How did pandemic-era remote learning affect student-teacher relationships, well-being, and confidence?  Hear from expert researcher Megan Griffard how school climate is an essential factor that facilitates teaching and learning. We'll compare and contrast learning climates in fully remote and hybrid schools. Leveraging the experiences and expertise of school counselors, psychologists, and social workers, we’ll explore how a school's physical environment should be a key consideration for educators and policymakers as they plan for future disruptions.

Admission is free and CEUs are available for those attending the live event. A recording of the event will be available online.

Speaker

Megan Griffard, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Megan Rauch Griffard, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the educational policy and leadership program. She earned her Ph.D. in education, focusing on policy, leadership, and school improvement from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to a master’s in education from UNLV, Griffard holds a B.A. from Boston College and an M.S. from Northwestern University. Griffard is also a former Clark County School District teacher, having taught at Mojave High School in North Las Vegas.

Her research focuses on the role of school leaders in personnel working conditions, retention, and turnover. She is also interested in school disruptions, such as natural disasters and pandemics, and the influence of state government on K-12 schooling. Griffard's work has been published in textbooks and journals by the American Educational Research Association and Oxford University, as well as in periodicals like Children and Youth Services Review and The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.