What It Feels Like to Teach Online
“There’s so much anxiety among my colleagues right now. We just wanna teach kids and not be drowning in so many technical navigations from minute to minute.
My husband is teaching online and both my kids are learning online. My new classroom is my bedroom. I had to point my laptop at my desk so it looked less like a bedroom!”
— Ms. Lotton-Barker, Southwest Middle School, Lawrence, KS
“This year is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Teachers are professionals and they expect to feel success. This year it feels like we’re putting in 110% effort and only getting 30% back. It’s a steep learning curve, but we’ll get there.”
— Mr. Stowell, Principal, Greenwood Elementary School, Seattle Washington
“When COVID hit in the Spring, I felt a lot of support as a teacher from the community. It’s been harder this fall because parents and students are understandably frustrated about online learning.”
— Ms. Blackman, Wood Gormley Elementary School, Santa Fe, New Mexico