Hi Elizabeth, I hope you and
your family are well.
I've just had a conversation with a colleague (name withheld on
purpose) who says their Chair suggested that since they are
going to on-line classes, the Chair now feels the educator can
cope with doubling the size of the class--for the same pay.....
This sort of conversation is going on now. One may have a boss
who is just a jerk, or working for a business that sees
economical pressure in general.
Elizabeth, you bring an excellent suggestion of comparing notes
when we are back to "normal". That might take a long while. I
think your idea could be helpful to those who may be struggling
with how to cope with these challenges now. Putting our heads
together may provide helpful suggestions that may reduce stress
levels for our educators, as well illustrators in general. We
could do that with this ListServ.
I had a quote on a post-it for many years. "When emotions rise,
intelligence falls." We have difficulty in thinking straight
when we are highly stressed. Putting our heads together could
help.
Take care,
Cheers,
Linda
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On 3/25/20 7:17 AM, Elizabeth Morales
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Like many of my GNSI
colleagues, I have been working from my home studio for many
years. So my interaction with clients and most GNSI friends has
been largely online. But you know, this feels very very
different — this feeling of extreme inconvenience with a bass
note of fear and terror.
Good luck to
all dealing with this new world of digital instruction.
Everyone I know who teaches is trying to get up to speed on
Zoom to produce serviceable online classrooms. (One friend who
is a dance instructor is producing videos in her living room.
I’ve been beta-testing them for her!)
Perhaps,
when we are back to normal (unappreciated until now?) we can have a panel
discussion at our next annual meeting about how we all coped
with these challenges, what creative work-arounds we created
to keep our work moving along.
Best to all,
Elizabeth
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