Educator interested in inclusion and identity 👨🏫 | TV Reporter & Radio Columnist 🎙 | Contemporary Artist 👩🎨 | French Immersion Teacher | 🏳️🌈
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We tend to think of "brain breaks" as downtime, but a 2021 study says they're "just as important as practice in learning a new skill.” 🧠
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ALT 2-Minute Read. The Research Is In: We Drastically Underestimate the Importance of Brain Breaks. By Youki Terada. Illustration of a brain with arms and legs, reclining and reading a book.
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Want to help elementary students build skills like organization and task initiation? 🛠️ Check out 4 ways your classroom design can support their executive functioning: edut.to/3YJp1UI
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ALT “If we expect students to be kind, we need to be kind adults. If we expect students to be cooperative, we need to be cooperative adults. If we expect students to be responsible, we need to be responsible adults. Model. Model. Model.” —Lisa Romano, Teacher
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An inclusive education system teaches students the benefits of diversity, cooperation, and consideration of others, whereas segregated programs create barriers to opportunities for children to learn from, support, and develop relationships with one another.
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Nov. 1 is Musqueam Day - a day that acknowledges and celebrates the determination of Musqueam people in seeking justice for all Indigenous peoples.
Learn more: ow.ly/NjJp50TXI8B
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Happy Diwali to all who observe!
To help celebrate, two students at David Thompson Secondary School, share more about this special time of year: vsb.bc.ca/_ci/p/77083
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A highly valued staff is a highly engaged staff. #The6XFactor
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These classroom management strategies are research-backed! 🙌 Get more practical tips at our virtual #ClassroomManagement session on 9/18: bit.ly/47huFQP
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Learn ways to shift your students’ focus from working for completion grades to being in charge of their own learning.
Middle school math teacher @mrs_frommert hasn’t graded homework for 2 years. 📝 Instead, she’s found other ways to motivate students and hold them accountable for their learning: edut.to/3Vbucd1
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Dans une semaine, nous allons célébrer la 2e édition de la Journée nationale de l'immersion🎉. Joignez-vous à la campagne #jni2024 sur les médias sociaux.
Téléchargez la trousse numérique et soulignons ensemble l'évènement : acpi.ca/evenements/journee-n…
#NoslanguesNotreTraitDunion
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Celebrate National Immersion Day with us on April 24! Tune into a live interactive French show highlighting post-secondary student life in French at @SFU! sfu.ca/baff-offa/hangout/
@ACPI_ @ACUFC @CPFBC @SFUFrench @SFUeducation @SFUFASS @SFU_FSU @CSF
@BCLCA @BCATML
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Teachers work hard to make their classroom environment feel empowering and safe for students. 🌱 💚 Here are some practices that helped seasoned educators achieve it—and can help you, too: edut.to/4a4jw6j
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Students don’t learn math by just watching—they learn it by *doing.* 🙌 This hands-on approach engages learners in the kind of critical thinking and problem-solving they’ll use long after school: edut.to/43rDw0d
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Curious about a school’s climate? An #SEL expert’s 50-point checklist will tell you what to look for during a walk-through. 📝🔍 edut.to/4c96lCr
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Click the link to read Teaching Students to Tackle Problem-Solving by Lisa Jones- buff.ly/3HoRSV1. #EducationForAll #TeachBetter #Blogger
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For students to excel in math, they need to think! 💭 Researcher @pgliljedahl shared practices that foster independent thinking in math classrooms: edut.to/3TuBgAP
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C'est le premier jour du Mois de la #Francophonie!
Des ressources de qualité vous attendent au programme de votre agenda pédagogique du mois de mars. Découvrez-les : loom.ly/8PY4lkw
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