Two T‘s in a Pod CEA

Hosts CEA President Kate Dias and Vice President Joslyn DeLancey talk with CEA's Executive Director Don Williams about some of the challenges Connecticut teachers are facing from pandemic stress to attacks on the profession.

CEA President Kate Dias and Vice President Joslyn DeLancey talk with Greenwich Education Association President Lillian Perone about the attacks teachers in her district have faced and what educators and their supporters can do to change the conversation. 

As we head into the holidays with COVID cases rising, CEA President Kate Dias and Vice President Joslyn DeLancey talk with CREC Education Association President Lisa Cordova about the stress teachers are facing and what can be done to alleviate it. 

On this episode of Two T's in a Pod, CEA President Kate Dias and Vice President Joslyn DeLancey talk with NEA-Danbury President Erin Daly about what it means for children when their schools are substantially underfunded. Danbury spends the least per pupil of all districts in Connecticut, and that has big consequences for teaching and learning. 

When it comes to schools, size matters. In this episode CEA President Kate Dias and Vice President Joslyn DeLancey discuss with speech-language pathologist and Darien Education Association Vice President Kate Curcio how high case loads make her and other professionals in our schools unable to provide necessary support to the children they serve. 

Sheena Graham, Connecticut's 2019 Teacher of the Year, had always found joy in teaching and, prior to the pandemic, planned to teach for another five to ten years. Instead she retired early this January--one of many teachers being forced out due to burnout, stress, and a lack of respect for teachers. In this episode of Two T's in a Pod, CEA President Kate Dias and Vice President Joslyn DeLancey talk to Graham about what more can be done to support and sustain teachers so they can choose to stay in the classroom.