SO
SO GET
SO GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY IT ANY WAY HE CAN.
LET'S LOOK AT THE FORECAST FOR
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN
447.
447.
447. AND
447. AND BOY OH BOY HAS IT BEEN A
TRYING COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR
TEACHERS, FOR PARENTS, FOR
STUDENTS, YOU NAME IT.
YES.
YES.
YES. SO
YES. SO AS WE APPROACH THE END OF
THIS YEAR, WE'RE CHECKING WITH
LOCAL TEACHERS TO ASK HOW
THEY'RE DOING AND HOW
THE SCHOOL YEAR IS GO AND FOX
60 WINS MAGGIE SLYSZ BRINGING
US THEIR STORIES.
>>
>>
>> THIS
>> THIS PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED
EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES.
FROM SIMPLE DAY TO DAY TASKS TO
HOW WE WORK, HOW WE PLAY, HOW
WE LEARN AND HOW WE TEACH.
WHEN SCHOOLS SHUT DOWN IN EARLY
SPRING, TEACHERS HAD TO QUICKLY
ADAPT TO REMOTE CLASSROOMS.
AND THE CHALLENGE THAT BRINGS I
STILL SHOWED UP EVERY DAY AND I
MADE SURE THAT I LOOKED JUST AS
I WOULD LOOK IN THE CLASSROOM
AND PRESENTED THE LESSON AS
BEST AS I COULD.
>>
>>
>> BUT
>> BUT IT
>> BUT IT WAS A REALLY TOUGH TO
ENGAGE.
ENGAGE.
ENGAGE. IT WAS A LOT OF A LOT OF
LECTURING WHICH IN THIS DAY AND
AGE REALLY WE FOUND AND WHAT
WE'RE TRAINED TO DO AS
EDUCATORS IS TO NOT LECTURE
STYLE LESSON MAKE ENGAGING
STUDENT LED COLLABORATIVE GROUP
WORK EVEN.
WORK EVEN. AND THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
>>
>>
>> I
>> I BECAME A TEACHER TO DEVELOP
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS.
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS. YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO IMPACT
STUDENTS SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF
JUST THE CURRICULUM.
AND I THINK THAT BUILDING THOSE
CONNECTIONS HAS BEEN BEEN VERY
CHALLENGING.
CHALLENGING. THE SUMMER MONTHS WERE FILLED
WITH UNCERTAINTY ABOUT
THE FALL.
THE FALL.
THE FALL. WOULD SCHOOLS REOPEN?
WOULD CHILDREN GO BACK TO
IN-PERSON LEARNING?
IN-PERSON LEARNING? WOULD IT BE SAFE IN LATE SUMMER
SCHOOLS DID REOPEN.
MANY OFFERING BOTH IN-PERSON
AND REMOTE LEARNING OPTIONS
ALONG WITH HYBRID SCHEDULES TO
REDUCE CLASS SIZE TEACHERS WHO
ONCE AGAIN FOUND THEMSELVES
OVERCOMING NEW HURDLES.
I LIKE TO BE IN THE CROWD WITH
MY STUDENTS.
MY STUDENTS. >>
>>
>> AND
>> AND SO
>> AND SO FOR ME TO JUST TEACH UP
HERE AND THEN GO INTO THE DESK
THAT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT AND IT MAKES ME A
LITTLE ANXIOUS BECAUSE I'M LIKE
AM I DOING THE RIGHT THING?
AM I SPENDING ENOUGH TIME WITH
THE ZOOM RUMORS?
BUT I ALSO HAVE STUDENTS THAT
ARE LIKE THIS MISS.
OUR SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO BE IN
PERSON AND IN THE IN-PERSON
PART THAT I THINK STUDENTS ARE
MISSING THE MOST IS THAT
COLLABORATIVE PIECE ARE
LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER BEING
ABLE TO BUILD OFF OF WHAT
OTHERS SAY IN REAL TIME YOU
KNOW SCIENCE BEING
THE CHEMISTRY TEACHER, THE IDEA
OF DOING HANDS ON ACTIVITIES
AND LABS AND THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS ARE RIGHT NOW VERY
RESTRICTIVE TO THIS DIFFICULT
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
>>
>> THEY
>> THEY SAY THEY FEEL TREMENDOUS
SUPPORT BEHIND THEM.
SUPPORT FROM ADMINISTRATORS,
PARENTS AND THEIR STUDENTS.
STUDENTS ARE SO GOOD BECAUSE WE
CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING
TO TRY SOMETHING NEW TODAY AND
IF IT FAILS THE STUDENTS ARE
OKAY WITH IT.
>>
>>
>> THEY
>> THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE
TRYING AND WE'RE TRYING TO
ENGAGE THEM.
ENGAGE THEM. THEY WERE TRYING TO TO
CHALLENGE THEM.
CHALLENGE THEM. THE TEACHERS ARE VERY GRATEFUL
AT HOW HARD THE STUDENTS ARE
WORKING AND HAVE THE SUPPORT OF
THE PARENTS BECAUSE WITHOUT
THE SUPPORT OF THE PARENTS WE
COULDN'T GET THESE STUDENTS TO
DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO OUTSIDE
OF OF OUR CLASSROOMS.
WITH THAT SUPPORT A SENSE THAT
DESPITE THE HARDSHIP THEY ARE
SUCCEEDING COMING BACK HAS BEEN
ACTUALLY A WONDERFUL
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE. >>
>>
>> SO
>> SO I
>> SO I TALKED TO A LOT OF MY
FRIENDS AND FAMILY ASKING HOW
ARE YOU DOING WITH THIS
UNDERTONE OF WORRY AND CONCERN?
AND I'M HONESTLY HAVING ONE OF
THE BEST YEARS OF TEACHING IF
YOU GO IN AND LOOK AT SOME OF
THE GOOGLE CLASSROOMS AND HOW
THE ASSIGNMENTS ARE PLAYED OUT.
>>
>>
>> IT
>> IT JUST IT'S IT'S ENCOMPASSING
ALL OF THE MATERIAL THAT
THE KIDS SHOULD BE GETTING.
I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY
IMPRESSIVE THAT TEACHERS
CONTINUE TO KEEP THE SOCIAL
EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORAL GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES OF STUDENTS AT
THE FOREFRONT WHILE SIMILAR
KAINANI MAINTAINING THEIR
ACADEMIC OBJECTIVES.
ACADEMIC OBJECTIVES. IT'S IMPRESSIVE.
IT'S IMPRESSIVE. >>
>>
>> MOREOVER, THEY SAY THEY FEEL
SAFE.
SAFE.
SAFE. ADMINISTRATORS HAVE MADE US
FEEL SAFE AND FROM DAY ONE THEY
HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE BY DAY
ONE I MEAN DAY ONE OF
THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE THOUGHT
ABOUT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL
EVERYONE'S LIKE OH KIDS AREN'T
GOING TO WEAR MASKS.
>>
>>
>> THIS
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A PERCEIVED
DIFFICULTY BUT I DON'T THINK WE
GAVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF
THE DOUBT AND THEY'RE
DEFINITELY PROVING US WRONG.
I REALLY DO THINK THAT
THE ADMINISTRATION AND
THE DISTRICT THERE ARE TRYING
REALLY HARD TO KEEP
THE COMMUNITY SAFE AND REALLY
TRYING TO KEEP AS MUCH NORMALCY
AS POSSIBLE.
AS POSSIBLE. >>
>>
>> NOT
>> NOT SURPRISINGLY, THEY'RE
SHARING A FEW LESSONS ALONG
THE WAY.
THE WAY.
THE WAY. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
EVERYBODY IS GOING THROUGH THIS
TOGETHER AND SUPPORTING PEOPLE
WITH POSITIVE IS REALLY WHERE
WE NEED TO BE AS AS A
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. >>
>>
>> BUT
>> BUT AT
>> BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I
WANT THAN JUST SAY THAT I WAS A
TEACHER WHO WAS KIND AND
SOMEONE WHO TAUGHT THEM ABOUT
KINDNESS BECAUSE THROUGHOUT
THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC THIS IS
THE THING THAT HAS KEPT US ALL
GOING.
GOING.
GOING. IS
GOING. IS THAT HUMAN CONNECTION AND
BEING KIND TO ONE ANOTHER?
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S
TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH IN
THE NEWS.
THE NEWS.
THE NEWS. >>
>>
>> I
>> I THINK WE ALL CAN APPRECIATE A
LITTLE BIT MORE KINDNESS.
HERE'S