An East Village principal on taking his school remote: 'At a webinar for principals, our schools chancellor told us we are building the plane while we fly the plane'
Photo: Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images Until recently, you could find public-elementary-school principal Bradley Goodman on any given weekday morning in the sun-filled recess yard at the East Village Community School in Manhattan, greeting arriving families and students, and overseeing a raucous, screaming, and generally joyous throng of kids kicking soccer balls, swinging from monkey bars, and chasing each other in circles.
The next few days were a fever dream. There were a couple scary moments where my wife and I weren’t sure what to do. I was having a hard time breathing. We had a couple of emergency FaceTime conversations with our friend, the doctor. He would keep me on the phone for several minutes and then say I didn’t need to go to the hospital yet.
Basically, almost overnight we completely reimagined and repackaged our whole curriculum to be accessible remotely. We had no time to prepare for this. At a webinar for principals, our schools chancellor told us we are building the plane while we fly the plane. And this is happening while teachers are at home and taking care of their own children, and taking care of themselves or maybe a family member who might be sick. Many parents I’ve heard from have been extremely appreciative.
My daughter’s fourth-grade teacher, every day this week he’s had a live experience online for his students. By now, the kids have been cooped up for a couple weeks, and they’re just desperate to have a conversation and connect with their friends. This social and emotional part of the classroom, of being part of something greater than themselves, that is the hardest thing to replicate.
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