD THEM ABOUT
STARTING A ZOOM GROUP
CHAT...
"A LOT OF THEM I DID
SENSE A RELIEF IN THEIR
VOICE AND THEY OFFERED
ME A LOT OF RELIEF
HEARING THEIR VOICE,
HONESTLY. AND
SOMETHING ABOUT
ASSUMING SOMEONE IS
OK AND SEEING THEIR
FACE
FACE AND
FACE AND HEARING THEIR VOICE..." IT OFFERS THAT
REASSURANCE THAT ISN'T
THERE THROUGH A TEXT
MESSAGE OR EMAIL...
"AND SO YOU GUYS ARE
JUST CHECKING IN ON
EACHOTHER... WHAT ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT
DURING THAT CALL? WELL
OUR ART MOM WAS ON
ONE OF THE FIRST CALLS
AND WHEN SHE REALIZED
WE WERE GOING TO MEET
A SECOND TIME SHE GAVE
US ALL A CHALLENGE AND
SAID I WANT YOU ALL TO
GO OUTSIDE AND FIND
SIGNS OF SPRING AND DO
A SKETCH AND WHEN WE
COME BACK TOGETHER I
WANT YOU GUYS TO
SHARE YOUR SKETCH."
"SO I WAS SUPER EXCITED
WHEN SHE FIGURED THAT
OUT AND TRIED TO HELP
US ALL SEE EACH OTHER.
THAT WAS REALLY COOL."
MS. GRIFFIN HAS ALSO
BEEN GETTING INSIGHT
FROM
FROM GAVIN AND THE REST OF THE CLASS... WHEN IT COMES TO
ONLINE LEARNING.
"WHEN THE BOISE
SCHOOL DISTRICT SENT
OUT THE MESSAGE THAT
WE WOULD BE GOING TO
ONLINE SERVICES AND
THERE WAS SOME
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT
WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK
LIKE OUR TOPIC FOR THAT
ZOOM MEETING WAS
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
ONLINE LEARNING, WHAT
ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT?
WHAT DO YOU HAVCONCERNS ABOUT?
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ABOUT MS. GRIFFIN.GAVIN'S MOM...
SAYS MSHELPING FAMILIES LNOW...
AND IS DOING IT WHOLE LOT OF UPG
"IT KINDA GIVES HIM
SOMETHING TO LOOK
FORWARUP THE MONOTENY OF
STAYINI MEAN, YOU KNOW WE
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ALWAYSTHLINING IN EVERY
SITUAMS. AMY GRIFFIN...
"DO YOU MISS HER?
YEAH, ITHIS WEEK'S INNOVATIVE
THE BOISE SCHOOL