# How I Built Resilience: Elisa Villanueva Beard of Teach For America

- Show: [How I Built This](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this)
- Published: 2021-01-21
- Length: 21m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-01-21-how-i-built-resilience-elisa-villanueva-beard-of-teach-for-america

## Summary

Elisa Villanueva Beard, CEO of Teach For America, discusses how the nonprofit navigated the pandemic by pivoting teacher training to virtual formats in nine weeks and addressing the digital divide affecting 15-16 million children. She highlights the organization's success in recruiting a core that is over 50% people of color and details the rigorous virtual recruitment and trauma-informed training processes. Beard also reflects on the long-term impact of educational inequities and offers advice for parents managing virtual learning.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-01-21-how-i-built-resilience-elisa-villanueva-beard-of-teach-for-america#t=0) Introduction: Elisa Villanueva Beard and Teach For America
- [1:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-01-21-how-i-built-resilience-elisa-villanueva-beard-of-teach-for-america#t=72) Beard's Personal Journey and Entry into Education
- [4:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-01-21-how-i-built-resilience-elisa-villanueva-beard-of-teach-for-america#t=254) Pandemic Response: Virtual Training and the Digital Divide
- [8:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-01-21-how-i-built-resilience-elisa-villanueva-beard-of-teach-for-america#t=517) Creative Teaching Strategies and Student Engagement
- [10:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-01-21-how-i-built-resilience-elisa-villanueva-beard-of-teach-for-america#t=643) Recruiting Diverse Teachers and Addressing Criticism
- [14:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-01-21-how-i-built-resilience-elisa-villanueva-beard-of-teach-for-america#t=859) Recruitment Challenges and the Application Process
- [18:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-01-21-how-i-built-resilience-elisa-villanueva-beard-of-teach-for-america#t=1117) The Future of Teaching and Advice for Parents

## Topics

- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- Teach For America (company)
- Wendy Copp (other)
- U.S. Bank (company)
- DePauw University (other)
- Con Academy (other)

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