Rear View Mirror – PGP Reflection
Each year, teachers work with our Head of School to co-create a Professional Growth Plan (PGP) and participate in a two Teacher-Led Evaluation meetings (one in the Winter and one in Read More …
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Head First
*After sitting in my drafts since the end of March, I figured now would be a good time to revisit this post, add to it, and finally hit publish* Let’s Read More …
Virtual Grandparents Day
Each spring, our school opens their doors to grandparents and special friends for a morning of fun-filled activities! Being in a distance learning model this year, grandparents were invited into Read More …
Take Me With You
It has been 7 weeks since my school closed (stay tuned the blog post that has been sitting in my drafts for 5 weeks about the transition into distance learning) and I Read More …
3 birds, 1 stone
Intimidation filled my stomach when I learned about the Maker Space my school was building. I had played around in the uOttawa Maker Space a little bit through my B.Ed, Read More …
Why I Embrace the Mess
I’d like to consider myself a fairly organized and tidy person (just don’t take a look into my bedroom). Everything has a place it belongs, my classroom bins have matching Read More …
Let’s Get Personal
Each year, teachers at my school are asked to work with our Head of School, Dr. Jon Mitzmacher, to develop a PGP (Professional Growth Plan) based around a competency area Read More …
Student Blogging
This year I have stepped out of my comfort zone to embrace blogging. While I have always been pretty savvy with social media, blogging is something pretty new to me. Read More …
GRA & Class Twitter & Reflections… Oh My!
Here’s a little bit of a different post. I am cross-posting my most recent post from my Grade 2 Classroom Blog… but I will be adding annotations and reflections throughout the Read More …
Happy Dot Day!
(cross-post from my class blog) Today, we celebrated International Dot Day! Dot Day is a day where we celebrate creativity, collaboration, and courage! We started by reading The Dot by Read More …