Moments Like This…
This morning I had one of those moments that make me so proud to be part of Kent School. I have written about the passion and effort our staff put in to developing confidence and a love of reading in… Continue Reading
Instructional Leadership
“Be More Interested Than Interesting”
At some point in the past year (for a variety of reasons) the how, the why, and the when of social media slightly changed for me. I have been reflecting a ton on the purpose of social media to me… Continue Reading
Creating the Conditions: Instructional Leadership #Leadership20
This is the 3rd part in the “Creating the Conditions” series; Part 1 was on Student Discipline, Part 2 was on Love of Reading. I recently had the honour to present in the Leadership 2.0 MOOC series (in which I… Continue Reading
Creating the Conditions: A Love of Reading
This is the second part of a series on motivation called “Creating the Conditions”. For part one on student discipline, click here. No charts. No stickers. No pizza parties. No awards. No certificates…. and LOTS of reading! Following the post by… Continue Reading
Leadership 2.0 – A Collaborative Learning Opportunity for School Leaders #leadership20
“It’s not what I know, it’s what we know. And my reality is that I would suddenly become much dumber if you told me I had to disconnect when seeking answers or solving problems.” — Will Richardson No words can… Continue Reading
Goal One: To Read More Children’s Books
In the past year, the staff of Kent School have had some inspiring conversations and professional learning opportunities (stemmed from professional autonomy and inquiry) around helping students to develop a love of reading based on Steven Layne’s book “Igniting a… Continue Reading
Starting the Conversation on Rethinking Awards Ceremonies
Since I wrote about our school’s decision to end our awards ceremony and change the the way we honour students, I have been asked a few times how people could start the conversation in their schools. I realize that most… Continue Reading
What Matters in Our Learning: Student Voice on Assessment & Inquiry
Through my participation in a few EdCamps, I have had the complete pleasure of meeting and chatting with North Surrey Secondary senior humanities teacher Jonathan Vervaet(@jonathanvervaet). I knew about his contagious passion for inquiry and assessment for learning; what I… Continue Reading
6 BIG Assessment (AFL) Practices
During the past few years I have been involved in a number of conversations around the topic of assessment. One key struggle that I have is the many ways in which the term “formative assessment” is defined. For some educators,… Continue Reading
Assessment Chat with @TomSchimmer – Thurs, Nov 17
It is no secret that an area of education in which I am passionate is assessment – in particular Assessment For Learning or Formative Assessment. The work of Dylan Williams, Ruth Sutton, Rick Stiggins, John Hattie, Ken O’Connor and Anne… Continue Reading