This past winter I stepped out of my comfort zone. I taught an online class through our school district. Let’s be honest, I am a social worker, not really a teacher. I already have a tremendous amount of respect for teachers. But doing this class just increased that amount of respect immensely!
I had to navigate creating a google classroom from scratch, an outline for the class, a digital notebook and the presentation for each week. It was so stressful. That was only planning for live instruction and independent learning too. I felt fortunate to have all but one person that I knew personally in the class. I am not sure how much pressure is added to teaching. Everyone was very kind. I asked for their feedback and it is hard to please everyone. But overall they enjoyed the subject and they gave me good feedback on how to make the class even more meaningful. For the next group. I decided that I would try again and teach the same content to the next group willing to listen to me for 7 weeks. Luckily my teacher friends helped me learn how to copy things from the first google classroom to the new one! Such a time saver!! The class is almost full, so my nerves are starting to kick in!! I hope it goes well.
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EugeniaKouts
3/29/2022 11:31:36 pm
I am so proud of you! You did great the first time and you will do great this time! I'm so happy that you got even more people this time around. I think they will gain a lot of knowledge from the book and from you! Good luck! You've got this!!
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3/31/2022 12:30:16 am
Hurray! Sounds like a lot of work, but you made it happen and are willing to give it another go with a new group. Kudos to you!
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