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.
Student Engagement – As we live in the midst, it is struggling with such questions that help us to make sense of the noise.
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…
How do we approach doing something new? Do we often see doors being closed? What is our attitude?
Change and innovation requires a leap. How are you leaping and encouraging others to leap?
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…
In a recent Switch and Shift article How Technology is Challenging the Human Side of Business, Pam Ross discusses her role in helping leaders bridge the technology/human relationship gap. The thing is, technology impacts our workplaces and our culture like never before. To the same degree, it also provides ways to better connect, communicate and…
Human connections are always changing and shifting. Is there really one better way to connect?
Are you planning for success so that failure informs what you are doing? Failure happens but do you have a plan for using the failure to move toward success?
Failure is Important My run this morning wasn’t great. I laboured through it. My time was below my usual pace and I was struggling. I didn’t run as far as I usually run and my side hurt. It was a great run. Huh? How can that be? It was great because I ran. It all…
Our chat this week centred around School Culture. Participants reflected on the importance of positive school culture on the learning and relationships of teachers, students and parents. Participants shared ideas and resources for building and shaping a positive school culture and the important role that students and parents play in developing a school culture. Check…