The year of "Grace" -- Almost 4 months in!
I took a bit of a hiatus from writing in my monthly blogs. 2021 has continued the challenges of last year, though hope is upon us with the vaccine. I had my first one nearly a month ago, and this Thursday get my second dose! While I felt the excitement after getting my first, I can't say that I am anywhere near ready to return to the way things were. I am less hopeful now about us learning and progressing from the pandemic sadly and see that we are already slipping into being angry for having to be apart for so long and longing for the way things were traditionally. The conversation at work, which I am happy to be taking a break from this week, is all about learning loss. It's not at all about learning gains in resilience and more important skills than what was taught in a traditional reading, writing and math curriculum. The focus of our instructional leadership team has most recently been about how we get kids to step-up because the teachers feel they have been giving in to ...