“Fold the Eggs … Fold the Eggs … ”: Experiences of Educational Stakeholders During COVID-19

As the world experienced COVID-19 outbreak, education was one of multiple systems that were hit hard. We explored consequences reconfiguration schooling based on experiences educational stakeholders caught up in sudden transition to virtual during COVID-19. Using Bronfenbrenner’s (1976) Ecological Systems framework, we underscored complexity individual’s socio-cultural and myriad influences impact growth examine how agents involved system have dealt with this unanticipated crisis academically, personally, socially, emotionally. People can endorse contradictory positions same policy. Recognizing multiplicity voices might bring a different perspective, captured various voices—an administrator leading teachers’ professional development, public-school elementary teacher, parent two kids. unstructured interviews, unpacked narratives counter-narratives participants unpack “what worked” did not work” learning teaching environment. The centered article offer rich source insight into challenges faced by those who are at forefront crisis—teachers parents. results showed communities cooperated deal such unprecedented times while maintaining responsibility educating children. key trends emerged from our qualitative investigation were: 1) development collaboration among teachers as they transitioned teaching, 2) flexibility school leaders assist new instructional modality, 3) parents’ acknowledgment efforts their