When asked if she was relieved to be back to teaching in-person, Randi Metz said she couldn’t even begin to explain her happiness.
Since March of 2020, she and her fellow math teachers at Laney High School have worked to adjust to online learning and ensure their students were successful while out of school, even in advanced classes like statistics and calculus. Laney Principal Sharon Dousharm said the teachers put their “blood, sweat and tears” into creating lessons for their students to enhance remote learning.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers around the country have adapted to teaching outside of the classroom, found new tools online to enhance learning and focused more than ever on emotional health of students as the pandemic took hold.