Fredrickson, Rebecca2023-05-302023-05-302022This is a published version of an article that is available at https://www.csotte.com/txep. Recommended citation: Fredrickson, R. R. (2022). 2021-2022: Year of the Pandemic. TxEP: Texas Educator Preparation, 2022, 6, 2.This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission.https://hdl.handle.net/11274/15076https://www.csotte.com/txepArticle originally published in TxEP: Texas Educator Preparation, 2022, 6, 2. English. Published online 2022. https://www.csotte.com/txepPermission to deposit this file was given through direct contact with the publisher. For more information please see the faculty member's entry in Project INDEX -- EDH 7/7/23At the close of the 2021 CSOTTE conference, I had the opportunity to reflect upon what the experience meant to me. The fact that we were once again permitted to gather together--in the same room with Covid 19 social distancing preference color coordinated lanyards--was something marvelous I never in my wildest academic dreams ever thought would be something so treasured. It never dawned on me that people (especially educators) would not always be able to easily gather together to grow and learn. This is something that I will not take for granted again.en-USCOVID-19 pandemic#TeachersCanReturn to the classroomArticle