Teaching through a Pandemic: Possibilities for Student Engagement Created by University-School-Community Partnership

In this article, the authors examine their collaboration on a joint ELA-art-mindfulness project before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The following chronicles the impact of the pandemic on the project and on student engagement, key takeaways from teaching and collaborating during a virtual school year, and the implementation of said takeaways as school returned to in-person instruction. The authors also reflect on their university-school-community partnership and plans for future collaboration.