{"id":2471,"date":"2020-04-17T15:33:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T19:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2020-08-24T11:08:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T15:08:07","slug":"what-happens-to-equity-when-my-classroom-is-18-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/what-happens-to-equity-when-my-classroom-is-18-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens to Equity When My Classroom is 18 Homes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early childhood educators around the globe are learning to work in a new way. We hear families refer to remote learning during coronavirus closures as \u201chomeschooling.\u201d However, <a href=\"http:\/\/theparentscoop.libsyn.com\/is-this-homeschooling\">homeschooling is different.<\/a> Homeschooling means that there is an adult at the house who has chosen the responsibility of intentionally supporting the child\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>Now, for many children, the teacher is still responsible for partnering with the family to&nbsp;guide&nbsp;the child\u2019s development, but now they do so through video conference and by sharing activities. The child\u2019s home is now the teacher\u2019s classroom. In early childhood, we say the learning environment is the third teacher. What does it imply for a teacher to have 18 homes as their classroom?<\/p>\n<p>First, it has <a href=\"https:\/\/channelviewpublications.wordpress.com\/2020\/04\/16\/dual-language-bilingual-education-implementation-in-unprecedented-times-issues-of-equity-amidst-the-coronavirus-pandemic\/\">radical implications for equity<\/a>. The classroom was a common space. Now, some families are watching spring unfold from the safety and security of their homes.&nbsp;That is their learning environment. Other children are in crowded shelters or apartments with family members who are ill. That is their learning environment.&nbsp;The coronavirus has made a deeply inequitable early care and education landscape&nbsp;all the more terribly and visibly so.<\/p>\n<p>What has become clear to many educators is that they cannot approach their class as a class; if they are to connect, they must do so as individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Each family and child\u2019s experience of this crisis is different. Teachers work down emergency contact lists until they have found every child, each in their own place. If they can\u2019t help guide the child\u2019s day, they stay in touch. The child\u2019s classroom is in their teacher\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teachers, what has been your experience of remote learning\u2019s impact on equity? How have you tried to reach every child? Please share in the comments section below.\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early childhood educators around the globe are learning to work in a new way. 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