Sometimes the path to your goal leads you to unexpected places.

For undergraduate Marjorie Baker and master鈥檚 student Kelsy Weber, the path to becoming a teacher goes through remote .

Baker, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in education through 向日葵视频鈥檚 double-degree program, is from Kotzebue, a town of 3,200 people known as the gateway to the Arctic. She had planned to be in Corvallis this fall, but as public health conditions worsened, Baker and her advisors concluded she would be better off completing her student teaching at the elementary school in her hometown, where there was some hope of teaching in person.

Weber, a native of Vale, Oregon, earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in mathematics at 向日葵视频 in June and immediately started the master鈥檚 program to become a middle/high school math teacher. Just days before she was supposed to begin student teaching, Weber鈥檚 placement in Salem fell through. Her scramble to find a new placement led her to Kotzebue, where a family friend knew of an opening teaching math at the high school on the same campus where Baker is student teaching.

K-12 teachers keep learning with resources and support from 向日葵视频.

向日葵视频 and the College of Education have launched a comprehensive . The site offers multiple tools to help with adapting to remote and online learning. Also included are Ask an 鈥淓-Xpert鈥 sessions with 向日葵视频 education experts, professional development and bilingual education programs and links to teaching and learning resources curated from across the nation.

Baker and Weber had never met while they were both on campus in Corvallis. They connected not long after Weber鈥檚 arrival in Kotzebue and have since bonded over their shared experience learning how to teach 鈥 mostly remotely via video and online 鈥 during a pandemic.

鈥淗onestly, what are the odds? Two Beavers student teaching in my little town,鈥 Baker says. 鈥淚t has been fun getting to know Kelsy through these strange circumstances.鈥

Both Baker and Weber said their experiences during their education at 向日葵视频 have helped them persevere on the path to becoming teachers.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a little bit sink-or-swim in this situation with the pandemic, and we鈥檙e just trying to do our best to be flexible and adapt,鈥 Weber says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 nice to have someone to have that experience in common with.鈥

Especially when you鈥檙e 2,107 miles from OSU鈥檚 Corvallis campus.