Remote education has moved teaching and learning from the historic classroom to the contemporary instructional studio. Concurrent teaching to in-school and at-home learners is a game changer. Continue reading
What Did We Learn? Lesson #6: Teachers And Classrooms Have Come A Long Way, Baby!
What Did We Learn? Lesson #5 – Teaching Today Requires A Rethought Teacher Prep
Changes in how we prepare teachers were growing pre-pandemic and have become more demanding within the pandemic. We can do this. Continue reading
What Did We Learn? Lesson #4 – The Value, Cost and Worth of an Education
The pandemic causes us to consider the value, cost and worth of an education. The answer to each is different and and all three are informative to what we are willing to do to teach and learn. Continue reading
What Have We Learned: Lesson #3 – School Is More Than School
The word school implies place yet is all-encompassing of the programs, services, and valued connections that children, parents, adults and community derive from school. When the schoolhouse closes, we appreciate the real meaning of school. Continue reading
So, What Have We Learned? Lesson #2 – Adapt Or …
Adaptation in an old skill set now made a requirement in the pandemic. Teaching and learning are being pounded on the daily forge of change. Education depends upon our individual and collective capacity to adapt. Continue reading
What Have We Learned? Lesson #1 – The World Does Not Stop For A Crisis
At the midpoint of the 2020-21 school, what have we learned in the first half to improve the second half? What should our children expect in their second semester? Continue reading
Normal Never Was
Educators are normalizers. The deep-rooted diseases of the era, not just COVID, raise perceptions of normal that may not be real. What is an educator to do? Continue reading
“Yesterday Is Gone And There’s No Getting It Back”
We cannot reclaim lost time or opportunity. If the loss was significant enough, we can compensate it with different experiences that grow us to the point we wanted to be. This is the work before us. Continue reading
Just a Smile and a Nod
Being open or closed to in-school learning during a pandemic is debated with passion. Either can be best. Transition from one to the other requires sensitivity from all. Continue reading
Collegiality and Camaraderie In The Time of COCID
COVID heightens the needs for collegiality and camaraderie. When we find our mutuality in the face of personal dangers, our professionalism can provide the pathways for future success. Continue reading