The pandemic took all the routines and understandings about school, shook them up in a paper bag, and spit them out with no semblance of what they once were.
At least that’s how some of our students are now behaving.
With student apathy and absences on the rise as expectations and stakes for students and teachers remain the same, we are working through trying times in education.
Education is different. Our students are different. And if we don’t respond to how our students have changed, we will not be as effective with them in our classrooms.
We must change with our students but in a way that does not sacrifice our evenings and weekends to do so. I’m all for changing with the times and responding to the ever changing needs of our students, but I believe it is absolutely contradictory to the system’s success if we do so at the sacrifice of our teachers’ well being. And requiring that they do it all without support will lead to the end of education as a whole because teachers will burn out and new teachers will avoid the career field entirely.
In this episode, we’ll look at how exactly students have changed from living through and going to school through a pandemic, and how as teachers we can respond to those changes without being the sacrificial lamb in the process - that is, we’ll respond to our students’ needs while striving for work-life balance as educators.
This is an important message that I believe and want all educators to hear, and I would SO appreciate you helping me do that… I would love it if you would share this episode with a teacher-friend which will help us spread our message of sustainability for teachers, and hopefully revive the career field a bit during this trying time. I truly appreciate your efforts.
Let’s get started.
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