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How will we build connections as a staff when we can't physically be close to each other? -Tom

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Remote learning will give us a chance to more deeply connect with some students. -Tom

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Worries - I'm worried about new and current students and how to build and continue to foster strong bonds remotely.

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Worries - I'm worried about new and current students and how to build and continue to foster strong bonds remotely.

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Worried...
That covid protocols and online classes will make learning feel too solitary for students.
-Madeline

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Fears:  Not being able to really connect to all my kids in a virtual forum.
Hopes: to do a kick ass job at ensuring my advises have a great experience and that Darbs and I are able to work well together to bring the best experience in Global to our babies in a virtual/blended setting...
Yeah 2/3 of #TeamAwsome...@missing Lamour

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Safety, isolation, the election

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9 and 10 grade does not get “lost”

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I'm worried the kids are going to have PTSD from this and we are not  going to be able to help them. So many were stuck at home with no way to deal, and I think most of them (and most of us) have probably just pushed it all way down and burried our feelings about what happened. Even writing this makes me feel unstable, honestly.

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How successful would I be in understanding and building good moral and relationships with new students from a distance and able to assist them at best remotely? - Accoo

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How can I foster stronger relationships with my students when I'm so separated from them? A screen conference is far from real, in-person interaction

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Hope to be able to connect with my kids family even better as constant communication is going to be key. 

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Hope to be able to connect with my kids family even better as constant communication is going to be key. 

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we will be able to better serve our students- this time around-with remote learning.
-Jeanette

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Worried about the lack of compassion and concern from our union and Dept of Edu... for students and staff

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Worried about the lack of compassion and concern from our union and Dept of Edu... for students and staff

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I know we have a lot to get through in the coming months, but I am hopeful and excited to learn from the challenges ahead. We cant control everything and Im trying to just take everything one day at a time.

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Getting 9th graders to connect with the school and our MECA community.
10th graders too. They had so little time "in" high school.

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Crowded Subway with people breathing on me, assymptoatus

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build amazing relationships right from the start on day one!

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build amazing relationships right from the start on day one!

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Concerns about my family, colleagues, students, and having a safe school year

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Concerns about my family, colleagues, students, and having a safe school year

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We find new ways to communicate with students and families, and learn more about our communities as whole humans rather than just students

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I am anxious about getting to know my students remotely, unsure of how effective I can be without regular  in person interactions.

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Anxious about the transition into blended learning for the kids, and about general health and safety.

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All of the unknown factors this year; fear of the unknown - Jess

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Hopeful that I can rise to the challenges this year will present and joyous to be able to be back at work.

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Hope to make meaningful connections with students and find ways to engage them and create an environment that feel warm and safe despite how crazy this all is.

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I hope and believe I can help to create a calming, positive, fun environment for the students that are coming in

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Finding peace

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Knowing that I am a part of a supportive staff to help get through the challenges that we may be experiencing - Arbiana

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I am worried about forming strong connections with incoming freshman and how to best support them through this transition to high school, which can be difficult on its own, but now through a pandemic, which can make it more difficult - Arbiana

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Building relationships with kids. Teaching a new course.

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I am worried that I will not be able to connect with my students on a virtual platform, and I am still nervous about the Coronavirus.

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I'm worried about maintaining a healthy home/work space balance. I want to be available for students and families as much as I can, while also not driving myself crazy and not feeling like i'm choosing work over family at times.

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I'm worried about maintaining a healthy home/work space balance. I want to be available for students and families as much as I can, while also not driving myself crazy and not feeling like i'm choosing work over family at times.

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I'd like you see a view of my daily schedule.

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I'm just worried about doing a bad job. I fear that I won't be able to successfully teach my students remotely.

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Hope...
That all this change will cause us to innovate cool new teaching practices that transcend our apartness and that we can bring these innovations to post covid era improving our teaching overall.
-Madeline

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Planning make me calm.

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Meeting kids digitally, I thrive with in person connections. I am also extremely worried about the mental health of our kids that continue to be physically isolated from classmates and teachers that love and care about them.

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Anxiety has been building from now knowing what i'm teaching yet. 

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Anxiety has been building from now knowing what i'm teaching yet. 

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I am really scared that I will have more students lose loved ones. I'm feeling a lot of guilt around my relative health and safety compared to members of our community. I am really scared that I could be the person that spreads COVID to vulnerable people at MECA and in my personal life.

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Watching and helping my advisees that I've been with since they were 9th graders plan for their futures and get excited about the next phase of their lives!

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To become a better remote teacher.
That everyone remains safe and healthy.
To make connections to students that are as strong as the connections that I make in-person,

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That remote learning will be a disaster.
Hybrid learning will be a disaster.
Students will not learn in the best way that they can.
I will not be a great remote teacher.

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Anxious about the health and safety of my loved ones, of my students, of our communities; worried about the difficulties and difficulty of connecting with students through remote learning

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Sarah: worried about connecting with new 9th graders

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Sarah: worried about connecting with new 9th graders

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Sarah: worried about someone getting sick

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Sarah: worried about someone getting sick

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I'm worried that we won't be able to overcome the external factors driving students' anxieties, and so they won't be able to engage with the work, further frustrating them & us!

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Being able to connect to students despite the social distancing. Finding positive ways to communicate and making them feel comfortable so that they can adapt to this new way of learning.

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This school year provides an opportunity to for learning to be dynamic and flexible despite the circumstances.

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I'm very fearful over the lack of control I have over my own safety

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Students and staff getting sick and the feeling of anxiety

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I know some lucky kids will come in ready to engage and succeed, and I'm hoping this week will help us prepare to meet them head on!

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Sarah: I hope we learn how to be really amazing, engaging remote educators!

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Sarah: I hope we learn how to be really amazing, engaging remote educators!

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Sarah: I hope we find ways to connect as a staff

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Sarah: I hope we find ways to connect as a staff

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I'm worried students who 'fall between the cracks' will become even more lost in this virtual world, and we won't have ways of reaching out to them.

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To learn more technology and use it to my and the kiddos advantage

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Delighted industry partners really want to do more for meca

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commuting, my family, students and staff getting ill

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commuting, my family, students and staff getting ill

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I really hope we can figure out a safe, realistic way to have classes or see the kids. I miss them terribly and I just desperately want some semblance of a classroom.

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Hope:  I am putting in place new morning and afternoon rituals to strengthen my emotional well being to be able to provide the support our students and staff will need this school year. I want this muddy pond to produce a vibrant lotus.

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Hope:  I am putting in place new morning and afternoon rituals to strengthen my emotional well being to be able to provide the support our students and staff will need this school year. I want this muddy pond to produce a vibrant lotus.

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Innovation to teaching and delivery; ability to make greater modifications to content delivery than previous - Jess

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Jumping into this year on a positive note and be willing to do things differently from before to bring some fun, creative and new learning experiences to myself and my new students! (With fingers crossed on both hands) - Accoo

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That the younger generation keeps fighting for changes greater than those that impact just them individually in this society. It's about time we start teaching newer history in classes.

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Hope that I can connect to students virtually as much as I have in-person in the past

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Hope that I can connect to students virtually as much as I have in-person in the past

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Worried about family members of teachers and students that are high risk

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Worried about family members of teachers and students that are high risk

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MECA seems to always pull it together no matter what the situation. Given our outstanding performance with remote learning in the spring, I think we can expect great things from MECA this coming year.

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The challenges may be overwhelming for students as well as staff members

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I'm excited to not feel tied down to a regents curriculum and I can teach topics outside of the "regents" curriculum.

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I'm excited to not feel tied down to a regents curriculum and I can teach topics outside of the "regents" curriculum.

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I hope that my advisory is able to maintain our fun-loving environment.

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We as a staff can come together and work towards our shared goals

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I hope that I will be able to connect with my new students, especially my advisees.

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Crowded train and bus with people breathing on me

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Fearful that if we continue to dwell on what we cannot control or change, we will create and perpetuate negative patterns; want a shift a more hopeful/optimistic mindset.... thats the challenge.

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Fearful that if we continue to dwell on what we cannot control or change, we will create and perpetuate negative patterns; want a shift a more hopeful/optimistic mindset.... thats the challenge.

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Kids being infected

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I'm 100% sure we are going to do remote better this time than last time, and I'm hopeful that we can use this platform to really meet our kids and get to know them. I think the experience is not ideal, but given the situation I think we can make remote so much better than it was.

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I worry that someone will get sick.

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I am so happy that students (and maybe staff as well) that have felt extreme isolation during COVID/summer will be able to ease their way out of the isolation.

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I am hopeful that I will have a better year than last year; I am hopeful for connecting with loved ones as much as possible, be it virtually

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I'm worried about students, families, and our MECA family getting sick.

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I'm worried about students, families, and our MECA family getting sick.

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As much as this year will be a challenge, I'm hoping that I'll learn new ways of supporting students that I can take into future years

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About being fully present for my Meca family.
-Jeanette

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I hope that we can resume some degree of normalcy by June maybe?  Hopefully?

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I am worried about maintaining my work/life balance. This was really, really difficult in the spring and entirely unsustainable/unhealthy. I need to work to set better boundaries and I am worried that I don't have the background/foresight to do so.

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Worried about students struggling with ptsd, family loss, mental health issues, anxiety, isolation, and concern for their health and safety on top of that.

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I don’t mind coming to school but I want to stay well. I am concerned about being in I closed spaces with others without proper ventilation. I’m not old enough or sick enough to get an accommodation though I am trying again. But I miss being together too.

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Someone said they are worried about doing a bad job...I totally feel that. I love teaching and usually feel a lot of success as an educator... I'm worried it won't be like that this year.

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Sarah: worried about Sophie hating school forever and ever

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Sarah: worried about Sophie hating school forever and ever

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I worry about the November election... had to say it

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I worry about the November election... had to say it

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Joyous anticipation for working with Ingram on a weird, virtual, Global course, JA for working with the amazing 10th grade team, JA for working with the always fun history dept, JA for the new insane advisory work

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I feel so thankful for having a break this summer to focus on myself and my family. I was able to accomplish a lot of personal goals, many of them creative. I also watched as my fellow teachers and administration continued open and honest dialogue. I feel the MOST optimist and hopeful I’ve ever felt at MECA in now starting my 4 th year. Covid is aweful but it has also given us many gifts and coming together as a school adult community is one of them. Check out summer art projects on my Instagram @equalist_nyc

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Many students have had one run through with virtual learning so hopefully it goes a little smoother this time around

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i am worriedd that we will politicize things when we dnt have 2 and that kids will feel that impact

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i am worriedd that we will politicize things when we dnt have 2 and that kids will feel that impact

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We can all celebrate the end of the year together in person! (Hopefully things have gotten significantly better)