with Rachel Lynette
“Virtual teaching is hard. Hybrid teaching is hard. Teaching a room full of students wearing masks is hard. Teaching in a normal, non-pandemic year is hard. This is all hard.” –Josie Bensco, 6th grade science teacher I have seen so many teachers who are teaching online post on social media that they feel like they are failing as teachers. Teachers who are teaching face 2
It’s time to start saying no. Not all the time, of course, but sometimes. Most of us are not so great at saying no to other people (though we are Jedi Masters at saying no to ourselves). Do any of these scenarios sound familiar? Your principal asks you to run an after-school book club on Zoom and you agree (even though it means even more
Your nearly empty plan book is open in front of you. Next to that is a stack of papers to correct. Your email is overflowing with unanswered emails, and report cards, which you have barely started, are due at the end of the week. On top of that, you are responsible for ordering new science materials for your grade level and you haven’t even started
