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… but most of us have to work really, really hard at it. While wandering around the Twitterverse, I came across the 9 characteristics of a great teacher. I don’t disagree with any of their choices, but I don’t know… Continue Reading →
Inquiry is a difficult skill for students to learn, but in many ways, it’s an even more difficult one for teachers to learn. On the surface, it looks like a teacher presents a question (or even just a topic where students… Continue Reading →
Recently, my principal came over the intercom to explain to students that they were not allowed to live-broadcast their school experiences – either in or out of class. It seemed like an obvious statement, something that shouldn’t need to be… Continue Reading →
(Crossposted to the Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary Professional Development website.) Thinking is intricately connected to content; and for every type or act of thinking, we can discern levels or performance. – Making Thinking Visible: Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church and Karin Morrison… Continue Reading →
One of the things I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is … well, pacing, I guess. What I teach, how I teach it, how long I give students to complete their work … things like that. (This, if you… Continue Reading →
Earlier this week, my students were meeting in their inquiry groups for the first time. We started the project a month ago, but it’s the first inquiry they’ve done with me (and, for most of them, the first inquiry they’ve… Continue Reading →
What is the purpose of a portfolio? Is it meant to show growth – movement from one level of learning to the next, where we take our weaker pieces and reflect on what improvement is required (and why we didn’t… Continue Reading →
I spend a lot of time working with my students to help them be successful – both in my class and in the other classes they take. We go over thinking skills and writing skills; I teach them how to… Continue Reading →
I had the privilege of having two student teachers join me to observe my Humanities 8 class this morning. It reminded me of lo those many years ago (no, I’m not going to tell you how many; suffice it to… Continue Reading →
Who I am in a large part determines how I teach. Not necessarily what I teach – a lot of that has to doing with the curriculum prescribed by the Ministry of Education and another significant part to doing with… Continue Reading →
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