First Year Teacher - What is “enough”?

As a first year teacher in a mostly virtual setting, I feel like I’m lacking a teacher community. The collaboration is gone and the quick questions that I used to be able to ask other teachers during student teaching, I now have to figure out on my own. So, maybe you can help me answer one or a few of the questions that have been weighing on me. I’d really appreciate it.

1. Is it normal to feel like you’re failing all the time? Is that okay? Any ways to deal with the stress of feeling like you’re not doing enough?

2. How do you balance the urgency of keeping kids on track this year (with less instructional time and online, in my case), and being kind to yourself during a first-year-of-teaching-in-a-pandemic?

3. Does the sense of dread you feel about getting everything done go away with time? Can you tell me about your experience with teaching getting better over time?

Any help would be appreciated.

Submitted October 28, 2020 at 09:46AM by maemarck https://ift.tt/2TBsBxG