Our staff arrived this morning with about 70 Chromebooks for our students to use, only to be told by TFA staff members that we would not be able to connect Chromebooks to their network.
Fortunately, our staff is made up entirely of former teachers who have tremendous skills when it comes to adjusting on the fly. The problem was solved in about 10 minutes through setting up phone wifi hotspots, and about 10 minutes after that, our program manager Tom Bijesse figured out how to get the Chromebooks onto the TFA network.
Our students are also learning to adjust on the fly. In group conversations many students shared stories about learning to work in new coding environments, learning new languages, and generally learning how to adapt to new things quickly.
In today's job market, it's never been more important to learn how to adjust and adapt. Technology is changing constantly, and with it, the so is the way we do work. Honing this skill also helps us to solve problems quickly and creatively.
Adaptability is a form of emotional resilience. It means that while we spend a lot of time planning for things, we can never be too attached to our initial plans -- in work, and in life in general. Being adaptable means that we can still make progress with out becoming discouraged when things don't go according to plan.
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| ScriptEd Interns in Group Conversations at our Mid Semester check-in |
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