For 24 years, Ami Anderson’s professional headquarters was her Jordan School District elementary school classroom where she taught third grade and later, fourth along Utah’s Wasatch Front.
Then came the coronavirus pandemic and last spring’s shuttering of schools, which meant Anderson, along with educators across the country, made a sudden pivot to virtual teaching to finish the school year.
This past fall, Anderson excitedly planned to resume teaching in person. Three days before the start of the school year, she was asked to teach third grade virtually with the district’s online elementary program.
“Spring online was difficult. I have a technology background so I was able to figure it out, but still, it was difficult. So when I started this position this year, I had the intention of doing it this year and that would be the extent of it,” she said.