It has been a hard year.There have been many blogs started, many finished and few published. Writing is my therapy many times and when a post is born of frustration, sadness, anger…. This are for me. But this one is for everyone. It has been a hard year. Many children returned to full time learning lacking the academic stamina they had pre-pandemic. Many children returned to our classrooms and had difficulty sitting and attending to instruction, reading for a sustained duration, and self regulating. Our youngest children had their first in classroom experiences and are not able to use a…
One Tri down….Two to go: Lessons Learned in Virtual Education
It has been said that you don’t know what you know until you know it. As we conclude our first full trimester of Hybrid/Virtual learning, this is true. I find myself in a unique position of viewing the experience from multiple lenses- that of an educator and that of a parent. On one hand, I have tried to approach the learning curve with grace and humor, both as a parent and as an educator. On the other hand….WTF. Sometimes you just have to laugh. In all seriousness though, this is completely facetious. Notice the ‘Try harder’ box that is checked….