FLOOD YOUR FEEDS! Micah Longstreet, 18, of Lexington left his home on Cumberland Drive the morning of July 3 and has not returned. https://t.co/30o8PxVZEx
Teachers love Admin who:
1) Go above & beyond for their staff 2) Listen
3) Who are present: in classrooms, hallways, cafeteria, lunchroom
4) Value Teachers time (planning, meetings, after school)
5) Support and encourage them
6) Empathetic
7) Have their back
Admin who feel overwhelmed, your staff doesn’t expect you to have all the answers or to be perfect. Just give your best, keep them informed & let them know you are all in this together. This gives them trust in you & appreciation for you. & Staff let them know you appreciate them
Teachers plates are still overflowing. They still have at least five jobs. Teacher, curriculum developer, IT for students, therapist for parents struggling, & office worker. All while trying to take care of their family too. They need grace & support now more than ever.
It is extremely important for educators to work on their mental & physical health right now. Whether school is in person or virtual, we are dealing with stress that we have never encountered. Take time for yourself daily/weekly - read, walk, rest, spend time with loved ones.
If Mr Rogers and Bill Nye understood the need to limit their productions to 30 mins, shouldn't school districts know that virtual classes should as well? Just ask your teachers how focused and engaged they are feeling after an hour on a zoom meeting?
The culture of a school is created by everyone in the school. Walk in a school and see how the front office staff talks and interacts or the custodians or teachers in the hallway. Yes the admin influences it but everyone is ultimately responsible for a positive school culture.
Reopening schools with face-to-face interaction creates an infinite number of potentially life-ending situations. Remote learning exposes a fixed number of complex issues which can be addressed and solved.
You can’t come back from death.