In this paper, the author discusses how the pandemic led to a new, more painful normal for teachers. The author states that teachers can pivot as a community to a new vision for what is valued by returning to the humanity of their field, communities, and passions. Teachers can also learn to operate in a "new number system for scholarship": reimagine "what counts" as scholarship without simply relying and reifying on traditional models that advanced the careers of some (primarily white scholars), but not nearly all. [For the complete proceedings, see ED630060.]