Well that year went fast
The pandemic has taught us the importance of being adaptable and flexible in our approach to teaching and we made many advances during the COVID years. However it has been disappointing that some teachers reverted to traditional approaches and styles of teaching once students returned to in-person learning.
In some ways this year was tougher than the previous two. I like many other educators were not ‘match fit’ and I have never seen staff more tired than I did during this year.
Showbags, Cookbook and Uber Education. The future of school stakeholder engagement
With 24 hours’ notice, schools found themselves in a predicament. For the first time in a century, they couldn’t connect with their community in conventional ways. Quickly they churned out virtual tours, took parent teacher interviews online and Principals hopped in their car to hand deliver resources.
The students have gone quiet
Is it just me or do schools sound different since the return of students from remote learning? There seems to be a hush about the place. A volume that classroom walls are not a custom to hearing.
I thought maybe it was just my school, however after conversations with fellow Victorian colleague’s, and my wife who is also a teacher, it seems fairly common across schools
So now what happens?
Now I am sure that many schools across the country have had the same conversation after their respective lockdown periods. Every faculty and pastoral meeting would have had it on the agenda. Lists would have been made and Principal Executive teams would have collated the feedback. The question…. what are our Lessons from Lockdown?
Book Review: Work Wellbeing: Leading thriving teams in rapidly changing times
I know it’s obvious to say, but the 2020 workplace, like everything else in 2020, looks very different to any other time in living memory. Busy offices and staff rooms have been transported to employee’s study’s and kitchens. The Coronavirus has changed the way we work and will have an impact moving forward.
Article: School ‘refusers’ thriving in remote learning environment
Here in Melbourne we are entering week 20 of remote learning. While it has become second nature and I feel I am getting better at it, and as I wrote about in a previous blog, I still miss having myself students with me in a classroom. However there are some students who would be more than happy to stay at home.
Teaching and the virus ?
Like many teachers around the world, I have spent most of 2020 teaching remotely. Talking to my computer screen, day after day, has become my new normal. In fact, I am struggling to remember what it is like to teach in the classroom.
