New York City teacher.

Sorry.

Rosenberg hasn't seen her students in person in nearly a year.

But with her first co vid vaccine shot, she is one step closer to some measure of normalcy.

You know, it's a first step.

I'm not gonna be right away, but the first step to getting back to seeing family and teaching my students in a classroom.

Rosenberg, who teaches high school history in Manhattan on Tuesday morning, was among the first teachers in the nation to get the first of a two shot vaccine just days after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo made teachers eligible.

Yeah, you're gonna hurt.

No, you're not.

Relax your arm.

It's not gonna you're gonna feel.

But the lack of a federal blueprint for mass inoculation means across the country.

Many teachers, including those in neighboring New Jersey, still don't qualify.

When I signed up and it went through and I got the confirmation email, I was sitting over there on my couch on board.

I started crying.

I've been hopeful that we would get through this at some point, but this felt like a really concrete moment of there.

is hope.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel in New York City.

Some in person education has returned in the public school system, but Rosenberg is still concerned that inoculations alone won't be enough to make classrooms safe.

I couldn't live with myself knowing that I lives asymptomatic and passed it on to my students, who then brought it home to their families.

Scientists say more data is needed before we know whether individuals who have been vaccinated can still spread the virus.

Until then, health officials have urged the public to stick with mask wearing and social distancing even after getting the vaccine.

Still, Rosenberg is looking forward to the day when millions of fellow teachers across the nation have all had their shots.

I just can't wait until all the teachers were vaccinated.

All the school staff and personnel are vaccinated.