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Day 107 (of 2024/25) getting students ready for the world of … work…? A different look at dress codes & attendance WFH parents ‘make children think school is optional’ — The Times and The Sunday Times Interesting perspective as we consider what ‘world’ our schools are preparing students for… one of the past? One we…

Day 106 (of 2024/25) comparing classrooms today to 1870… https://apple.news/Ao7oD4eVGQbCy-jvHGFEUMA I like the mindset that with one eye on the future it’s still valuable to keep an eye on what (and why) some things were done the way they were in the past of this experiment we call ‘schooling’. This weekend I stumbled upon a…

Day 105 (of 2024/25) Pro-D on ❤️s day…  shoutouts to @genxjono @sylviaduckworth  Love seeing some of the shares looking back on the ‘day’ via  @genxjono  Eg: https://youtube.com/shorts/8W8zXurF-z8?si=oKPS0ts9oWiPHwYi (pt 1) Eg: https://youtube.com/shorts/q4JIw2GTp68?si=p1Tr1B7HnANiOsr2 (pt 2) As a reminder that while some have very fond memories of the cards and the shares… the pressure (and disappointment) was real.…

Day 104 (of 2024/25) helping you with #pride #queer #lgbtq2ia+ understanding Lots of learnings that can still be shared as we approach the day designed to raise awareness of the importance to end bullying of trans/lgbtq2ia+ communities. Not just about friendship or broad anti-bullying… much more specific when you wear a #pinkshirt  And our language…

Today we met as a group to get some alignment in our practice and work as a JOH&S committee – something not always given great attention to, but an important part of the job – working as a team at our work site (aka school building) to make sure things are working well for our…

Day 102 (of 2024/25) science (?) of reading vs test results – thanks Jill Barshay https://apple.news/Ad3TRQ67ATD6inwH-Zr6t8g I always chuckle when we use ‘old formats’ to analyze and assess new strategies and approaches… and this article regarding the Science of Reading is a good example… not that I am against SoR – but that I still…

Day 101 (of 2024/25) whew – a holiday anchoring systemic discrimination is on a pro-d day! Just pointing out that the stores and schools are currently pushing yet another anchor to one religion above all others… St Valentines Day. A day/event/quasi-holiday where we push the importance of relationships of a romantic type (but not an…

Day 100 (of 2024/25) a second book share (having just finished and thinking about banned books) Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe e/em/eir for #pinkshirtmonth Start the calls to ban the book here! People gonna hate hate hate hate … but it’s a great book. I know many will get caught up on the images that…

Day 99 (of 2024/25) If only there were a place where youth could gather to practice skills and learn a/effective strategies to best use the most powerful tool to disrupt traditional education… #tEChursday  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8plvqv60lo Channeling my inner tay-tay as I know ‘haters gonna hate hate hate’, but there is a bit of ‘yep’ in my…

Day 98 (of 2024/25) Global School Play Day @gsplayday Big thanks to the @bedleybros – @scotteach and @tbed63 who first got the momentum for a day of play rolling. I am heavily emphasizing that if we say something is important (reading, mathing, writing, netiquette…. Playing) we need to model it and not just wish for…