A touching recognition of Angela Thacker Memorial Award winner, Sarah Wethered, by the New Westminster SD trustees.

A great day building DE Studio Boards with students. TY for having me in, Qayqayt! #sd40learns #DiscoveryEducation

Just over a week until BCTLA sponsored author visit with Eileen Cook at New West Secondary. Join us for a chat with Eileen, cookies, cocoa and a chance to win a signed copy of one of her books. For more information and to register: tinyurl.com/wjzrpba #BCTLA

Amazing ADST presentation today by Gary and reps from ITA. Our teachers had a chance to experience the design cycle first hand with a cardboard building challenge. Such energy in the room! #SD40LEARNS

Happy I Read Canadian Day! So many great Canadian books. Just finished Taaqtumi, and despite its name, I read it with the lights on. ALL the lights on! On the non-fiction front, I'm reading Ensouling Our Schools. What Canadian gems are you reading? #sd40learns #IReadCanadian

Looking for workshop proposals for our BCTLA 2020 conference in Langley. The theme this year is Plan B: Think Outside the Book. Submit proposals to tinyurl.com/tb8ghys. #bctla

Another great afternoon coding with Ozobots at QE Elementary. #sd40learns

Drop Everything and Read Day is coming up on October 26th. The new DEAR posters are on the BCTLA website: bctla.ca/member-service… While you're there, check out the conference poster and registration link on the home page. #BCTLA #PSADay

So honoured to be recognized as BCTLA Teacher-Librarian of the Year at last night's pre-conference social. Congratulations to all the other award winners. Such inspirational stories of leadership in teacher-librarianship. #BCTLA #psaday

Absolutely! A timeline would alleviate so much stress for our members.

Fabulous PD today with Dr. Jennifer Katz. Inspiring look at UDL in action. #sd40learns

Looking for suggestions of climate change or environmental protection books for K-3 students, especially picture books. #BCTLA

One of our Tweedsmuir teams is moving on to the regional competition of the public library sponsored Reading Link Challenge! A first for our school! Good luck to the Herbert Spencer team, who will also be competing this Wednesday 🍀 Lord Tweedsmuir NWPLibrary @newwestschools

Today I learned how to add a virtal cat to my house. #DENSI2021 #sd40learns

Getting a head start on the pro-d training sessions for SD40’s 2021-2022 dedicated Teacher Coaches with Kristie Oxley. The pandemic paused us for a year & we felt the absence of the collaboration these roles provide. So looking forward to having them back in action this year! 💛 🍏

If you’re an SD40 early career teacher or a teacher with more than 5 years experience, check out this sneak peek of our 2021-2022 Mentorship Program. If you want to join our Mentorship Crew please email ppain. Spread the word cuz we have an incredible year ahead 💛

A full day of planning with Kristie Oxley to prepare for our 2021-22 Teacher Coaches. It’s going to be a collaborative year! Here’s a sneak peek…

More planning with Kristie Oxley to prepare for our upcoming Mentorship Crew! Looking forward to a very rich year of support, growth, and personal challenge! Here’s a sneak peek…

So grateful to the members of @newwestschools ‘21’22 Mentorship Crew for joining us today for our 1st ever INSPIRE Mentorship Event. Today allowed us to share, support, encourage, show gratitude & inspire each other with ways to stay well & connected #neveralone #itslookingup!