I am a veteran teacher in Seattle who has taught kinder-gems for 35 years.  Fortunately, I have the good fortune of also been in a teaching role at every grade level K through grad school. My instructional lens is richer as a result. 

My shelf is full of multiple awards from various sources but my motivation is and always will be educational service. In spring 2020. like 1000s of educators, I pivoted (my new fave term) from dynamic in-person instruction to creating an online presence in a matter of days. On day one of building closure I began with one video designed to comfort my kids and within a week was publishing 12-17 YouTube videos daily at 327teach - attendance, read-alouds, word work, math, science, social studies, social emotional learning, even the impending census. Weekly live Zoom meetings with the students on Fridays and later in the afternoon with parents kept me in genuine face-to-face contact. 

I used to send out daily emails to families summarizing the day's work, now I was in their homes.