1st WEEK Teacher Activity… “CUP PYRAMID” 🍎1 Rubber Band per group 🍎1 String per student 🍎 Cups 🍎Stack the cups but can’t touch!! Perfect for building relationships and increasing student collaboration and HAVING FUN!

Week 1 TEACHER ACTIVITY #2 Have fun building relationships and community in your classroom. (Directions in video) 🍎Group Teams or 1v1 🍎Note Cards and Cups stacked 🍎Pull 1 or all at once 🍎All drop =1pt 🍎3-5 minute rounds to see how many pts groups can get. HAVE FUN!

TEACHER ACTIVITY - “Family Feud” Think of games that you used to play and use them to turn WORKSHEETS into ACTIVITIES📚 🍎Students use their notes to answer 🍎Creat question categories just like the game 🍎Points given per round 🍎Add time to spice it up! Have Fun

My classroom management improved when I focused more on creativity and collaboration and less on compliance. Instead of trying to catch kids doing things wrong, we celebrated the amazing things they did well, and those “things” got exponentially better because the fear was gone.

Behind the scenes warm up of the Sentinel Jazz Band for WestVanSchools opening day! Great to see Zoltan Virag back in action.

We are in the business of amplifying the amazing things staff and students do. WestVanSchools

Graduating Class of 2027 starting to build relationships and connections. What a tremendous day at Grouse Mountain laying the foundation for an amazing 5 years at Sentinel Secondary School. WestVanSchools Grouse Mountain #westvaned

My daughter had talked for several years about how much she loved her 5th grade teacher. When I finally asked her what she liked about that teacher, this was her response: “She liked US!” So simple… yet so profound. Kids gravitate to the teachers that like them.

Amazing turnout for our Grade 8 Parent Night! Great to have parents back in the building and what better way to start then with the Grad Class of 2027! WestVanSchools #westvaned

Labeling something formative does not make it so. An assessment is only formative when it's used formatively, so considering the subsequent action following the gathering of evidence is crucial; formative data collection without action is pointless & not formative #ATAssessment

Such an amazing experience to join Tara Zielinski this morning at Santa’s Workshop (Ecole Pauline Johnson). 20 French Immersion Alumni volunteered to support Primary students with shopping and wrapping presents for their families. Bucket is full before the break.

First…well Second Blog Post with the goal to start sharing my thoughts and growing my personal learning network. #westvaned mrandersonblog.weebly.com/blog/blogging-…

Request for ideas: Mindfulness Minute Activities that work for freshman/Grade 8 students in High School. looking to build a toolbox for teachers. #sel #mindfulness #mindfulminute #senseofbelonging #westvaned

New Blog Post - My Jersey, Your Impact - Vulnerable Feedback in Education #westvaned mrandersonblog.weebly.com/blog/my-jersey…

New Blog Post - ADST Unbounded! Considering a model for flexible and inclusive ADST focused on student agency! #westvaned #adst #studentagency mrandersonblog.weebly.com/blog/applied-d…

So excited to be at closing night of Sentinel Stage’s production, “You Can’t Take It With you”. Today, a special thanks to the parents for feeding the crew on the last and longest day of the show run. WestVanSchools #westvaned #theatre

It was a pleasure to be a part of telling the amazing story of Sentinel Stage. Shows the importance of a safe, multi grade school environment where teenagers can develop a sense of belonging! #belonging #westvaned youtu.be/3cfNNXvdL78

Great discussion at the AP Annual Conference on looking at potential changes to the AP assessment format. AP looking at implementing more project based assessment into the final exam mark. A passionate student talk in support to relieve the pressure of all or nothing test taking.

Such great messages for supporting student perseverance with Jacob Clifford at #AP_Conf in Seattle. No syllabus on the first day, teach your best lesson. “The goal of the first day should be to make them excited about the second day!” Miss classroom teaching in these moments.

Blog Post: I have messed around with wanting to start a blog for a few years now. I spent some time just writing my thoughts on education down over the break so I thought now is the time to be more consistent with it. mrandersonblog.weebly.com/blog/one-word-…