{"id":12300,"date":"2021-07-01T18:38:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T22:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teacherlists.com\/blog\/?p=12300"},"modified":"2023-08-01T15:10:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:10:10","slug":"things-teachers-love-about-returning-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teacherlists.com\/blog\/things-teachers-love-about-returning-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things Teachers Love About Returning to School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>When the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, teachers found they missed a LOT about the typical school day. Here are some of the things teachers say they <\/strong><strong>are thrilled to experience again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherlists.com\/blog\/tips-for-teachers-returning-to-in-person-learning\/\">as their schools reopen<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: smaller; text-transform: uppercase;\">dotshock\/123RF<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Daily Routine<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">TikTok user @iammistermba was so happy to return to school in March 2021 that he created a video using Taylor Swift songs to express his feelings. He starts with by celebrating the end of online learning while closing a laptop to the tune of \u201cWe Are Never Getting Back Together.\u201d The video uses a string of other Taylor Swift songs suitable to the first day back teaching in the classroom to shushing students who are being too loud.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@iammistermba\/video\/6937076143778516229\" data-video-id=\"6937076143778516229\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@iammistermba\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@iammistermba?refer=embed\">@iammistermba<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Returning to school according to Taylor Swift \u263a\ufe0f <a title=\"iammistermba\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/iammistermba?refer=embed\">#iammistermba<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"relatable\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/relatable?refer=embed\">#relatable<\/a> <a title=\"backtoschool\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/backtoschool?refer=embed\">#backtoschool<\/a> <a title=\"school\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/school?refer=embed\">#school<\/a> <a title=\"iwd2021\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/iwd2021?refer=embed\">#iwd2021<\/a> <a title=\"womensday\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/womensday?refer=embed\">#womensday<\/a> <a title=\"taylorswift\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/taylorswift?refer=embed\">#taylorswift<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - iammistermba\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-6937076048051964677?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; iammistermba<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Seeing Students Smile<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sure, students smiled sometimes during online learning, but it just wasn\u2019t the same as seeing a beaming kids play with friends on the school playground. This elementary special education teacher was thrilled to see her students\u2019 faces when they were able to play face mask-free outside during recess.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, after a year and a half, my students were finally able to 1) utilize the play structure and 2) take off masks while outside.<\/p>\n<p>It honestly made me misty-eyed seeing how excited they were&#8230;and seeing their whole faces for more than a moment or two. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/teachertwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#teachertwitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ms. Cassie (@speducator_life) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/speducator_life\/status\/1410313169789063168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Meeting Students Face to Face<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">In some places where schools reopened in the spring, teachers were glad to be in the same room with their students for the first time before they advanced to the next grade. At Sanchez Middle School in El Paso, Texas, Lexana Alfaro was thrilled to meet her 8<sup>th<\/sup> grade students before they moved up to high school.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I absolutely love having our kids back! So glad I at least got to meet some in person before they head to high school. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V7NLs7W76w\">pic.twitter.com\/V7NLs7W76w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lexana Alfaro, M.Ed (@LAlfaro_SSMS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAlfaro_SSMS\/status\/1402382961786380290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Student Hugs and High-Fives<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Anne Lefebvre wrote about all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredteachers.com\/inspiring\/miss-hugging-students\"><span class=\"s1\">things she missed about pre-pandemic teaching<\/span><\/a> for Bored Teachers. Close contact with students\u2014fist bumps, high-fives, and handshakes\u2014topped the list. \u201cAbove all, I miss answering \u2018Yes, of course!\u2019 to the question, \u201cCan I have a hug?\u201d Lefebvre wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Hands-On Teaching Tools<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">While teaching from home, many teachers found that they missed school equipment like the copy machine or laminator. This teacher can\u2019t wait to get back to the classroom in fall 2021, and to teach using math manipulatives again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking back at old pictures today is giving me &#8220;classroom fever&#8221;. I am really missing being in a physical school, playing face to face, using math manipulatives.. ??<\/p>\n<p>Thinking about what September will bring for me. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HWDSB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HWDSB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f9ws34b0tN\">https:\/\/t.co\/f9ws34b0tN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ?????? (@missmullin17) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/missmullin17\/status\/1400242513869520896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Electronic Whiteboards and Classroom Helpers<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">We bet this isn\u2019t the only teacher who missed teaching with a smart board while schools were closed, just as much as she missed \u201cthat one kid that practically runs class for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">what I miss about school:<br \/>\nmy classroom &amp; smart board<br \/>\nmy kiddos (most of them)<br \/>\nthat one kid that practically runs class for me<br \/>\nsocializing w\/ teachers<br \/>\nthe copier &amp; laminator<\/p>\n<p>what I don&#8217;t miss:<br \/>\nwaking up at 6am<br \/>\n15 min lunch break<br \/>\nrecess duty<br \/>\nbehavior probs<br \/>\ncrying<br \/>\ngetting dressed<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 classy teacher ?\u200d? (@classyteachr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/classyteachr\/status\/1265322964242718720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Schoolday Sounds<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">As teachers and students return to the school building, some teachers are realizing how much they missed the sounds of kids laughing in hallways or even the beep of the school copy machine. This teacher on TikTok shared a video of teacher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleep.org\/what-is-asmr\/\"><span class=\"s1\">ASMR<\/span><\/a> that included the sounds of flipping pages of stapled homework assignments and reshelving classroom books.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@pam_a_cake\/video\/6930377077640170758\" data-video-id=\"6930377077640170758\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\"><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@pam_a_cake\/video\/6930377077640170758\" data-video-id=\"6930377077640170758\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@pam_a_cake\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@pam_a_cake?refer=embed\">@pam_a_cake<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Teacher ASMR <a title=\"teacherasmr\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teacherasmr?refer=embed\">#teacherasmr<\/a> <a title=\"dayinthelife\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/dayinthelife?refer=embed\">#dayinthelife<\/a> <a title=\"teachersounds\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teachersounds?refer=embed\">#teachersounds<\/a> <a title=\"classroom\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/classroom?refer=embed\">#classroom<\/a>  <a title=\"dayinthelifeofateacher\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/dayinthelifeofateacher?refer=embed\">#dayinthelifeofateacher<\/a> ?cred to:  @mrs.woolleyin5th<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Pam\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-6930377121386859270?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Pam<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Kids Being Kids<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">This teacher missed the funny things her students did in class, like Kobe Bryan impressions and the hearing the never-ending question: when\u2019s recess?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mrs.shewolf34\/video\/6894733431649864965\" data-video-id=\"6894733431649864965\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\"><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mrs.shewolf34\/video\/6894733431649864965\" data-video-id=\"6894733431649864965\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@mrs.shewolf34\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mrs.shewolf34?refer=embed\">@mrs.shewolf34<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Student Behavior 9 with Becky Perry <a title=\"teacherlifebelike\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teacherlifebelike?refer=embed\">#teacherlifebelike<\/a> <a title=\"teachers2020\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teachers2020?refer=embed\">#teachers2020<\/a> <a title=\"tiktokteachers2020\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tiktokteachers2020?refer=embed\">#tiktokteachers2020<\/a> <a title=\"teachercomedy\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teachercomedy?refer=embed\">#teachercomedy<\/a> <a title=\"bekind\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/bekind?refer=embed\">#BeKind<\/a> <a title=\"asianteachers\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/asianteachers?refer=embed\">#asianteachers<\/a>  <a title=\"parentsoftiktoks\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/parentsoftiktoks?refer=embed\">#parentsoftiktoks<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - rebecca schlafer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-6894733434271353606?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; rebecca schlafer<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Time With Teachers<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Many teachers missed the company of other teachers and have been glad to get back to lunches in the staff room and conversations between classes. In a humorous TikTok, Jay Salazar talked about missing the long line of teachers making a last-minute coffee run before homeroom begins, even if teachers shared spoilers for TV shows.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thejaysalazar\/video\/6931411680878398725\" data-video-id=\"6931411680878398725\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@thejaysalazar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thejaysalazar?refer=embed\">@thejaysalazar<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>??? <a title=\"teacher\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teacher?refer=embed\">#teacher<\/a> <a title=\"teachers\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teachers?refer=embed\">#teachers<\/a> <a title=\"teaching\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teaching?refer=embed\">#teaching<\/a> <a title=\"teach\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teach?refer=embed\">#teach<\/a> <a title=\"tiktokteacher\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tiktokteacher?refer=embed\">#tiktokteacher<\/a> <a title=\"teachersoftiktok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teachersoftiktok?refer=embed\">#teachersoftiktok<\/a> <a title=\"onlineteaching\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/onlineteaching?refer=embed\">#onlineteaching<\/a> <a title=\"remotelearning\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/remotelearning?refer=embed\">#remotelearning<\/a> <a title=\"school\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/school?refer=embed\">#school<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - TheJaySalazar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-6931411759018347270?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; TheJaySalazar<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Everything, Even Lunch Duty!<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Early in the pandemic, We Are Teachers asked for teachers to tweet about what they missed most about school. The wide-ranging responses included hearing students tell jokes, the sound of the bell ringing, and even doing lunch duty. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weareteachers.com\/teachers-miss-about-school\/\"><span class=\"s1\">read about responses here<\/span><\/a> or check out the original Twitter thread.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TEACHERS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TEACHERS<\/a>: What&#8217;s one thing you miss about school that you thought you&#8217;d NEVER ever miss?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WeAreTeachers (@WeAreTeachers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeAreTeachers\/status\/1245832762738839552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What did you miss?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":12338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4210,4206],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.3 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - 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