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Celebrating educators for Teacher Appreciation Week and last updated 2021-05-05 10:57:37-04 TULSA, Okla. â This week, the country recognizes another kind of front-line hero. The week of May 3 is Teacher Appreciation week. It has been a challenging year for teachers near and far and this week we honor the people working hard to sustain some kind of normalcy for our children. Schools across the country are in various stages of re-opening and some are still closed because of COVID-19. Regardless, teachers are still working harder than ever. Now, some businesses across the country are offering discounts to educators for everything from car rentals to Apple products. After a year of teaching during the pandemic, the end of the spring semester couldnât come soon enough. ....
Dec. 18, 2020 8:34 am ET Coronavirus vaccines rolled out across the nation this week for front-line health-care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. Teachers and school staff are vying for one of the first spots in line behind them. Some stakeholders, ranging from teachers to state representatives to governors, have pushed to give priority to educators for coronavirus vaccines as the pandemic destabilizes education for more than 50 million children and their families. School staff are a portion of the 87 million essential workers including grocers, farmworkers, taxi drivers, firefighters, meatpacking factory workers and aviation employees who may be next in line for the vaccine. Leaders across these industries have lobbied for prioritization. ....
Gov. Stitt moves teachers to higher vaccine priority group Teachers move to phase 2 of COVID vaccination plan and last updated 2020-12-17 18:47:33-05 TULSA, Okla. â Governor Kevin Stitt moved teachers up in the stateâs priority list to get the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday. Teachers were in phase three of the stateâs vaccine plan, placing them among their students and other essential businesses. Now, they are being moved up a priority group. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister said this is a tremendous move for teachers and students to help protect their health amid the pandemic. Teachers are the heart and soul of our school community, and we cannot have school without them. Allowing teachers to be among the top priority to get the COVID-19 vaccine is a tremendous move toward protecting the health of our hardworking teachers. I am grateful to Gov. Stitt for his decision to elevate K-12 teachers in the vaccine distribut ....
Tulsa Public School teacher fears return to classroom without COVID vaccine TPS teacher fears return without COVID vaccine and last updated 2020-12-10 10:21:39-05 TULSA, Okla. â Teachers and education staff across Green Country are not the priority for the coronavirus vaccine, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health s distribution plan. The working four-phase plan lists teachers and education staff in the third phase of distribution. According to the OSDH, Phase 1 includes nursing home residents and staff and front line workers. First responders, senior citizens, state and tribal government leaders, and residents in congregate locations - like homeless shelters and prisons and jails - will receive the vaccine next. ....