Last week, CVEU member Nicole Piper led one of CTA’s most popular webinars, which is available to view here . The session focuses on how to create an engaging and impactful live virtual lesson, so you can maintain that crucial personal connection with your students during this unique time.

We talked to Piper about being a virtual educator and why she offered to share her knowledge with fellow members. Here’s what she had to say. 

Every day we’re adding to our clearinghouse of resources on COVID-19. We’ve got best practices for distance teaching and learning, useful links for members and retired members, social justice implications and other information. The latest additions include

• helpful FAQs
• guidance on Special Education
• social media tips during COVID-19, and more

Tell us how you’re doing! Join the Facebook group CTA Teaching, Learning and Life During COVID-19 to connect with colleagues and share tips and experiences.

The group is 11,500+ strong and growing. Want a peek inside? Here are a few anecdotes from the group on how teachers and ESPs from around the state are coping, personally and professionally. 

Read CTA President E. Toby Boyd’s full quote, along with quotes from other leaders and data points on COVID-19’s impact on Californians and people in the rest of the country.

Hello Everyone,

Below find our link to the Distance Learning Resources page. This page is aimed at supporting parents and will be posted on our websites. Please feel free to distribute this link to parents who may need it.

There is also a link to our Teacher Resource page. That page has been built by our own colleagues who have offered their own time and talent to help design the page and add content links that we believe will be most useful to our teachers without being overwhelming. Please do not feel that you have to start using all the resources included on the site–it is meant as options and support only.

The website build team is accepting kind and constructive feedback and offers of resources directly to me ahyland@vacavilleusd.org . Please use the subject line “Teacher Resources Page – Add/Modify” so that your message does not get lost in my inbox.

VUSD Distance Learning Resources

Thank you for all the hours you are working for all of our students.

Please continue to reach out to Dawn, Aaron, and I with questions and we will continue to do everything we can to connect you with the Ed Tech resources you need.

Thank you, Andrew Hyland