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”
Category Archives: Leading the Learning
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”
Excited About Learning
When I was teaching my French class on Thursday, I was struck by something a student said. I try to greet my French students in a way that makes them feel valued and, in turn, help to ensure they like to be in my class. I figure this is the first step to them learning,Continue reading “Excited About Learning”
On this journey…
On this journey of life, we go through ups and downs regularly. There are times where we are just living and surviving the day to day. We may not be thriving, but we are doing what needs to be done. That is not positive or negative, it just is. Those are the times in lifeContinue reading “On this journey…”
10 Things I Want to Try or Learn About 10/10
10 Things I Want to Try or Learn More About In the Cloud To be honest, the “cloud” confuses and scares me a bit. I just don’t get it. Clearly, I need to learn more about it. Here are some “Cloud” applications I would like to get to know and explore further. 1. Evernote –Continue reading “10 Things I Want to Try or Learn About 10/10”
10 Reasons Why I Blog 9/10
10 Reasons Why I Blog 1. I blog as a way to making meaning. Blogging helps me think about and process information. I find it therapeutic to take in, reflect on, and then express my feelings and thoughts through my writing. Sometimes, during challenging times, this is difficult to do so in a diplomatic manner. ThisContinue reading “10 Reasons Why I Blog 9/10”
Top 10 in 10 Series: Celebrating my 100th Blog Post 3/10
There have been many people who have influenced and continue to influence me on the web. In fact, it is very difficult to limit this to 10! I probably could have made my entire 100 list based on those who influence my thinking. I will limit it to 10 here though. If you don’t knowContinue reading “Top 10 in 10 Series: Celebrating my 100th Blog Post 3/10”
My Top Ten in Ten Days – Celebrating my 100th Blog Post 2/10
I have been working as a Vice-Principal since August, 2005. I have had the opportunity to work in three very different schools. For my first 2 1/2 years as a Vice-Principal, I was placed in a middle-class school with a high degree of parent involvement. My second school was in a working-class area with aContinue reading “My Top Ten in Ten Days – Celebrating my 100th Blog Post 2/10”
100th Blog Post Series
I have been working on my 100th blog post for the last week, between Spring Break activities and sleep. Last night I realized that there was no way that I could post my post the way it was – the length it was. It was way too long! If I left it like this, thereContinue reading “100th Blog Post Series”
It's All About Learning 