I think the reality of remote learning has come to fruition for my kids teachers. As I have been flooded with many emails this week about it. My kids had already been completing work everyday. Some of their teachers sent work with them on their last day before this started. I had them bring home all of their books, just in case the quarantine took longer than expected.
As the teachers have started planning for April 8th, they are sending many, many emails. This is when my anxiety started to increase...Some of the teachers have set up google classrooms, some will send assignments daily and some are still working to figure it out. One of the teachers tried to connect via Zoom and another will be doing Google Meet. I am grateful for all of the teachers working so hard to figure out how to educate our kids from a distance. This circumstance is beyond what I or we could have ever imagined. I am starting to feel a little overwhelmed by all of the emails from my school and now my kids school. I am starting to worry that I will miss one of their online meetings...which platform is it - Zoom or Google Meet? I know how to “Zoom” but I may need to practice Google Meet. Some of the teachers plan on having “office hours” to check in if you need help with their assignments. The district guesstimated that they will have 20-30 minutes of work per class. Ok, so we are off to a good start - that is what we were doing last week for content areas. Maybe we will ease into this remote learning quicker than I am thinking! I just want to make sure that I can swing managing my workload and all my meetings while attending to their needs. I know that they are older, but the pressure of making sure we all meet our responsibilities is still looming over my head. I feel like their success rides on me. I just keep reminding myself, one step at a time and one day at a time.
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Terje
3/30/2020 01:12:25 am
it feels a lot like a beginning of a school year, doesn't it? We are not sure where to go, what materials to bring, what routines to follow. Like at the beginning of a regular school year, it is a bit scary and confusing, and eventually it will fall in place. I have showed up at wrong "classrooms" without anyone else there and missed a meet. It happens. The on thing to do is to treat others and ourselves with compassion. And yes, one step at a time. Have a good week!
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3/30/2020 05:54:13 am
One step at a time, one day at a time is the key. I can understand all the work - just making sure to read and respond to emails, learning new technology. I had to learn Zoom in two days to get my Arcadia grad class online and functioning. I am still learning. Thanks for this - a reminder to breathe and not get too far ahead of ourselves - day by day we can handle this!
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I feel the same, except my sons are all in elementary and at home while I am still at work. I am proud of my boys and how they have worked together to share the computers and to read with one another and to manage time at Grandma’s (about 100 yards away) and time for play and chores to get done. But by the end of the week, we just prioritized what they could do and what I could later help them with. It is definitely a different kind of ‘normal’
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3/30/2020 01:25:53 pm
My kids started remote learning 2 weeks ago and the initial emails from 2 different schools and all the teachers were a bit much. Now things have started to calm down a bit and my kids are in a routine that they can handle. I put all the virtual meetings in my calendar like any other event and have it warm me 15 minutes before the start time so I can get my kids all set up. It will get better!
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Teri
3/30/2020 06:38:51 pm
Courtney is all set with her schedule and materials. Payton has gotten a few emails. I have no idea what our e-teaching will look like. One day at a time for sure.
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Eugenia Kouts
3/30/2020 08:53:38 pm
One day at a time! I told my kids if there is something you didn't finish within the day, simply email your teacher and let her know that you will work on it and turn it in once it is finished. Teachers get it, but I think they are having demands/expectations put on them also, so i am trying to be mindful with my own students.
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Trina
3/30/2020 10:03:50 pm
Definitely one day at a time. I think the month of April is going to be hard!
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