In the Aftermath of Uvalde, Teachers Share Their Reflections

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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As teachers process the horror of the Uvalde shootings, they’re also managing concerns about safety in their own workplaces and supporting and protecting students worried about gun violence. And that’s all on top of two years working under the stresses of the pandemic. We’ll talk to teachers across California about how they’re coping in the wake of Uvalde — inside the classroom and out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.8	From KQED in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Rob Elementary School teacher Irma Garcia was laid to rest yesterday. She and her co-teacher Eva Morellis were killed last week in Uvaldi, Texas when a gunman entered their fourth grade classroom and killed 19 children.
1:17.6	Garcia and Morellis are a member for their fierce love for their students.
1:21.6	And as we remember them, we think about how teachers here are processing the shooting, helping their students understand it,
1:27.7	how they're conducting active shooter drills, and thinking about how their profession has changed.
1:32.6	We talk with California teachers after this news.
1:50.5	I'm Mina Kim. Welcome to Forum. Today, we've gathered teachers from around California to tell us how they're doing after the shootings in Uvaldi, how they're talking with their students
1:55.1	and colleagues about it, how they're feeling about lockdowns and other measures that have become
1:59.7	part of teaching because of the reality of school shootings. We've asked them to tell us how they're feeling about lockdowns and other measures that have become part of teaching because of the reality of school shootings.
2:03.3	We've asked them to tell us how they're feeling about the teaching profession.
2:07.0	If you're a teacher and would like to share your experiences, we'd love to hear from you.
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