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Listen to them; give them a voice and allow choice. Allow them to be part of the decision making process.

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The idea of "not knowing the answer" or "messing up" is very scary, but if you have built trust with your students, they will know it's okay to make mistakes or to look for an answer.
I really try to organize lessons and keep consistency so students know what to expect. This is such an unknown time, the students are looking for consistency.

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Letting the kids see that I am human, I make mistakes, I don't know everything

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Letting the kids see that I am human, I make mistakes, I don't know everything

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Being honest when I don't know the answer or I don't understand something. Asking when I need help.
Also, acknowledging that I "see" them - notice a new shirt or haircut or pet in the room.

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I take time to share Good News with students. I try to keep it real and human, such as when the dog barks or the microphones aren't quite right. I work hard to learn name pronunciations. I would love to have more casual time with students, but the Encore schedule doesn't allow much for that.

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There can be so many moving parts when teaching virtually, and having everything up and ready to go helps maintain the flow of the lesson. However, all know that sometimes, we could have technology blips, and that's okay! Reassure our kiddos that sometimes things don't work out the way we want. While rebooting whatever, that's some good downtime to have some quick non-academic conversations and check-ins with students before regrouping and refocusing on the lesson.

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At the end of the day, I have a Zoom time for an hour where kids come on to ask for help, to chat or even to play Prodigy together.  I have received some feedback from parents who said that their child just loves this time with me.

We also laugh A LOT! Just last week our ESOL teacher accidentally closed the whole room instead of just leaving the room. We all came right back on Zoom and laughed for a good 10 minutes as friends came back. Laughing together makes them understand we are all human.

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Playing games such as 4 corners and having free time to have kids open up to talk. Positive Feedback and recognition of good work.

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We celebrate together and laugh with one another each day. We share things about our day and we talk about all of our favorite things. We encourage each other.

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This applied when I was teaching in-person as well, but keeping my word about finding out something that I don't immediately have the answer to. Now, it's a little easier to just google something on the fly (vs. previously, I might have needed to wait until I wasn't teaching -- or, sometimes I just did it then and there if it could be quick). When I don't know something, I'm pretty honest with our kiddos, "Hey, I'm not really sure at the moment, but I'll find out soon and get back to you on that."

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I make sure we have time to talk about things happening outside of school, complete unstructured chat: what they did over the weekend, what they had for dinner last night, share about their favorite things.
We also make sure to have moments of silliness and laughter to keep things fun and light during this new way of learning.

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Laughing and talking with them.  In small group we can spend more time getting to know them.  This allows them to feel more comfortable with us.

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Laughing and talking with them.  In small group we can spend more time getting to know them.  This allows them to feel more comfortable with us.

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Encouraging them while they are spelling during their PALS assessment.  We are not judging you on the way you spell.  We are proud of how hard you are working.  This allows the students to be more willing to try.

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Encouraging them while they are spelling during their PALS assessment.  We are not judging you on the way you spell.  We are proud of how hard you are working.  This allows the students to be more willing to try.

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Reassuring them that it is okay to make mistakes.  We make mistakes too!

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Reassuring them that it is okay to make mistakes.  We make mistakes too!