happy testing!

This week, I'm assisting with state testing for our middle schoolers. This looks completely different in the virtual setting!  We are a combination of hybrid and in person instruction, with students attending both online and face to face.  As a result, we've had to be really creative with the testing process. 

On any given day, we have lots of activity going on.  There are virtual students coming in for testing only and leaving early.  We have virtual students who have opted out of testing following an abbreviated schedule with delayed log in times.  Children of employees who attend in person for four days are testing two days and being monitored by connections teachers on the other two days.  And everyone is maneuvering around technology issues and changes to the schedule.  But I've got to say, it has truly been ORGANIZED chaos!  Our AP in charge of testing is a mastermind at pulling off schoolwide testing and makes it look so easy.

​I've happily rotated between administering tests to students and collecting testing materials.  Coaching in a virtual setting can be downright lonely!  I've had so much fun laughing and joking around with my coworkers, swapping COVID weight gain stories, and sharing plans for the summer months.  It's been great being able to engage in face to face conversations where we're socially distanced - even with the masks on!