“You’re new and you make mistakes but that’s okay. On the back of the note card, she wrote a note explaining that I could play this card when I messed up. On the top, she placed a notecard with the words New Teacher Card. When I was a first-year teacher, my team leader Nancy gave me this heaping box of classroom supplies. If you enjoy this blog but you’d like to listen to it on the go, just click on the audio below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts (ideal for iOS users) or Google Play and Stitcher (ideal for Android users). When this happens, teachers model creative risk-taking for their students. I truly believe that we need to trust teachers to innovate in their practice. Or it might be more of a “return to normal.” But regardless of the situation, we do know that teachers will continue to be at the heart of innovation. With the spike in Covid cases, it might involve more hybrid or virtual learning.
We aren’t sure what this year will look like.
