Looking Back to Look Forward

639 fully virtual or hybrid schools existed in the United States throughout the 2017-2018 school year.  Compare that to 130,930 "traditional" schools, and you find that virtual schools accounted for less than a half a percent of all schools.  So it's no wonder that we all felt more than a little lost when the entire country turned virtual in the spring of 2020.  We threw together plans with a few days notice and got to work though.  It was incredible to watch from my vantage point, and I had never been more proud to be a teacher.  
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I feel comfortable admitting we ALL made mistakes this past spring- we had no idea what we were doing AND there was (and still is) the whole global pandemic stressing everyone out.  But as they say, from failure comes the greatest growth...  We need to reflect on what did work and what didn't work.  And once we have that figured out, the rest will be a piece of cake, right?  Not quite... but it's a start!  
Feel free to comment on what went well for you and what didn't.

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