CORONA by Educating For Impact https://padlet.com/educatingforimpact/1gkhfjvqku5g1zi Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2021-05-04 13:32:56 UTC 2025-10-24 18:45:21 UTC hello@padlet.com GUIDING QUESTIONS educatingforimpact https://padlet.com/educatingforimpact/1gkhfjvqku5g1zi/wish/1489574411 * How has the pandemic impacted you personally and/or professionally?
* What Corona changes would you want to keep post-Corona? Individually?  Organisationally?  The way we work?
* How well have we demonstrated real empathy to the different corona situations in our communities and in the cities of our staff? 
* Have we pivoted for Corona in a way that works for you professionally and/or personally?
* How supported do you feel during this period?  What else would you like?
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To be treated well/be cared for when we are ill - this happens
Feel that we've done very well considering the restrictions eg virtual ODRs have been pretty successful
Appreciate that EFI pivoted, kept going and really role modelled how to be in Corona
To feel financially secure

CHALLENGES:
Understanding the different challenges faced in different cities at different times by corona - no buffer in schools - effects individual staff too
Not being able to support individuals eg CMs and cities from a distance
Working from our bedrooms for months on end
Impact of Corona on EFI
Having to take on additional work outside of EFI because my partner is unemployed because of COVID
Being able to concentrate when my kids are always at home in the background.

SUGGESTIONS/SOLUTIONS:
Where it is allowed, for EFI staff living close to each other to have a space to meet??
Post Covid - a hybrid of virtual and in person would be great
Inspirational/motivational content]]> 2021-05-05 05:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/educatingforimpact/1gkhfjvqku5g1zi/wish/1492533716 GROUP #2 educatingforimpact https://padlet.com/educatingforimpact/1gkhfjvqku5g1zi/wish/1492534782 NEEDS:
Empathy. Everyone's situation has been different. Make sure we are really understanding where everyone is while also respecting boundaries.

CHALLENGES:
Still need to get our work done in very difficult circumstances.
Concern about how we get back to normal.
Monotony of the year.
Space got blurred together (personal/professional).
The crappiness of the past year has catalyzed the difficulties we are talking about today - the straw that breaks the camel's back comes more quickly.

SUGGESTIONS/SOLUTIONS: 
What will travel look like post-Covid?
What works and doesn't work - both personally and organizationally]]> 2021-05-05 05:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/educatingforimpact/1gkhfjvqku5g1zi/wish/1492534782 GROUP #3 educatingforimpact https://padlet.com/educatingforimpact/1gkhfjvqku5g1zi/wish/1492535068 General notes:
In some ways more relaxing because EFI meetings don't take place while we are travelling in our cities. When we go back to travelling, how can we try to remedy these conflicts?
How much travel is really going to be necessary with the more established communities?
Question of the value of token gifts. (if there is a need for gifts, vouchers are much more eco-friendly and financially sound)
Stressed about going to the stresses of travel and the discomfort of small talk dinners.
Large questions of what is really necessary and what is not.

CHALLENGES:
C4 - massive - making relationships.
Not being able to do in-person professional development for teachers and staff.
Missing the "perks" of traveling abroad
Even if our CM is available - all the people that they work for and with are completely preoccupied with Corona stresses

SUGGESTIONS/SOLUTIONS:
Vouchers instead of shipping gifts ]]> 2021-05-05 05:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/educatingforimpact/1gkhfjvqku5g1zi/wish/1492535068 GROUP #4 educatingforimpact https://padlet.com/educatingforimpact/1gkhfjvqku5g1zi/wish/1492536159 NEEDS:
Better balance of travelling/be at home

CHALLENGES:
Not feeling effective by not visiting cities
Not always recognising the stress/pressure our CMs and SCs are under (e.g. SC members running huge businesses)

SUGGESTIONS/SOLUTIONS:
Work is more manageable without travel; be more selective
Keep zoom/remote stuff where appropriate - to still be productive etc.
Encourage more in person get togethers locally when permitted]]> 2021-05-05 05:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/educatingforimpact/1gkhfjvqku5g1zi/wish/1492536159 Common Themes educatingforimpact https://padlet.com/educatingforimpact/1gkhfjvqku5g1zi/wish/1492539694 Needs:
Empathy, kindness
Financial security
Pivoting
Balance

Challenges:
Anxiety/curiosity about what it will be like to return to travel
Monotony.
Less boundaries between personal and professional.
Trying to still get our work done under difficult circumstances.
Get upset easier about work issues.
Being ill.
Fully understanding the impact of Corona on all staff in our cities, their unavailability
no dedicated workspace
unemployed spouse
working with kids at home
Developing relationship with C4 communities
Not being able to do in personal PD
Missing the "perks" of travel
The personal/professional stresses on our CMs and SCs

Suggestions:
Think about together how things will look post-covid
What can we change after covid based on this year (less travel? what is really needed?) 
More inspiration/motivation
Think of ways for staff to meet in person when possible
Send vouchers instead of gifts


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