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Perspective | Tar Heel Teachers at Home: UNC-TV, DPI at-home learning during COVID-19

Tar Heel Teachers at Home is a weekly videocast focused on engaging North Carolinians in conversations about education. Each week, a panel of educators interview a guest(s).

In this videocast, the Tar Heel Teachers discuss the UNC-TV and Department of Public Instruction (DPI) at-home learning partnership designed to provide families with another learning avenue during COVID-19.

Joining the conversation are Dr. Angie Mullennix (Director of Innovation & Strategy/Interim Director of K-12 Standards, Curriculum, & Instruction at NCDPI), Dr. Lori Carlin (Section Chief for Social Studies & Arts Education at NCDPI), Mariah Morris (2019 Burroughs Wellcome Fund NC Teacher of the Year), and Joy Potts (Director of Children’s Media & Education Services at UNC-TV).

This week’s panel:

  • Moderator: Marlow M. Artis, Creator, Chief Content Purveyor, & Executive Producer of Tar Heel Teachers. Twitter: @TarHeelTeachers
  • Elementary School Panelist: Ashlee Garrison Russell, Original Co-Host of Tar Heel Teachers & iTEACH: The Tar Heel Teachers Radio Show (2014-2016). 
  • Middle School Panelist: Cassandra Parsons, Special Education Teacher with Cumberland County Schools. Twitter: @cparsonec
  • High School Panelist: Mika Twietmeyer, Biology Teacher with Durham Public Schools. Twitter: @MikaJHunter
  • Support Personnel Panelist: Aritia Smalls, AIG Program Specialist with Cumberland County Schools. Twitter: @SmallsAritia
  • Guest(s)
    • Dr. Angie Mullennix, Director of Innovation & Strategy/Interim Director of K-12 Standards, Curriculum, & Instruction at NCDPI. Twitter: @DocAngMullennix
    • Dr. Lori Carlin, Section Chief for Social Studies & Arts Education at NCDPI. Twitter: @DrLMCarlin
    • Mariah Morris, 2019 Burroughs Wellcome Fund NC Teacher of the Year. Twitter: @Morristeach1
    • Joy Potts, Director of Children’s Media & Education Services at UNC-TV. Twitter: @joy_potts
Marlow Artis

Marlow Artis is the Creator and Chief Content Purveyor for Tar Heel Teachers, which encompasses a website, an educational panel talk show, a videocast: Tar Heel Teachers at Home, and an educational travel series: Tar Heel Teachers on the Road. In addition to moderating and executive producing these media platforms, he happily served for five years as a sixth grade English/Language Arts teacher.