On March 6 it was announced that our school would be taking a couple of days off for deep cleaning due to the Corona Virus impact. We were told that school would be closed the next day and on the following Monday. We have not returned to school and the impact of the virus has been growing.
Today, I started officially working from home as an educator. We began the morning with a virtual meeting of the district Teaching, Learning, and Assessment department. We learned that our ideas were reality and we are working through this one day at a time. We also learned what is expected of us for the next few weeks as we do navigate this new path.
Following that virtual meeting with the large group of district folks, we had our own online meeting of instructional technology team. We got further instruction of what is needed from us right away and what we could be spending the next few days working toward. We learned how to support as many learners as possible but support them remotely. We were told to keep it professional and follow the guidelines set up at this time.
So, I spent my afternoon working on a couple of professional development workshops that I'm planning to facilitate this summer. Now, instead of creating them to be blended virtual learning, I am leaning more toward online learning with virtual support. My workshops will be delivered online with videos offering instruction and me available via chat and online broadcast.
I also had a Google Hangout with one of the teachers I have worked closely with at the school where I'm assigned this year and we offered one another support in the coming days. We will be curating resources for students and parents to access and grow with as they are staying home.
While we are not pioneers or doing anything new and different, it feels a bit that way to us. We are learning as we go more so than ever! We are developing a new way. I hope you will join me as I share what we are teaching and how we are learning.
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