Look for the Helpers
It has been almost a full year that we have been navigating life and education in a pandemic. We are finally able to welcome students back into our school building this Wednesday. Some students have not been in our building since last March. Some have never been in our building. As a school leader, I have the privilege of reminding and supporting our amazing educators of their ability to navigate this next phase in our work this year.
This week I reflected on how best to do this.
I found peace and comfort in the words of Fred Rogers, and his message to "look for the helpers". Take a listen (only 1 minute).
I also read Adam Grant's new book, "Think Again" and I'm holding onto the way he differentiates confidence in tools versus our ability to learn.
And then I took a trip down memory lane and searched my google drive, emails, Twitter posts, and more to tell the story of our pandemic journey to date. I dropped all of these pieces into google slides and then created this video for our staff.
My hope is that this "scrapbook of helpers and learners" makes staff smile and feel a tremendous sense of pride and confidence in themselves as learners.
We are helpers. We are learners. We are ready.
