Friday- day 5

We we got to Friday. We are officially 1 week into our new reality. 1 week into our new crazy world.

We are finally starting to really grieve.  We are grieving the loss of our classrooms. We are grieving not seeing our students. We are grieving the lack of social engagement with each other.  We are grieving impromptu genuine interactions with people we care about.

We are also finally starting to push back.  Push back against mandates without negotiation. Push back against requirements that should only be suggestions. Push back against things we don't feel comfortable doing both professionally and personally. Push back to support our students. Push back so we don't widen the achievement gap.

We may be 1 week in but we are still lacking direction.  We are lacking clarity. We are lacking consistency in guidance.  In 1 week teachers across the state have figured out complete new technology systems and how to create something where there was nothing while continuing to take care of themselves, their families and their students.

For next week: I have 10 hours of 1:1 meetings with students schedules.  Between my Academic skills classes and my case load, I am just going to focus on being a really good case manager. Because that is what I can control right now and the kids need social consistency and so do I.

Signing off for now

-C