14: What Will Our Education System Look Like Beyond COVID?

As with most things these days we are all wondering what our world will look like post COVID. How will things change? How will they remain the same? One of the institutions that has had to make the biggest shift in how they do things is our education system. Not only have the administrators and teachers made huge shifts, but families are having to shift as well. So what does this mean moving forward? We get some fantastic insights from Jen Chaffman, a local educator and podcast host in this episode. She offers some great wisdom from her perspective in the classroom and her experience in the educational system. Show Notes Jen Chaffman is a multimedia production/journalism teacher at Community School of Davidson, where she has worked for the past 17 years. In addition to teaching, Jen co-hosts the Teachable Moments podcast, available as "My Teachable Moments" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Play. She enjoys spending time with her husband, dog and two adult sons. Jen's quarantine time has been spent with music, reading, writing, cooking and walking. The book Jen references, "The Great Influenza" can be found HERE on Amazon. You can find Jen's podcast, "My Teachable Moments" on most podcast platforms.