Connecting Teachers with Resources During the COVID Crisis

Teachers have been at the center of the COVID-19 epidemic since it began.

Perspectives shifted from praising the work they do to forming the conversation around reopening around them. As students moved from in-person to online learning, teachers offered a sense of stability in a world that was constantly changing. City Forward Collective which helped initiate the COVID-19 School Support Fund to finance the National Summer School Initiative (NSSI) here in Milwaukee. The NSSI seeks to connect teachers with resources and mentorship while providing curriculum and professional development.

When schools moved to online learning, Carmen teachers and administration Carmen Schools of Science and Technology, a Milwaukee charter school, worked hard to minimize the COVID Slide. Chief Executive of Carmen schools Jennifer Lopez sees her commitment to her students as a moral issue. Joining the NSSI this summer, Carmen became a part of the collection of 800 students and educators across the Milwaukee era school to benefit from the program.

“We didn’t skip a beat in terms of supporting our students, because I do feel a moral imperative to ensure that our students continue to learn,” says Lopez.

Lisa Garlie, the mother of a Carmen Middle School student Cam’ron Adams, recognized the commitment the school’s administrators and teachers have put in to make her son’s experience positive. “I think they learned with those trials and tribulations during the spring,” says Garlie… “It’s getting better and better and better,” she adds regarding to Cam’ron’s experience with summer school.Rea

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