Maine Voices: I #LoveTeaching in a connected COVID world
The virus has forced schools and educators to innovate faster than we ever thought possible and brought us closer to students and families.
By Jes EllisSpecial to the Press Herald
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It’s been almost a year since COVID-19 shuttered schools across the country and separated teachers from their students. The feeling at Gerald E. Talbot Community School in Portland on Friday, March 13, 2020, was like we were facing an approaching winter storm of unknown size and intensity. I thought we might be out for two weeks, tops. I had no idea that the next time I would see my students in person would be at their Drive-Thru Fifth Grade Farewell in June. I certainly did not know that the way I teach, and my understanding of the central purpose of education, was about to be transformed.