‘A very isolating experience:’ First-year teachers seek support through unprecedented year

In this Chalkbeat Chicago article, Golden Apple Scholar Erica Parks gives her perspective on what it’s like to be a first-year teacher during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parks is a seventh-grade math teacher at Thomas J. Kellar Middle School in Posen-Robbins School District 143.5. She credits the support of fellow Golden Apple Scholars and her Golden Apple mentor for helping her during her first year of teaching.