By: Katherine Senseman

   The teaching world was forever changed two years ago when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools across the United States. For two years, staff and students were limited to communications through screens and masks. In 2022 schools returned to relative capacity and educators were blindsided by the change in the students’ behavior and social skills. COVID-19 changed the way educators taught and the way students treated each other and their educators. 

   When the pandemic was declared schools shut down immediately and made the decision to go virtual they  left educators totally unprepared to teach in an asynchronous environment and without the training to support them. Educators were forced to teach over online communication apps like Zoom and Google classroom. They had to attempt to engage with students they couldn’t see and had no control over the student’s …
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