Synopsis
The thought of returning to school and the classroom during or following the COVID-19 pandemic is frightening for many. And yet, educators will be faced with this challenge in the near future. Back Together Again! An Educator’s Framework for Re-Opening Schools During COVID-19 is designed to make this transition easier and less stressful. This book will help educators structure and focus their priorities and think creatively about key issues such as, How do we resume the education of our students, many of whom have missed almost ¼ of the last school year? How do we make them feel safe and encourage them to return to school and focus on their studies? The states and districts will come up with policies to address issues of social distancing and safety regulations. However, we as educators must make the tough decisions about everything else. There will be no one answer. Back Together Again – An Educator’s Framework for Re-Opening Schools During COVID-19 provides readers with key questions to structure their thinking and their planning. Educators can use this book as they work together to formulate their plan for the challenges they will face. Larry Bell has worked with hundreds of schools and districts for over 20 years to help them significantly increase the achievement of their students. He uses that collective experience to help schools and districts come back stronger than ever. By posing key questions and allowing the reader to process their own answers Larry ensures that their plan will be specific for that site. Larry also provides his ideas and the ideas of other educators from across the nation to consider as well. This book is a roadmap for the questions “How do we begin?” and “How do we make sure we are not leaving something out?” It is going to be a challenge but this book will help save time and energy by providing a critical starting point for many important issues.
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