Teacher Perceptions of Emergency Remote Teaching during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The study describes the experiences of a cohort of instructional technology students in an online practicum, all of whom were current K-12 teachers in the United States at the onset of the pandemic. Data were obtained from students' responses in online journals; reflection prompts focused on their transition to emergency remote teaching during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Analysis revealed that these teachers were unprepared to teach remotely due to lacking training, technology tools, and support. Additional preparation is needed to facilitate the needs of in-service teachers and their students in case future shifts to remote teaching are required.