As I write this post, I know so many of you will be considering risk assessments, social distancing, to PPE or not to PPE and how to keep our children, families, staff and of course, ourselves safe, so perhaps we can share our thoughts? As an Educational Psychologist my context is slightly different, but I will be piloting the use of a perspex screen, visor and disposable 'pointers' as well as multiple sets of assessment tools and lots of anti-bacterial wipes and hand gel!
What are your plans and worries?
It is great that we are discovering so many new 'tools' that aid our communication at this time. Eastern Partnership (providers of the National Award in Co-ordination) have commissioned a virtual class room (called the Big Blue Button,) to aid the delivery of the remaining sessions for the Award and as a Tutor on the Norfolk programme I am being trained on its use tomorrow. The potential is huge I just hope my IT knowledge extends that far! I hope we choose to retain some of these methods for communication as we move forwards. I would hate to 'only' communicate virtually but at times, it could be a really useful method. What do you think about this?