Sarver, Tammie, interviewee Schäfer, Stefi, interviewee Musgrave, Nicole, 1987- interviewer sound recording-nonmusical spoken word Digital photographs-Color-2020-2030. Sound recordings. Personal narratives. Oral histories. Interviews. xxu 2024 monographic 2024-02-02. eng

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2 sound recordings (1:42:59, 7:34, WAV) : digital 39 photographs : digital, color, TIF 1 manuscript (PDF) : digital Stefi Schäfer is a co-teacher in the early childhood classroom at Blue Mountain School in Floyd, Virginia. She has worked at the school for 13 years. She earned an associate degree in early childhood development in 1999. Prior to her studies she did in-home care, and prior to that she came to the US from Germany as an au pair. Tammie Sarver has been the director of Blue Mountain School since December 2020. Tammie started at Blue Mountain School in the early childhood classroom, then she became an elementary school teacher. Later, she moved to upper elementary/middle school, which is where she was at the start of the pandemic. Tammie has worked in child care since graduating from college with a degree in English. In their interview, Stefi and Tammie discuss their professional trajectories in child care; how the school decided to close at the start of the pandemic; the school's collective decision-making process; safety protocols implemented when the school reopened; the implementation of outdoor classrooms and outdoor napping; how the school supported children's emotional wellbeing; the impact of the pandemic on children; changes the school has made to better support children and teachers; pandemic-related policies and innovations that are still in place. Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Recorded at the Blue Mountan School, Floyd, Virginia, February 2, 2024. It Takes a Village: Rural Central Appalachian Childcare Providers' COVID-19 Experiences: COVID-19 American History Project (AFC 2023/017), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. n-us-va Sarver, Tammie Interviews Schäfer, Stefi Interviews Child care services Virginia Child care workers Appalachian Region Interviews Child care services Appalachian Region COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 Educational aspects COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 Moral and ethical aspects Work environment COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 Psychological aspects COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 Social aspects COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 Influence Library of Congress American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2023017.afc2023017_013_sr01 (DLC) 2024655211 AFC 2023/017 2024655292 dacs DLC 241107 20250607131732.1 23916703 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng