{"id":1848,"date":"2020-04-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2020-04-07T11:06:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T17:06:22","slug":"ssc-professor-helps-students-succeed-during-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-professor-helps-students-succeed-during-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Professor Helps Students Succeed During Quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Seminole State College shifted to online methods of instruction to ensure student and employee safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Emily Carpenter committed to helping her students make the transition.<\/p>\n\n\n

She spends mornings working from her home in Shawnee answering emails, making phone calls and using Zoom video conferencing software to meet with classes and students individually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SSC Assistant Professor of Mathematics Emily Carpenter continues to teach from home during the COVID-19 quarantine.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI keep telling my students that they need to do what they need to do to be successful. When they have issues or concerns, I try to put myself in their place. I encourage them to make a workspace and to establish a routine,\u201d Carpenter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carpenter\u2019s routine involves getting her two children, Cayden, 12, and Quinn, 10, started on chores or schoolwork, and then assisting her SSC students any way she can. Her husband, Colby, is the part-owner of the Tecumseh Veterinary Clinic, where he specializes in tending to large animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She still meets with her face-to-face classes through Zoom during designated class times, records the sessions and then posts them to the online portal for the class for any student who was unable to view the session live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an effort to help students with children at home or students with changes in their work schedule due to the pandemic, Carpenter gives her students a larger window of time to submit assignments and take tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany of my students were nervous about these changes. And I love seeing those students surprise themselves with their own tenacity and ability to learn and overcome these challenges,\u201d Carpenter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To bolster student engagement, Carpenter has been quick to share her own quarantine experiences with her students. She sends photos of family activities and asks her students to submit the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI asked them to tell me about a blessing they\u2019ve discovered during this time, to tell me about a challenge they\u2019re facing. It\u2019s important to stress that we\u2019re all in this together,\u201d Carpenter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carpenter has also been quick to assist other instructors at the College, many of whom are teaching online for the first time in their careers. She hopes that instructors can work together during the quarantine to further refine the College\u2019s online course offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ll be able to further define online learning at SSC, to improve the experience for students who want to learn remotely in the future,\u201d Carpenter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carpenter received both her bachelor\u2019s degree in Elementary Education and her master\u2019s degree in Teaching, Learning and Leadership with an option in Special Education from Oklahoma State University. She is a National Board-certified teacher with 13 years of K-12 teaching experience. She has worked at SSC full-time for four years and served the College as an adjunct for one year prior to that. Through her many years in education, she has seen the benefits to students when they overcome unexpected obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor our students, I think they\u2019ll discover this is a personal development. When they persevere through this, there is only going to be personal growth and maturity,\u201d Carpenter said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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