The nature of my job has me working with many different people in the Eastern part of the province. I am incredibly privileged to do the work I am able to do. The job, right now, has parameters placed on it that are a result of a government in transition and therefore the #sitbeside has… Read More Routes to Roots
Creativity has been an elusive magic potion for me and my thoughts about learning for, well, ever. I’m literally giddy about the possibility of measuring, extending and challenging student growth in creativity as a competency in our classrooms. The immense generosity of one Grade 7/8 teacher has allowed me to explore it … in beta.… Read More Untitled
“No, I can’t work with someone in that group. I refuse to work with that person. Sorry I’m not going over there.” I knew in that moment, Andrea would have done it differently. She wouldn’t have asked him. I scold myself. “Stop it, you know better. Sit back and watch, this isn’t about what you… Read More We Still Don’t Know
When it is the dark days of data analysis and you are in a basement room at the board office for days on end and an old friend invites you to listen and watch her students live history, you go. You never once pretend the data means more and you go. Grade 10 history, at… Read More History Lives
Andrea and I have been talking and thinking about “taking something to scale.” We thought about some incredible stories of educators and teachers learning from teachers. I started the narrative as I always do and I kept drifting away to this story. I couldn’t let it go and found blog 17 butting in front of… Read More Scaling Beta
You must know your own story… I was 6 when I decided to become a teacher. I had a class, and chalk and stuffed animals in the basement. I played school endlessly. I may have drifted back and forth deciding on this path and that path but my mother and my father were not surprised… Read More Story Yourself
I felt tired today. A bone weary, drag my feet, cannot think of one more thing kind of tired. I have considered that my age may be playing a factor. As I dragged my wagon filled with stuff from a thing back to my car and I walked and talked with a colleague, she offered… Read More Get Out of Your Own Way
Andrea and I were going to meet at a warehouse after school at 3 pm sharp. A brilliantly sunny yet absolutely freezing cold day about a month ago. We were picking up free books that had been gifted to a local organization by First Book Canada (they donate brand new books to organizations BUT the… Read More Access & Abundance
Andrea and I cannot stop thinking about the question, “why should we learn?” This question comes on the heels of many many articles on engagement that whip by on my twitter feed on any given day and because I know many many educators who turn themselves inside out trying to connect with their students and… Read More Backseat Learning
A month ago, during two different, beautiful learning teams with educators, nestled deeply in the Indigenous Learning Model, we felt something change. It started as a quiet nudge and gained steam between our two brains. If we were going to deep dive into something then we needed a truly important voice. We asked Colinda Clyne… Read More Looking for Real Space Between…
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