I've been thinking a lot this week about how hard it is on teachers to teach online knowing there is an audience off-screen. Not the kids, but the parents and carers who are listening in to you while you re-learn and re-write your craft (i.e. teach, but on screen). THREAD 
I think of the introverts,
the camera-shy,
the grads doing it for the 1st time,
the teachers who learning the tech for the first time 'on stage',
the confident and experienced teachers who all still doubt themselves, no matter how well they are doing...
the camera-shy,
the grads doing it for the 1st time,
the teachers who learning the tech for the first time 'on stage',
the confident and experienced teachers who all still doubt themselves, no matter how well they are doing...
Teaching is delicate and nuanced. The gliding duck (or maybe drowning duck) being seen on screen likely doesn't show the paddling happening under water...
We are trying to balance
-student wellbeing
-student learning
-student connectedness
-student safety and privacy...
We are trying to balance
-student wellbeing
-student learning
-student connectedness
-student safety and privacy...
We're managing
-trying to design a small group that can meet all 4 of those
-trying to design a small group that can meet even one of those well enough, for all children
-students who are more than usually diverse in their needs due to months of remote learning and lockdown
-trying to design a small group that can meet all 4 of those
-trying to design a small group that can meet even one of those well enough, for all children
-students who are more than usually diverse in their needs due to months of remote learning and lockdown
We're trying to
-provide rich meaningful learning opportunities
-prioritise some learning and choose what to let go
-provide space and value for the learning to be something other than what we've provided
-do it in a fraction of the face-time we're used to
-provide rich meaningful learning opportunities
-prioritise some learning and choose what to let go
-provide space and value for the learning to be something other than what we've provided
-do it in a fraction of the face-time we're used to
On top of that, we're considering
-extremely diverse community expectations and needs
-school expectations
-our own expectations of our craft (the hardest one!)
-teaching to blank screens
-our own mental & physical health, privacy, safety and connectedness, and our loved ones'
-extremely diverse community expectations and needs
-school expectations
-our own expectations of our craft (the hardest one!)
-teaching to blank screens
-our own mental & physical health, privacy, safety and connectedness, and our loved ones'
While all this goes on, our hearts are bleeding for the opportunities we've lost for learning at school alongside our students. We feel worried, guilty, disappointed, frustrated and just SAD. We ❤️ our job and this warped version hurts.
There are lots of beautiful moments in remote learning that I hadn't anticipated. My students are wonderful.
I work at an incredible school with staff with hearts the size of the moon.
I am lucky to have school family community that supports and uplifts teachers and staff.
I work at an incredible school with staff with hearts the size of the moon.
I am lucky to have school family community that supports and uplifts teachers and staff.
But I just wanted to reflect that this is hard. A lot of love and respect for my colleagues in the world's hardest and best job, especially now. You are all amazing, even when you think you're not. This is hard AND you are great.
#remotelearning #lockdownmelbourne #vicpln
#remotelearning #lockdownmelbourne #vicpln
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