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Faith Morelli, paraprofessional, PS 204, Dyker Heights, Brooklyn

A paraprofessional at PS 204 in Brooklyn has become a jack of all trades in the face of staff shortages, working one-on-one with in-person students; helping those struggling with remote learning; doing temperature checks, screenings and lunch duty...

Xue Qing Liang, chemistry teacher, New Utrecht HS, Brooklyn

A chemistry teacher at New Utrecht HS in Brooklyn, who is simultaneously teaching in-person and remotely, says technology has presented one of the biggest problems.

Evan Losow, remote AP English teacher, Brooklyn Technical HS

When teaching remotely, there is so much educators can't control, says one AP English teacher at Brooklyn Tech HS. It's a challenge to engage students and to gauge their interest.

Painting the bigger picture

Janet Lombardi and her son, Zach, are both Staten Island teachers, who share their passion for activism through art with their elementary school students.

Learning on tap

For his work at Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School, where he has made water the core area of study this year in his environmental science classes, Jared Fox received a Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching Science...

Creating a culture of respect

Anthony Chin Kee Hee, a third-year high school English teacher at the Bronx Latin School, has learned how to become an effective educator by building relationships with his students.

Developing leaders

Wearing jeans, a T-shirt and sneakers — with her hair in a ponytail — math teacher Danielle Tutelian doesn’t look much older than her students at the Bronx HS of Business. That works to her advantage.

Giving it the max

When Johanna Pontillo makes her once-a-month trips to Atlantic City, she always “bets the max” on the casino poker machines.

Your art journey begins here

"Your art journey begins here.” That message from Amie Robinson to her students is posted on her classroom door. And for many of those students, that journey has taken their artwork from the classroom at PS 77, a District 75 school in Park Slope...

‘Signs’ of respect

When Rita Fattorusso invites one of her prekindergarten students to the front of the class to lead morning exercises, the other students pay strict attention. If they don’t, they’ll miss their classmate’s instructions: He uses American Sign Language...