This weekend the Sr. Girls basketball team played in another tournament final. We didn’t win. Now, many people who watched made comments like “Well, you had the chances, the ball just didn’t drop” or “You just couldn’t find your groove” or similar things. These statements are true – on the surface. However, as the coach/leader, I’ve…
So often when we talk about schools, students, parents and teachers, we discuss things in arm-lengths type of way. We discuss how they need to have richer and more meaningful learning experiences, how we need to provide them with the opportunities to use the technological tools in authentic learning experiences. What we don’t discuss is…
I’ve been following the discussion about EdCamps over the past few months – even thinking about organizing one in our area/province. The one thing I continue to be impressed with is that the people who attend make comments like I recently went to the EdCampYEG with two fellow staff members. Well worth the 2 hr.…
Being at home during the holidays with 8 children allows for some great moments together – like watching moments like the one below. It’s not always that you can watch your children spend time together enjoying a book or playing a game. It’s also at times like this that I am reminded that not all…
2011 – 2012 – Mid-Year Round Up In my last post, I discussed the whole New Year thing and then began a reflection of where we are as a school. This is a mid-year round up of life thus far at PPCS a brand new K – 12 school in rural Saskatchewan. The school is…
It’s the New Year – 2012 – and all the expectations that one has for a new year and for the much anticipated 2012 ! Many people, but not all, make a list of resolutions they hope to keep for the upcoming year. I don’t. In fact, I don’t really celebrate this whole new year thing.…
Sharing your PLN with Others – explaining Twitter and other social media Eventually One of the things that use to keep me from doing things was the fear that I’d make an idiot of myself when I failed. Then I became a father – 8 times. I’m now cured of that since I’ve made an…
This past week has been a great time. First, we have 8 children and there is nothing in this world that can compete with children and Christmas. From the pre-day activities to the morning joy and wonder followed by our time at Mass to the 3 days afterward when we gather with 100 or so…
It’s time to change something! Changing in mid-stride This past few weeks, I’ve been dealing with a few students in the MY and HS who have hit the mid-year wall. They’ve fallen behind in assignments, aren’t really interested in redoing anything and just have a “mad” on. One of them ended up in my office…
Student Led Conferences Student Led Conferences (SLC’s) might seem to be new but they’ve been around for awhile, at least 18 years – that’s when I first encountered them as a newbie teacher. Since that beginning, I’ve had the professional pleasure of working with a number of school staffs and communities in adopting and growing…
