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School Growth: Small Changes Lead to BIG Impact

“If we create a culture where every teacher believes they need to improve, not because they are not good enough, but because they can be even better, there is no limit to what we can achieve.” — Dylan Wiliam NOTE:… Continue Reading

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Moving Beyond the Sit ‘n Git Model of Professional Development

This post was originally written for the Canadian Education Association in 2015. I believe it is still relevant and important today.  I often wonder if what we see as teaching at professional learning events would be acceptable in a high… Continue Reading

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Looking Forward With Excitement; Looking Back With Pride

Pardon the delay of this post. It was originally written a week ago but the flu hit our family and it never got posted. As I begin the next exciting journey of my career with the honour of being the… Continue Reading

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Creating Time for Teachers to Tinker With Ideas #RSCON4

We often hear criticisms about the lack of innovation and creativity from administrators and staff in schools.  I understand these concerns; however, my response is, “if innovation and creativity are important, why do we provide educators almost no time in… Continue Reading

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Spirals of Inquiry Chat With @jlhalbert & @lkaser – May 26 #inqBC

Chris Kennedy and I are excited to host an upcoming Twitter chat with BC educational leaders and authors Judy Halbert and Linda Kaser. The chat will focus on key areas from their latest book “Spirals of Inquiry” (see below) and… Continue Reading

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Social Media in Education: Who is it REALLY About?

Number of followers. Klout scores. Lists of “top” people to follow. Twitter grades. Likes. Branding. Edublog Awards. Bammy Awards. Blog hits. Social media is filled with passionate educators that are trying to learn and grow together in a way that… Continue Reading

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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

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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

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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