Coronavirus Chronicles 023 – Dhahran Middle School

I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over.

Episode 023 is below. Thank you, Danny Gordon, for sharing how the Dhahran Middle School in Saudi Arabia is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about your school’s thoughtful and proactive pre-planning and how your educators have enacted iChoose Tuesdays for students.

See the complete list of episodes, which also are available as a podcast channel on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, please get in touch. 

Other conversation series that may be of interest are below. Check them out!

Conversation series with educators during the pandemic

Coronavirus Chronicles 022 – Grossmont Union High School District

I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over.

Episode 022 is below. Thank you, Dan McDowell, for sharing how the Grossmont Union High School District in California is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about how your educators are staggering classes and classwork right now to accommodate the needs of students and families. Smartly done!

See the complete list of episodes, which also are available as a podcast channel on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, please get in touch. 

Other conversation series that may be of interest are below. Check them out!

Conversation series with educators during the pandemic

Coronavirus Chronicles 021 – San Diego County Office of Education

I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over.

Episode 021 is below. Thank you, Adina Sullivan-Marlow, for sharing how the San Diego County Office of Education in California is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about the complexity of trying to serve the county’s school districts, educators, and families right now.

See the complete list of episodes, which also are available as a podcast channel on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, please get in touch. 

Other conversation series that may be of interest are below. Check them out!

Conversation series with educators during the pandemic

Coronavirus Chronicles 020 – Arrow Academy Charter Schools

I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over.

Episode 020 is below. Thank you, Jim Christensen, for sharing how the Arrow Academy Charter Schools in Texas have been adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about all the ways that you’re trying to maintain learning opportunities for your students!

See the complete list of episodes, which also are available as a podcast channel on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, please get in touch. 

Other conversation series that may be of interest are below. Check them out!

Conversation series with educators during the pandemic

Coronavirus Chronicles 019 – Milwaukee Jewish Day School

I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over.

Episode 019 is below. Thank you, Aaron Lippman and Jori Broidy, for sharing how the Milwaukee Jewish Day School in Wisconsin has been adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated how you’re trying to create interesting peer-to-peer, multimedia learning opportunities for your students!

See the complete list of episodes, which also are available as a podcast channel on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, please get in touch. 

Also, my co-author, Dean Shareski, has started a similar podcast, What’s Happening?, which is focused a little more on instructional issues than leadership. Check it out!

Coronavirus Chronicles 018 – Northern Cass School District

I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over.

Episode 018 is below. Thank you, Cory Steiner, for sharing how the Northern Cass School District in North Dakota has been adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated your emphasis on family and community engagement and our conversation about some new possibilities for next school year.

See the complete list of episodes, which also are available as a podcast channel on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, please get in touch. 

Also, my co-author, Dean Shareski, has started a similar podcast, What’s Happening?, which is focused a little more on instructional issues than leadership. Check it out!

Coronavirus Chronicles 017 – International School of Luxembourg

I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over.

Episode 017 is below. Thank you, John Mikton, for sharing how the International School of Luxembourg has been adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I greatly appreciated your focus on structures, teamwork, and recalibration.

See the complete list of episodes, which also are available as a podcast channel on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, please get in touch. 

Also, my co-author, Dean Shareski, has started a similar podcast, What’s Happening?, which is focused a little more on instructional issues than leadership. Check it out!

Coronavirus Chronicles 016 – Brigantine Public Schools

I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over.

Episode 016 is below. Thank you, Glenn Robbins, for sharing how the Brigantine Public Schools in New Jersey have been adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated your emphasis on the social and emotional health of your community and your description of the collaborative conversations with community leaders. Schools are not isolated entities!

See the complete list of episodes, which also are available on the Coronavirus Chronicles podcast channel. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, please get in touch. 

Also, my co-author, Dean Shareski, has started a similar podcast, What’s Happening?, which is focused a little more on instructional issues than leadership. Check it out!

Coronavirus Chronicles 015 – Jeffco Public Schools

I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over.

Episode 015 is below. Thank you, Mary Beth Bazzanella and Kala Munguia, for sharing how the Jeffco Public Schools in Colorado have been adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. Your enthusiasm for the great work your educators are doing is incredibly energizing!

See the complete list of episodes, which also are available on the Coronavirus Chronicles podcast channel. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, please get in touch. 

Also, my co-author, Dean Shareski, has started a similar podcast, What’s Happening?, which is focused a little more on instructional issues than leadership. Check it out!

CHART: School Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Version 01)

It has been illuminating to listen to school leaders share how their systems are responding to the needs of their students, staff, and communities during the global pandemic. I need to summarize more concretely some of the key leadership behaviors and support structures that I have heard about in the Coronavirus Chronicles interviews, but in the meantime I thought I would share the following chart.

I don’t claim that this chart is definitive or based on a scholarly analysis of data. Instead, it is just a quick summary of my informal meaning-making so far. This chart is definitely a draft. If you have thoughts about how I should change it, let me know!

CHART: School Responses to the COVID 19 Pandemic v01

Click here to access the full-size image. Hope this is useful to you!

In what phase is your school system? What plans and structures do you have in place to move out of that phase?