Anna Straford is juggling a full-time job as a secondary school teacher with being a single parent to four school-aged children.
Academic Penny Van Bergen surveyed 210 primary and secondary teachers during the April lockdown and found many were really challenged by combining teaching and parenting at home.
"The important thing is for teachers to be looking after themselves and to be reaching out for help because it is such a tough role at the moment." "Some of the positives out of this are being at home with the kids and the school day finishes and no one has got anything on, so there's time in the day," she said.
Ms Straford said the lockdown had extended her professional creativity and "shone a light on the absolute strength of the school community and the parent community, the kindnesses that have come through."
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