Norfolk county teachers react to hybrid learning
Hybrid learning has caught Norfolk County teachers with a wave of overwhelming responsibility. As the school year begins to unfold, teachers are faced with new challenges both in the classroom and online.
By Austin Henry, Staff Writer
Many teachers in Norfolk County have had varied positive and negative experiences with hybrid learning.
Some Norwood High School teachers are referring to it as ¨a changeup¨ and explained that ¨everything is new.¨
Science teacher Mrs. Flynn detailed how different teaching is in a hybrid model. ¨I think at this point in my career (this is my 8th year of teaching,) managing a classroom with kids here has almost become second nature. A lot of the decisions and choices and, you know, responses I make are more natural whereas now everything is tempered in that it's not just the kids in the classroom it's also remote so it's a whole different decision making process" she said.
Mrs. Henry, a teacher at East Elementary School in Sharon said that ¨every single lesson that I have to teach, I have to change in some way to be able to reach the kids at home as well as the kids in the classroom.¨
This ¨changeup¨ has proven to be very difficult for teachers especially with the immense amount of technology that is being used. Mrs. Henry detailed what she uses in relation to technology. ¨I'm using two computers, a document camera, a projector and a microphone" she said.
This increase in technology has shown to be ¨really stressful¨ says Mrs. Flynn.
NHS English teacher Mr. Mainuli said that despite the stress, ¨ I enjoy seeing everybody, I know that when I'm in the room with a class of kids even if it's small and far apart, there's positivity there, there's something good. I think I can see that on the faces of my students.¨