Like many educators – and like many families – Ms. Burkemper was deeply familiar with the traditional approach to education, in traditional classrooms in traditional brick-and-mortar buildings. She had some reservations, for herself and for the children she would be teaching.
She recalls a conversation with Missouri Connections Academy school leader Lynsie Hunt in which they discussed these concerns. To her credit, Ms. Hunt made a compelling case about the advantages of online school. And, Ms. Burkemper reports, “Lynsie was right.”
As a teacher, she has found there are all kinds of ways she can make learning fun in an online environment. She is constantly finding different ways to engage the students. Ms. Burkemper also now understands how beneficial Connections Academy’s flexible learning model can be for children. “Not everyone is an 8:00-3:00 kind of worker student,” she says.