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Category Archives: Professional Development
Always Learning?
I recently listened to Alan Cross talking about the musical (and business) genius that is David Bowie and how he understood very early on the impact that the internet would have on the music industry. Remember “Bowie Bonds“? In 1997, … Continue reading
Minds on Math – Learning as a Community
This is a cross-post from my school blog here. This past Friday was a Professional Development day for staff at Glen Cairn PS — one of few opportunities we have throughout the year to come together for a full day … Continue reading
What Do You Want Your Next Principal to Know About ICT?
Beginning this fall, Brent Smith and I will begin leading a webinar for the Ontario Principal’s Council “Principal Qualification Program”, Part II. We thought this would be a fantastic opportunity to crowd-source some of the content to our network. What … Continue reading
Posted in Engaging Everyone, Leadership Essentials, Professional Development
Tagged Opc, PQP
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Summer Reading
Hello, I can hardly believe that we are in the last couple of days of the school year already! Once again, time has flown by this year. As we head into the summer months, I wanted to share my summer … Continue reading
Lead Learner Series – The Big Five
The Ottawa Carleton District School Board’s “Board Improvement Plan for Student Achievement” (BIPSA) includes a key strategy focused on creative, innovative, and critical thinking and problem-solving. During a fall session of our leadership PLCs, we explored the question, “What … Continue reading
Make Room for the Precious in Your Life
Back when I first became a Vice Principal, the entire cohort of new Principals and Vice Principals was brought together for a day of PD to kick off the year-long internship program. For one activity, we were put into groups … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Essentials, Professional Development
Tagged family, Professional Learning
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#ecoo11 Session: Connecting to Lead Learning Communities
On October 21st at 8:30 am, George Couros and I will host a workshop / discussion at The Educational Computing Organization of Ontario’s Conference exploring how leaders and aspiring leaders in the field of education can use online tools and social … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity and Engagement, Engaging Everyone, Instructional Practices, Leadership Essentials, My Learning Project, Professional Development
Tagged #ecoo11, #learningproject, Chris Kennedy, Connected Principals, Dean Shareski, George Couros, Ontario Leadership Framework, shannon smith
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My Learning Project – Lesson #2
Hello! Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that everyone is enjoying a beautiful long weekend. Below is lesson #2 in my learning project. After last week’s lesson, I got some feedback from Laura (a former student at WEJ, via her mom) and … Continue reading
My Learning Project
A few weeks back, Dean Shareski wrote about “The Learning Project” in which he talked about how educators need to be learners first: It’s been said and discussed often here and many places that a real shift for educators is moving from teacher to … Continue reading
Interviewing tips for new teachers
Here we are again at another hiring point in the year. In our District, we check our enrolment numbers in the fall before making final changes to staffing allocations. This means, in some cases, that additional classes are allocated where … Continue reading
