At our leadership dinner tonight, Dylan Wiliam encouraged my colleagues and critical friends to slow down, examine our practice, and take the time to ‘sharpen the saw’. It’s worth it! Let’s improve practice, we all have the same amount of time. Chris van der Mark School District No. 27 #NesikaLearns

Love this!

Accurate. 😂🤣 🌐 teachergoals.com

Being a Head Coach is HARD Work. I have talked to MANY coaches over my long career. Here are 9 Things Coaches Want Parents to Understand. 1: We CARE about your Child Even if your child doesn’t get much varsity playing time, we care about them. Nothing is ever personal. We

Leadership 🙌❤️

What if we took the time to help students who feel unsuccessful, lack confidence, or defeated find one strength to focus on, develop, and help them experience success. That's not just growth mindset, but can be life changing!

PSA:

If the assessment doesn't inform your teaching practice or inform your student's learning, there is no point in giving it. I said it.

Hilarious! 😂🤣 🎙 John Spencer

Love this! 🧡

🏆 The excellence of our teaching is not visible in the student who came in with proficiency. It's evident in those who needed support. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #ATAssessment #TeacherTwitter

Why projects should focus on student thinking, not only the product, with sample thinking routines for each of the 4 phases of a project👇 👇A PBL Culture of Thinking👇 sbee.link/7n6fywg4e3 via PBLWorks #pbl #teaching #learning

I'm not sure who said this quote...but I couldn't agree more!

So powerful! ❤️ #MLKDay #IHaveADream #EqualityForAll

Accurate. 💯

HELP Director Dr. Mariana Brussoni weighs in on the impacts of decreased #riskyplay for children and youth mental health via Toronto Star 👇 UBC's School of Population and Public Health @UBCmedicine UBC Media Relations

Saturday January 27th marked the launch of our STOP REF ABUSE initiative! Special thanks to Lucas Castro from BC Soccer and to @my_soccercity for their support! #StopRefAbuse

Teaching may be the toughest job, but principal may be the loneliest job. They're in a constant tug of war between mandates, directives, & expectations of the district and the needs & support for teachers. It's important for districts & staff to show appreciation and support.

These are the #rubrics I’m developing w schools now. We center on what #students CAN do, what’s next, & actionable steps (w links to resources) to grow. Symbols could be added, but most of the time aren’t needed. We need measures to support self-efficacy. #sblchat #ATAssessment

So honoured! Thank you to the lovely BC educators who generously shared how they weave Indigenous perspectives and knowledge into learning experiences every day. McKenna Blunt Denise Underwood Dead Pine Collective