Remote Learning Weekly - Weekly tips to make you smile :)

🤗 Self-Care for Educators

1. Sticky note ‘when-then’ sentences are great for setting boundaries, an essential part of taking care of ourselves.
2. Breathe, find strength, diminish anxiety with this short but powerful meditation.

🎓 Teaching in the Time of COVID

1. It’s not what our students know or don’t know; it’s how we connect with them that’s of primary importance right now. Here are four essential tips for trauma-informed remote teaching followed by an exciting cross-curricular project.
2. This could be a great math lesson, but if you’re not a math teacher, it could be an equally great dinner table conversation or fodder for choosing groceries — take a look at Chewable Math (and shoutout to @fawnpnyugen!).
3. Are you a Special Ed teacher? Here’s a great article in praise of your work & the specific challenges of remote learning for you & your students 👏👏👏Could you use a few more ideas for remote teaching students with special needs? Here’s a truly fab collection of resources, courtesy of Jake Miller, EduDuctTape Podcast host.

Parenting while Working Remotely

1. Always good to poke a little fun at our (old school) selves. 😆
2. Ah, yes, there’s nothing like the closet that doubles as an office... Raise your hand if you’ve recently experienced a moment like this... 😬
3. Time management articles usually have at least one good tip — this one has a whole bunch.

Staying Inspired and Finding joy

1. Brush off the contribution of teachers?! No. Way. The president of a fellowship program for math and science teachers fires back. Read, whoop & holler, & pat yourself on the back for an essential job well done.
2. Helping others never fails to lift the spirits. Here are easy instructions for sewing face masks (machine not necessary). More tech-y? Check out Makers for COVID-19.

That’s it for this week. If you’ve got suggestions for us, send ‘em our way at ideas@remotelearningweekly.com. We’d love to hear from you. In the meantime, stay in, stay safe, and thank you for all that you do. 🙏

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