11 educator perspectives on post-COVID learning

eSchool News asked educators and industry specialists to share a few of their important post-COVID learning insights, lessons found out, and next actions for their trainees, schools, districts, and the edtech industry as a whole.

March marks two years considering that the COVID-19 pandemic forced across the country classroom closures. And in those two years, educators and trainees have actually found out to make virtual learning work for them, theyve shared how equity spaces affect their ability to teach and learn, and theyve proven how resilient they are regardless of ongoing struggles.

Heres what they stated about post-COVID learning:

Mark T. Bedell, Ed.D., Superintendent, Kansas City Public Schools

What have you discovered from pandemic learning?If we truly desire to prepare students for life after high school, were going to have to alter high school. Weve been doing school the very same method for a century, and it no longer works for many trainees and families. And we have a couple of students who are taking classes in the evening to make space in their schedules for sophisticated coursework throughout the school day.

What will you do with those lessons learned?Right now, we are working with our trainees, moms and dads, instructors and community on Blueprint 2030, a tactical strategy for Kansas City Public Schools. Their feedback is going to help us create a more versatile and equitable school system that satisfies the social, emotional and academic needs of trainees.

What has been your districts greatest achievement because March 2020? Last month, Kansas City Public Schools got full accreditation from the Missouri State Board of Education for the first time in 20 years. Weve been pursuing full accreditation the six years Ive been superintendent, and we made it happen even as a worldwide pandemic interfered with learning for our students and all students. Im simply so happy of my team for the way they revealed up for trainees in 2015 and continue to show up this year. Its still tough, however were surviving it together, as a school district and as a neighborhood.

David Adams, Chief Executive Officer, The Urban Assembly

What has been your school/districts biggest accomplishment because March 2020? Throughout the pandemic and healing ages, Urban Assembly schools maintained a focus on social emotional ability development that assisted students cultivate independent learning methods, preserve connections to their peers and teachers, and set and achieve objectives.

Weve been striving for complete accreditation the 6 years Ive been superintendent, and we made it occur even as a global pandemic interrupted knowing for our students and all trainees. Im simply so happy of my team for the method they showed up for trainees last year and continue to reveal up this year. What have you found out from pandemic learning?If we really desire to prepare trainees for life after high school, were going to have to change high school. What is your biggest take-away– what have you found out from pandemic learning?The capability to enjoy student engage in tasks, battle, succeed, and communicate with their peers as well as training ideas is vital to the knowing procedure. How do trainees find out?

What will you do with those lessons discovered, at the school level or the district/state level?Were reinvesting in the sort of structures that drive insight. Things like small groups, discourse, and argument development and defense. We hope that as the pandemic effects ease, as well the matching restrictions around social distancing, the go back to regular permits us to reinvest in the kind of training interactions the help with social emotional and academic development of our students. Lastly, were likewise looking deeply into understanding what information is included in trainees grades. Were reorienting around the function of developmental evaluation and how that info is fed back to trainees to help them establish self-awareness and facilitate personal goal setting that supports their efficacy around learning. There are various methods to know a student. Evaluation is simply one of them, so putting various forms of evaluation in the ideal series of learning is a financial investment that we are making as a network.

Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Marylands prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

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What is your greatest take-away– what have you discovered from pandemic learning?The ability to view student engage in tasks, struggle, prosper, and connect with their peers as well as educational principles is vital to the learning procedure. How do trainees discover? How do we produce educational formats that permit trainees to exchange, refine, and raise ideas with each other around a common issue set?

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