The great debate in education, particularly where I live in British Columbia, seems to be Personalized Learning or Personalized Education. There was an #edchat chat this Tuesday with this as the topic. The focus for the chat was based on the following question, “What do we mean by the personalization of education & is itContinue reading “Personalized Learning”
Author Archives: Tia M. Dawson
School is Home
While I have always known it, from personal experience, this year made me realize once again just how important school is for our students. School is a safe place for many students. The ONLY safe place. Our students know what to expect, for the most part, from school. They know what to expect from theirContinue reading “School is Home”
Learning From My Little Girl
Friday was the last day of work for me before I began summer holidays. So exciting! As is our family tradition, it was Friday, so we headed down to Vancouver as we do every other Friday night. This time, we headed to Stanley Park, specifically. This is our favourite place to go as a family.Continue reading “Learning From My Little Girl”
Most Important Thing I’ve Done This Year
As another school year has come to an end, it is a time to reflect on the year, what worked, what didn’t and what you would like to focus on for the following year. For me, was quite a year that was a year full of firsts. This was my first year at this particular school.Continue reading “Most Important Thing I’ve Done This Year”
Reflecting on My Goals
In March, I completed my first 100 blog posts. As a way to acknowledge this, I wrote a series of blog posts focusing on ten new learnings or inspirations I had through my blogging journey thus far. 10 posts. 10 inspirations in each post. 100 new learnings. My final blog post of the series focusedContinue reading “Reflecting on My Goals”
Focusing on the Positive
One of my greatest strengths, I’ve been told, is my ability to focus on the positive instead of dwelling on the negative. I see challenges as opportunities to grow and learn. To get better. To improve. To demonstrate my strength of character. To lead. I make the conscious choice to always remain positive. The followingContinue reading “Focusing on the Positive”
To Lead is to Live Dangerously
About 1 week ago, I began reading, Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading, by Heifetz and Linsky. It was a recommendation that I think will be very beneficial and will help me as I continue to develop my leadership skills. Here are some powerful-to-me quotes from the introduction that struckContinue reading “To Lead is to Live Dangerously”
Mother’s Day Reflection
I have celebrated eight Mother’s Days (if you count the one when I was pregnant with my daughter who is now 7-years-old). I am very fortunate to have 3 wonderful children: Trista (7), Pauli (4), and Carson (1). I am proud of each one of them for many reasons. When I became a mom, IContinue reading “Mother’s Day Reflection”
Inspirational Speaker
Last week, we had our annual Administrator’s convention for our district. It is always a great time to get together, network and connect with one another. This has been especially important this year because it has been, in many ways, a more challenging year due to labour difficulties. Our convention is a yearly event thatContinue reading “Inspirational Speaker”
Global Connection
Things have been rather busy lately, as you can see by my lack of blogging. There has been so much going on at home and at work. I have so much to share, but very little time to do so. I would like to tell you about a project with which two of our gradeContinue reading “Global Connection”
It's All About Learning 