Malissa Ocean and Marilyn Ware present: Let’s Make Virtual Go Viral!
Educating students virtually has become part of our new normal in the educational setting. There is a challenge to create virtually engaging classroom communities. This session will provide innovative strategies to incorporate into virtual classrooms that will build and sustain an engaging classroom community. Create a virtual classroom community where teachers and students build and maintain a relationship, in which students are fully engaged during the school day, students are in attendance consistently, and students are showing academic progress.
Malissa is a 19-year veteran educator in the Cobb County School District which is the 2nd largest school district in Georgia. She has a passion for building positive relationships with students. While in the classroom she created engaging lessons that not only improved student performance, but attendance and behavior as well. Her focus as an academic coach is to support teachers. She works with teachers to help build relationships with students which leads to an increase in student engagement and student success. Her commitment to building relationships has helped create a positive school climate for parents, teachers, and students.
Marilyn is a Georgia certified teacher. She holds a Bachelors’ degree in Psychology and Human Services along with a Masters’ in Pre-K-8th grade Education. She is E.S.O.L. Endorsed. Her teaching tenure spans 10 plus years over Pre-K through 8th grade for a total of 14 years in the Cobb County School District. Her experiences include teaching GED classes with a local community agency and managing my own community tutoring program. She has taught 5th Grade virtually for the 2020-2021 school year. Her education endeavors also include coordinating several Summer School programs. She is involved in a variety of community activities including teaching Reading, Writing, and Math to underprivileged students. In addition to helping underprivileged children, she also teaches Sunday School and other religious enrichment programs. Her motto is “Teaching Must Be A Passion and Not A Pay Check”
