Give your students-and yourself-the best online learning environment possible. In this book, fifteen-year virtual teaching veteran Desiré Mosser guides educators in the best practices and strategies for building teacher-student relationships online, handling online lessons and Zoom meetings, adapting brick-and-mortar lesson plans for online delivery, creating inclusive classroom communities online, handling the sometimes-tricky world of online communication and feedback, and even balancing family with a work-from-home career. With this book and its interactive self-reflection activities, you'll learn how to: welcome your students to class; motivate students to be self-directed online learners; build strong relationships with students and parents in a virtual setting; have social presence in your classroom; effectively prepare and run collaborative student meetings and live lessons; handle online meeting disruption and tips for behavior management; provide actionable and meaningful student feedback; strategies for scheduling your busy day; balance your family and your new work-from-home hours; manage workflow boundaries; manage a virtual classroom platform; map out your curriculum; and so much more! Teachers know better than anyone that we are stronger together. Let this book be your partner, confidant, and guide so that this school year promises to be as successful as you want to make it! Cover design by Pam Carter Willoughby