Hey there friends, it's Angela. I just wanted to do a quick check-in with you.

I struggled a little bit with how to do this episode and what to talk about because obviously I don't

know the answers. No one does. This is unprecedented. We've never been here before as a society, but I did want to address

what's happening and hopefully bring some comfort to those of you who are anxious and

stressed about all the uncertainty.

One thing that I know you'll be able to count on is this podcast.

Other than this episode, we're going to continue on our regular Sunday schedule each week. My hope was to stick to the normal

topics, but I'm finding that every day is bringing so many changes that it's impossible to

predict if and when you'll be able to put any of that stuff into practice.

And I always want to speak to you about things that are timely and relevant for you to use right now.

So I made the decision to scrap all the planned episodes for

the rest of the season and I'm just taking this week by week based on whatever I

feel is most pressing to address given the state of the world at that moment.

So I might show up with a motivational message and some short simple encouragement.

It might be an episode sort of like this one, or maybe with some tools to support you in teaching

remotely. The topic and the tone will depend on whatever I feel is most

urgently needed and what I think is most important for teachers to be focusing on at the time.

Just know that I'm monitoring things really closely and staying super connected with my teacher communities online

to make sure that I'm serving you in a way that's helpful.

I just know that basically everything in real life is being canceled or

postponed right now so I don't want to do the same thing for online stuff.

Everything I do online will remain constant and consistent and

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