Flying down the hall at school

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Great teaching requires creativity,flexibility and courage. Here’s an example with all of these characteristics.

Creativity in high school years

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Creativity has always been important in her life . Homeschooling has allowed her to explore her creativity, to be herself through music, art and writing.

Fostering Leadership in Schools

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How a school principal helped foster student leadership in schools.

His grade 2 teacher -80 yrs on

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She was spectacular. 80 years after she was his grade two teacher, she phoned him at home…

Designing our children’s learning experiences

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She’s home schooled her two children born 14 years apart. Her son now has his PhD. Her daughter is in grade 10. Much changed in the home-schooling culture between children. Our priority is equipping our children to individuate rather than

Secretary discovers her big voice

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Removing a teacher from a staff

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An experienced teacher was the wrong one for a high pressure school. Here’s how the principal, in the first year of her leading the school, dealt with this challenge.

Leadership…Building trust: learning names

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align=”left” To help change a culture of mistrust, a new principal learned all 325 school employees’ names. She then helped introduce them to each other. No principal had done this before.

Helping students ‘make connections’

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Learning is about making connections…. his students’ light bulb experiences are a ‘moment’ for this teacher.

Students ignited by stories

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Drama students caught up in the power of stories… sometimes unwittingly.