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Day 19 (of 2024/25) Truth and Reconciliation  Today we are having our assembly about Truth and Reconciliation. It’s not an officially ‘need’ yet in the BC school calendar, but my view is that if Remembrance Day needs to come with a gathering… so should the school day before Truth and Reconciliation.  And I love this…

Day 18 (of 2024/25) Gender wars – pronoun edition via @macleans & @simonlewson Day 18 (of 2024/25) Gender wars – pronoun edition via @macleans & @simonlewson https://apple.news/AQEa0ycidS3yrtuILxF_9MA https://macleans.ca/education/the-gender-war-in-the-classroom/ Part of my #orangeshirtweek has had me look for different systemic pieces of bias and discrimination that hide in plain sight. Pronouns. I recall my high school…

Day 17 (of 202/25) #orangeshirtday Wednesday (and always on my schools photo day…) I’ve always encouraged ‘orange shirt day’ to be the last Wednesday of September… in part because of the shifting of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th – and because schools are closed that day… and of course I want to encourage that…

Day 16 (of 2024/25) a lit review? Or a ban by any other name… ? ‘review literature and textbooks in BC schools, removing content deemed inappropriate for students’.  https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/09/12/Unpacking-Rustad-Pledge-Review-BC-Textbooks/ Whoo – that can be a loaded question.  Much like “Can we read this book [eg Princess Boy] that my child picked out to the class?”…

Day 15 (of 2024/25) changing seasons -what fall may bring… The weather is a bit cooler -the morning walks are requiring a jacket and the sun is definitely not up as often as it feels it ought to be. Making it authentic that school is in full session – most schedules and staffing are now…

Day 14 (of 2024/25) Indigenous Focused Pro-D @bradleyrbaker aka Dr Tsnomot When Dr Brad Baker is keynoting… I’m sitting in the front row…  Resources from the day and pre-thinking about the day… Click to access PUBLICATION-TRG-for-Blended-or-Remote-Learning-Contexts-2020-12.pdf Some great links as we got ready for the day: Authentic First Peoples Resources (fnesc.ca)   I…

Day 13 (of 2024/25) #talklikeapirateday thinkings I’m going to be the party pooper. Arrrgh (I know… I know… the screams of protest). Early in my career I enjoyed creating a pirate unit – great way to bring in communication, social studies etc. but the more I learned, the more I paused… pirates are fascinating to…

Day 12 (of 2024/25) #ReadAnEbookDay  thanks @libbyapp et al Hardcover, paperback, or downloaded… books are awesome… for most of us… as an English/history major with a bonus education concentration in librarIANship… and my library brain loves the debate between the main formats to acquire a book collection. I had a book collection that made me and…

Day 11 (of 2024/25) a student had questions.  Had a grade 11-ish student pop in my office to ask about devices. They did a writing for their english teacher (well, we are all English teachers at PIE – and kindergarten teachers… k-12+ online learner support with in person opportunities) and was sharing a thoughtful discourse…

Day 10 (of 2024/25) Dress codes (again) and why I’m wearing black, a hoodie, and crocs… Crocs aren’t the only thing being frowned upon. Bessemer City High School also banned hoodies, headbands, and pajama pants. At other schools, such as Charles Middle School in El Paso, Texas, students are discouraged from wearing all-black clothing due…