We use the metaphor of building a plane while flying to describe the enactment of educational policies by teachers during COVID-19 and the impact of these policies on their ability to meet the needs of their students. Drawing from a series of three one-hour focus groups with seven teachers in Alberta, we apply critical policy analysis to describe the transition of public schools to pandemic education, especially in urban centers. This paper will begin by reviewing the dynamic policy context of school closures and reentry strategies and proceed to outline the diverse ways school boards interpreted guidelines from the Ministry of Education. We discuss the frustration with and variation of policy enactment during the pandemic, especially with respect to priorities and barriers to addressing student wellbeing and access to educational and social supports. Finally, we describe the consequences of teaching through crisis as it emerges in a political context that has failed to respond to educator’s professional needs. 

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飞行时建造飞机

我们使用一边飞行一边建造飞机的比喻来描述教师在 COVID-19 期间制定的教育政策以及这些政策对他们满足学生需求的能力的影响。我们从阿尔伯塔省七位教师的三个一小时焦点小组中汲取灵感，运用批判性政策分析来描述公立学校向流行病教育的过渡，尤其是在城市中心。本文将首先回顾学校关闭和再入学策略的动态政策背景，然后概述学校董事会解释教育部指导方针的不同方式。我们讨论了大流行期间政策制定的挫败感和变化，尤其是在解决学生福祉以及获得教育和社会支持方面的优先事项和障碍。最后，我们描述了危机教学的后果，因为它出现在未能满足教育者专业需求的政治背景下。