Tutoring Children in a Pandemic
Life and Learning in Our Community Leaders in our community are unsure of, and continue to debate, the safest yet effective way for educating our children. To date, school-age children attend school one week while learning remotely on alternate weeks. Teachers must manage classrooms with both in-school and in-home students simultaneously. This type of setting was never taught in the Methods courses for Teacher Education. I sympathize with their challenges. But, I worry more (as do their teachers) about the welfare of the children. Learning is hard even in ideal settings. Concepts, skills, ideas, and rules must be processed, understood, and applied to everyday life. It requires time for learning along with the scaffolding provided by a parent, mentor, or professionally trained teacher. These challenges are a reality in our pandemic world. Everyone suffers--those with many resources and those without resources. It is particularly hard in homes where parents are working, often in dema