Reflection: A Pandemic Retrospective

We talk to Dr. Diane Lauer, Dr. Sean Corey, Kelly Addington, Mandy Warren, and Nicholas Meyer to reflect back on the last year of coaching and teaching to hold onto our new learnings. We analyze a year of pandemic learning and pull out the positives that we want to pull forward to next year's teaching.

 

Episode Notes:

Teacher’s Perspective:

• Explore various learning models from this year: in-person, hybrid, online, and online all year and our own growth as educators.

• Students’ growth in self-reflection, creativity, and self-advocacy.

• “We can’t choose what happens to us in this world, but we can choose what kind of people we are going to be. We are going to be strong and brave.”

• Shared vulnerability and increased compassion 

• Intentionality with technology

• Renaissance of teaching

• Coaching parents and teammates - active listening

• Coaching behind the scenes: support, validation, checking in, and growing towards thriving.

Learning Coach’s Perspective:

• Draw from relationships- build upon

• Shared vulnerability- model as a coach

• Vary the type of coaching as needed

• Not a clear coaching map

• States of Mind - growth in flexibility

• Intentional reflection

Administrator Perspective:

• The reality of the last year

• Change models essential for systemic change

• Focused goals - time-bound - accelerate and deploy support

• Intentional use of times and supports

• Listening to the individual, whole group

• Keep the focus the focus

• Time is a gift. Educators are heroes and we need to not take anything for granted.

• Trust, rapport, and then get to the focus

• Video coaching - Webex, Edthena, phone - reflection space

• Innovation across the system - not bound by time or space, they meet more and are more cohesive

• Innovation = clarity of purpose/shared sense of purpose

• One pandemic per lifetime

• Take nothing for granted moving forward 

• Bring our new instructional practices  and innovation forward into the coming years

 

Connect with Dr. Diane Lauer

Twitter:@MrsLauer

Connect with Dr. Sean Corey

Twitter:@LegacyElem

Connect with Kelly Addington

Twitter:@MrsKellyAdd

Connect with Mandy Warren

Twitter:@4thwmrswarren

Connect with Nicholas Meyer

Twitter:@meyer4th