Director K-12 SMUS; curric & prof dev't that invigorates and connects educators; balancing work & life with @dpontefract and 3 actively engaged & connected kids

Victoria, B.C., Canada
Joined March 2009
Congrats @yoursmus student, Alana Norie! Love to see the result of passion and commitment for outdoor education and environmental stewardship. Squamish student wins Nature Canada leadership grant squamishchief.com/local-news… via @squamishchief #environment #bced @iseeninfo
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Proud of our children and their positive impact on us!
@jackknox @CHEK_News @timescolonist @goSMUS my daughter Haley selling bracelets to honour residential School survivors & proceeds to FN Schools ❤️
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Great post for understanding of how we approach math: There’s More to Math Class Than Solving Equations news.smus.ca/2018/11/16/ther… @Becky_SMUS @goSMUS #mathchat #bcedchat – at Oak Bay, British Columbia
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Beginning morning session at Nanaimo Christian @NCS discussing the importance of Core Competencies in learning! @DSpyksma #bced #bcedchat #FISAoutreach #commongoals #uncommonoutcomes #assessbc #corecompetencies #bcedplan #MoE @isabc1 @fisa_bc @bcedplan – at Nanaimo, British Columbia
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Enjoyed reading this inspirational post by @snowdenrt Excellence is a practice @CAIS_Schools @ISABC1 #edchat #learning bobsnowden.ca/2018/10/20/exc… – at Oak Bay, British Columbia
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Refining our core competency development- providing feedback to one another. #bced #bcedchat #FISAoutreach #commongoals #uncommonoutcomes #assessbc #corecompetencies #bcedplan #MoE @isabc1 @fisa_bc @bcedplan – at Vancouver, British Columbia
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Beginning the day at FISAProD outreach at King David High School. Looking forward to a great day today! #bced #bcedchat #FISAoutreach #commongoals #uncommonoutcomes #assessbc #corecompetencies #bcedplan #MoE @isabc1 @fisa_bc @bcedplan – at Vancouver, British Columbia
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Working hard through a critical thinking exercise. Thinking is hard work. How do we take students through these elements? #bced #bcedchat #FISAoutreach #commongoals #uncommonoutcomes #assessbc #corecompetencies #bcedplan #MoE @isabc1 @fisa_bc @bcedplan @misssball @DSpyksma – at Surrey, British Columbia
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Denise Lamarche retweeted
“This isn’t about drawing, this is about development.” Awesome core competencies activity by @DSpyksma at Provincial Outreach. #bced #bcedchat #FISAoutreach #commongoals #uncommonoutcomes #assessbc #corecompetencies #MoE @isabc1 @fisa_bc @bcedplan @deniseducator @greggerbs
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We are at a time in education where we must look at things differently. Just because it was successful a decade ago, it doesn’t mean we still need to use it. #bcedchat #FISAoutreach #uncommonoutcomes #assessbc #corecompetencies @isabc1 @fisa_bc @bcedplan @DSpyksma @misssball
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Beginning our FISA ProD outreach this morning in Surrey at Precious Blood Parish with a Back to Back! #FISAoutreach @DSpyksma @misssball – at Surrey, British Columbia
Thought-provoking as we consider how we are designing learning experiences for our students. Convenience in learning doesn't equate to deeper learning or rigor. Education needs to be inconvenient. seths.blog/2018/09/education… #edchat #learning #teaching #innovation
Super proud of Dan’s book being launched today! Challenging us all to consider how we think in the midst of all life’s distractions and full schedules #opentothink ⁦@dpontefract⁩ #creativity #Focus #edchat #learning
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I absolutely love this post @dpontefract Essential that we are intentional in building critical and creative thinking opportunities in student learning @CAIS_Schools @goSMUS – at Oak Bay, British Columbia
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Inspiring creative thinking with a variety of materials. No doubt very interesting stories! – at Oak Bay, British Columbia
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Back to school! Welcomed back our faculty today, now ready and excited for all our students to come back! @goSMUS – at Victoria, British Columbia
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Love hearing stories like Day 9 @HavergalCollege - this strategic change essential for learning. Keep these ideas moving forward! @Think_teach #caisli2018 @CAIS_Schools
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