Today is another fantastic day! Grateful to be alive and healthy, and also grateful to have been able to maintain my lifestyle during the pandemic. I don’t know if you all are aware, but I’m a middle school health and PE teacher! Teaching virtually was not really hard, I just pretended I was a radio DJ talking to my listeners. Only these listeners were able to give feedback and make suggestions. I even had one of my 6th grade students facilitate her class. She was phenomenal and it was a joy to watch!
We are now back to teaching a hybrid type class. What does that look like. It looks like you are teaching two different groups. Teaching hybrid is not easy. In all honesty the students who are face to face do get more of my attention. I have kind of let it slip my mind a couple of times that I have to log in online for the virtual students. If there was more time in between my class, I could prepare better for the following class. But alas, we are back to back, so I have no prep time. Even my lunch time is a rush job! The powers that be act as if it’s going to be easy teaching hybrid. There’s another name they have come up with but I can’t remember it. Anyway, the last nine weeks of the school year is almost over and I dare anyone to say teachers had it easy. Try teaching two classes at the same time, calling parents of kids who don’t sign in, calling kids who don’t sign in, trying to ensure you meet the students where they are, doing lesson plans and the list goes on. It’s not as easy as you think it is, because you are not teaching in my shoes. So please, don’t judge us, just like we don’t judge you.
