Welcome to The Year Ahead, a mini-series from the Heinemann Podcast, hosted by Meenoo Rami, author of Thrive: 5 Ways to (Re) Invigorate Your Teaching. Meenoo has always believed that teaching is harder if you do it alone, and teaching during a once in a lifetime pandemic is as hard as it gets, but by meeting educators around the world who are going through this too, maybe together, we can share ideas, commiserate, and be a witness to each other’s experiences. In this podcast series, we’ll meet educators who are getting ready to return to school under the most challenging and unusual circumstances.In today’s episode we are meeting James Protheroe all the way from Wales, UK. James teaches his students in an elementary school and this year will be shifting his student centered learning approaches to meet this hybrid learning moment. More information about our guest and resources mentioned during this episode are in the show notes. Now, let’s meet James.