There is a simple mistake that the vast majority of us as parents and educators make when dealing with challenging behaviours: we focus on the behaviour. When we focus on the problem behaviour, most of our theories and strategies involve… Continue Reading
I recently had the honour or being asked to come back to work with the passionate educators of the Fort Nelson School district to continue our conversation in strengths-based education. For the keynote, we wanted to back up a bit… Continue Reading
As I walk in and out of classrooms this week (the first week for our students with their 2015-16 teacher), I love seeing the “about me” activities. There is never an easier time to strike up conversations with kids than… Continue Reading
As I continue my journey in the first 4 months at James Hill elementary, I wanted to share my beliefs around student discipline with the staff. Although my views continue to evolve and grow through formal and informal learning and… Continue Reading
“The proper question is not, ‘How can people motivate others?’ but rather, ‘How can people create the conditions within which others will motivate themselves?’ ” — Edward Deci In the past number of years we have gone through a very… Continue Reading
I am thrilled to have a former student, Kenny Kou, write a guest post on my blog. Kenny and I have been conversing (and challenging each other’s ideas) for the past few years on the topic of education reform through… Continue Reading