We're Momming Today! w/Lauren Simonetti · FOX News Podcasts

Teacher of the Year Shares Her Award-Winning Teaching Style

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Angela Girol taught 76 students remotely across three schools while raising three kids.

1. We're Momming Today! w/Lauren Simonetti centers this conversation on Angela Girol, a Teacher of the Year winner and elementary school teacher. 2. Angela Girol is a second-grade teacher in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, a mother of three, and someone who also serves on a school board. 3. The episode asks how a teacher and parent handled remote teaching, classroom disruption, and school-decision pressure during the pandemic. 4. Angela says she taught 76 students full time across three different schools while working from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Zoom. 5. She says she woke up at 5 a.m. to run outside and clear her mind before teaching remotely. 6. Angela describes teaching not only students but also parents, grandparents, and caregivers who needed help with Zoom and one-to-one iPad use. 7. She says she did not return to a normal classroom until September and had to relearn routines she had not used in 18 months. 8. Angela says colleagues helped her remember schedules, classroom routines, and changes that happened while she was teaching remotely. 9. She says this school year is more challenging because students are masked, take mask breaks, and miss instruction when they quarantine or get sick. 10. Angela says parents are trying to catch children up at home while teachers keep students on task for eight-hour school days. 11. She says the biggest gap she sees is social and emotional development, not only academic progress. 12. Angela gives specific examples from second grade: cutting, coloring, holding a pencil, gluing, sharing materials, phonics, and basic math. 13. She says children now need reteaching on playground behavior and how to be friends with one another at their tables. 14. Lauren Simonetti reacts to Angela's pencil-grip example by calling it "teacher magic" after her daughter changed the way she holds a pencil in kindergarten. 15. Angela says the award for Educator of the Year surprised her because she sees "so many tremendous, wonderful, amazing teachers" around her. 16. She says vaccination for 5- to 11-year-olds is a personal decision and that parents are split between support, caution, and refusal. 17. Angela says South Park School District has had some heated meetings, but she has not seen the screaming and shutdowns that appear in some TV footage. 18. The conversation has an interview style with practical back-and-forth, personal examples, and repeated references to masks, school routines, and family life. 19. Listeners who follow education, parenting, and school policy will get the most from it. 20. Listeners looking for light celebrity chat or entertainment gossip can skip it.

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