Barriers to Bridges

“Strong in Faith” with LeAnn Southward

Episode Summary

In this episode we learn the story of how LeAnn Southward grew up in Corona with high expectations to succeed and a strong spiritual faith in God. She currently serves Corona Norco Unified School District as a Virtual High School History Teacher.

Episode Notes

Topics of discussion in this episode:

Growing up in a household with high expectations and a strong faith in God
Finishing college quickly and getting married at a young age
Tackling failure and challenges
Supporting her husband going back to school to be a pastor while being a teacher and having young children
Struggling with the mixed feelings of setting boundaries and balancing the expectations of being a public figure
Finding the positive in something that you are experiencing as negative
Finding your community of support
Having a miscarriage and leaning on her faith to get her through it
Introverts versus Extroverts
Feeling the calling to lead a campus in a transition to using technology
Transitioning to remote learning when schools shut down while supporting her campus
Teachers communicating with families
Changing expectations and being flexible while setting boundaries
Transitioning to being a virtual teacher
The strong emotions of transitioning to something you didn’t expect or possibly want
PIVOT !!!!
Virtual teachers and students : WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU and WE APPRECIATE YOU!

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