{"id":3535,"date":"2020-10-06T20:09:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T20:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/?p=3535"},"modified":"2021-05-17T17:27:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:27:52","slug":"digital-learning-my-new-favorite-representatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/resources\/digital-learning-my-new-favorite-representatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Learning: My new favorite representative(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Digital Learning: My new favorite representative(s), and how he\/she wooed me in the time of Corona.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By: Craig Perrier<\/a><\/p>\n

Remember when you first started working with schools?\u00a0 Think back to those days. What parts of your professional self were elevated by the freshness of the job? How proactive were you with clients?\u00a0\u00a0 What was your reply time to calls and emails? Did you give extra attention to relationship making and cultivation? Now hold on to that moment because that version of you isn\u2019t in the past.\u00a0 It is now.\u00a0 Let me explain a bit more.<\/p>\n

The phrase \u201cwe are all first year teachers this year\u201d has been used quite frequently during the start of the school year.\u00a0 Whether the phrase is used as a way to nurture staff solidarity, as a reminder to the challenges ahead, an invitation to collaborate, a recognition that vulnerability in times of change is ok, or in some other way, the message applies to the representatives we work with and rely upon to navigate the current and upcoming shifts and demands of education.<\/p>\n

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I am happy to say that just in the first month of the 20-21 school year, multiple representatives\u00a0 I work with have embraced this first year (again) persona.\u00a0 They are preventing fires, helping put out fires, and by doing so building a reputation of trust, confidence, and respect.\u00a0 Here is a sample of some loyal inducing actions I have encountered so far:<\/p>\n