The COVID-19 pandemic has caused uncertainty in everyone’s daily life, especially for our teachers and students.  However, the good news is that hiring is still moving forward at many schools, albeit, virtually.  We have been hearing from many of our school administrators that it’s helpful for them to view videos of candidates teaching as they make their final hiring decisions. If you don’t have a recent video teaching demo, it’s not a bad idea to record one of your lessons n

Social distancing.  Flatten the curve.  Remote learning.  These phrases have quickly become part of our daily vocabulary in the last week as the country confronts the COVID-19 pandemic.  We’ve been getting questions from candidates and school administrators alike about what steps they should be taking to ensure hiring can still continue, albeit in a different form.  While the news is ever-changing, and it’s too soon to tell how the hiring season in schools will be impacted, w

As the news about COVID-19 changes daily, our schools are put in a unique position about how to handle the uncertainty around absences, school closures, and remote learning.  The last week has been full of faculty meetings to discuss contingency plans and technology departments have been buzzing making sure students and faculty alike are well-equipped for the possibility of extended, remote learning. Joy Lopez, Director of Technology (@technomaven, jlopez@shschools.org), and