Learnings from lockdown

The public health emergency caused by Covid-19 Coronavirus has challenged accepted practice in schools around the world. The nature of that challenge is twofold. First, how teachers and school leaders ensure their students’ education can continue while school buildings remain closed. Second, how schooling itself should change once those buildings inevitably re-open. The Education Endowment Foundation sensibly reminds us that the most sustainable, most effective approaches to virtual schooling will emerge over time through experimentation and dialogue between teachers and school leaders. After two weeks of experimentation in my school, the following seven learnings are an initial contribution to that dialogue. 1. Remember what hasn’t changed So much of our day-to-day lives as teachers has changed dramatically. It is important to hold onto those things that haven’t. First and foremost, your values as a professional and your ethos as a school. These should be unaffected by