Student Engagement – #saskedchat March 10, 2016
Student Engagement – As we live in the midst, it is struggling with such questions that help us to make sense of the noise.
It’s in the Details
We do get bogged down by obstacles. They grab our attention. We spend time pondering how they got there. We even spend energy being angry about them. None of this is helpful. We have to look for the openings, choose well, and find our way around them. Rob Hatch How often do you hear someone wishing they…
Finding Your Pace
How do we approach doing something new? Do we often see doors being closed? What is our attitude?
That’s Why We Hired You
Is the focus on deficits or on strengths? Identify and help others to grow their strengths.
Learning to Leap
Change and innovation requires a leap. How are you leaping and encouraging others to leap?
#saskedchat – January 21, 2016 – Homework
Our topic was Homework and it was a great discussion. Participants were very willing to discuss the many different aspects of homework and how they used homework in their own classrooms. Most participants agreed that the view of homework is evolving. Sometimes communicating this change to parents isn’t easy. There is still a sense that if…
And How Are You Today?
How often have you asked the question? What about “How are you doing?” or one similar? How often have you listened to the response? Really listened. In the hustle and bustle of the day, we’re all very busy and such conversations are sometimes fillers as we politely listen to a reply. And there are those…
#saskedchat – November 12, 2015
Our topic for the November 12th, 2015 chat was Moving from Teacher Competition to Collaboration. The participants were eager to explore this topic and had great insights into the reasons why competition sometimes masquerades as collaboration and how, at times, cooperation can be substituted for collaboration. Both Competition and Cooperation allow school staffs to get…
9 Ways to Use Portfolios with Students
A Show Case of Learning As a teacher, I began having students create portfolios as a way to show what they were doing in class. The first portfolios were Show Case portfolios in which students would included their best work. Each student would select a number of assignments which they thought demonstrated their best work…
It Isn’t This or That
Human connections are always changing and shifting. Is there really one better way to connect?