We are about to embark upon an exciting new school year! Our school received an Innovative Learning Designs Grant which 10 of our teachers are involved with. Those teachers formed small groups and wrote inquiry questions in April of last year. Those inquiry questions were to be their focus this year. We will be revisitingContinue reading “Pushing the Envelope”
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Be Curious
For the past three years we’ve taken a family road trip to Disneyland. Even though we end up at Disney, this vacation is much more than a Disney trip. We take our time driving down, stopping at many forests, playgrounds, beaches, and visiting friends along the way. One playground we have stopped at on each tripContinue reading “Be Curious”
Some Plans For This Year
I have a new role in my school this year. In addition to being the Vice-Principal, I will also be one of the Learning Support teachers (last year, I was the Early Literacy Teacher and the Intermediate Prep teacher for 4 classes in addition to my Vice-Principal role). I look forward to being part ofContinue reading “Some Plans For This Year”
Connected Educator Month
August is Connected Educator Month Throughout the month of August there are a numerous activities, discussions, keynote addresses, panel discussions, webinars, book groups, etc… to participate in. I have had the opportunity to attend a few of these worthwhile events over the past couple of days: Professional Learning and the Learning Profession Cathy Gassenheimer, JackieContinue reading “Connected Educator Month”
But, He Can Do It At Home….
Have you ever had a parent tell you, “But Johnny (insert any child’s name here) can count to 100 by 2’s (insert any skill here) at home with no difficulty at all. He does it all the time!” As a classroom teacher, a Learning Support Teacher and even as a Vice-Principal, I’ve heard this countlessContinue reading “But, He Can Do It At Home….”
PLN Starter for Elementary Teachers
Our school is one of the schools who received an Innovative Learning Designs Grant for this coming year. This is Phase 2 of the District project. You can learn a little about the Innovative Learning Design Project here. To help our teachers build their Personal Learning Network, I thought it would be a good ideaContinue reading “PLN Starter for Elementary Teachers”
Inspirational Kids
I started a new blog last night. Kind of a spur of a moment thing, really, but I think it will be fun. The blog was inspired by George Couros (@gcouros on Twitter) who posted a wonderful video about an amazing little boy named Caine. The blog will focus on all the amazing kids weContinue reading “Inspirational Kids”
My Resilient Little Girl
My 7-year-old daughter continues to amaze me every day. A little over a week ago, she broke her elbow playing on the monkey bars (or more specifically, falling OFF the monkey bars). It was a very bad break so she had to undergo surgery to fix it. You can see pictures and read the blogContinue reading “My Resilient Little Girl”
Personalized Learning
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”
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”
It's All About Learning 