Conversations, over the last four months, with hundreds of teachers and leaders across the country have uncovered a huge diversity of experience during this lockdown period.
There has not been a uniform experience and some have really struggled. Drained by challenges linked to relationships, parenting and home-schooling, wrestling with unfamiliar online learning platforms, coping with family illness and, in some cases, bereavement too.
In addition, many teachers have said how much they miss the day-to-day interaction with colleagues and the learners themselves. One, who captured the mood well, reflected: “I’ve been left with all of the bits of teaching I dislike (the marking and preparation) and have lost the bit that brings me joy – the warmth of relationships and those eureka moments in lessons when learners get it.”
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