Hearing teachers problem in new normal: an administrative response

Education systems local and international took a heavy beating from the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers all around the world are faced with different challenges.From the changes in curriculum, the administrator’s demand, relationship with their colleague, to keeping up with the needs of the students and parents. Not only that, teacher’s needs to prepare lesson plans, conduct classes, hand-out modules while making sure that the quality of learning still remains even with the absence of face to face interactions. Each are taking up a toll on the Teacher’s physical, mental, and emotional health. The shift in curriculum, teacher’s development, performance review and the whole apparatus around lesson observation seems to place a strong emphasis on the challenges that the teachers are facing in securing the learning of all the students in a class. It can be extremely difficult even for an experienced teacher to nail every student’s learning and this needs to be recognised. Management processes needs to be geared towards supporting teachers to tackle the real challenges they encounter in this New Normal Education. And the deciding factor that determines whether the teachers in any given school will lean toward positive and productive or desperate and crushed is the Administrator. Administrators work in schools, but not as teachers. They are responsible for overseeing the administrative duties at schools from preschool through post-graduate levels. Administrators ensure teachers have the equipment and resources necessary to deliver educationally effective curriculum. In this Research Article, we will be talking about the probable ways on how the administrator can provide solution and direction to teacher’s problem to achieve a smooth running curriculum.