In this episode, we speak to Dr. David Conrad, professor of Educational Administration at Governors State University. Dr. Conrad discusses trends in principal leadership in the State of Illinois, including responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posts with the pandemic tag
Remote Learning, or whatever “it” is supposed to be
When the weekend feels the same as any other day of the week, it is difficult to make Monday feel like a real workday. Or Tuesday. Or whatever day this is. The current “learning” situation: two children have been e-learning since March 17. Somewhere during that time was a spring break. The college junior was […]
When It’s Time to Step Away
Yesterday, I spent half the morning reading news. During the other half, I read student discussion board posts. This constant access to news and daily briefings pulls me away from other productive tasks – grading, planning, cooking, socializing. Then, after receiving notice that K-12 schools will be closed until at least April 30, I began […]
Pandemic Productivity
What exactly is considered productive during a pandemic? I think we need to seriously reconsider what that is supposed to look like when there is a house full people. Even though I am perfectly capable of taking a book or a laptop into another room, I don’t. I find myself looking at statistics and watching […]