Hi,

We have a directive from our principal. We created department-specific Google Docs and he requested that my para and I touch base daily to work collaboratively. We are finding distance learning resources for these documents. We are also receiving some requests for assistance directly from department members. 

I think we both are feeling overwhelmed and struggle with the sheer amount of resources that are out there. It is time-consuming to go through them in an effort to provide quality suggestions that we think will be useful. Additionally, we are trying to check each resource for its application to each specific content area. Most importantly, we are trying to ensure that anything that is directly being used by students or with students, for example, ebooks, film resources, etc... are copyright as well as student data privacy compliant. I have been trying to go the extra mile on this by reaching out to vendors via phone calls and emails when I am uncertain which takes extra time. 

At first, I was definitely engaging in a bit too much clicking, quickly glancing, copying and pasting in trying to find resources for a multitude of different needs quickly.  After a negligent misstep last week in which I forwarded a video before viewing it in entirety, I reached out to my principal about slowing down which was brought up at our leadership meeting. Hopefully, this was not off-putting to department leaders. I know our teachers must be feeling extremely overloaded during these uncharted times. We are trying to support them in a timely manner, but are fearful of rushing to judgment on recommending a resource. It is a balancing act to accomplish both. My para is invaluable in assisting me in this process!!!