Here we are in another beginning-of-the-school-year season. For me, this marks year 13 of being in the profession, 12 of those being a grade 1 teacher, and one year being a 1/2 teacher. I know many teachers who love the thrill of changing grade levels […]
Last week, I got a phone call from my son’s teacher. He’s in second grade. She went on to say that he is a kind and caring boy who gets along with his peers. He’s never in trouble and gives his all at school. She […]
This past week has been emotionally draining with no sign of letting up. While my current goal is to publish a blog post every Monday (which I typically write ahead of time during the week prior), the days went by and I had no energy, […]
This blog post was co-written by Lance McClard and Annick Rauch. It was so interesting to dive into this together, as we both have different experiences when it comes to our education. We absolutely love learning. In fact, it is one of our favourite things […]
When you know better, you do better… right? I would be inclined to agree with this statement most of the time, but not all of the time. Here’s why: this school year, I feel as though it’s been my biggest year of professional growth thus […]
I think we can all agree that one of our goals when our students leave school is that they will have learned how to learn. I personally believe that the easiest way for anyone to learn this important skill, is to learn something they are […]