A three-year research study involving schools from across the province identifies 10 practical strategies educators can use to help Indigenous learners successfully transition to the next stage of their education or beyond school. Link below is a pdf doc. > Read about 10 strategies you can use to support Indigenous learners in your classroom
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Throughout this month, I have been publishing a series of articles on design thinking, a flexible framework for empathy-driven creative work. Earlier this week, I published an article called "Making Is Magic," about the Create a Prototype phase in the LAUNCH process. This next one is about the Highlight and Fix phase. Failing Versus Failure There are some places where people love to revise their…
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Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon Companies offer all sorts of benefits and extras to attract the most favored workers, from health care and stock options to free food. But all those perks come at a price: your freedom. There’s a reason labor historians call these perks “welfare capitalism,” a term that originated to describe company towns and their subsidized housing, free classes and recreational…
Read More...Here are the 7 most popular Education Week stories and opinions you and your colleagues have been reading this week. Take a look! Also, don't miss our annual report on educational technology, Technology Counts 2019, for a look at why digital tools aren't transforming teaching. 1. Your Objections to Whole-Child Education Aren't Wrong. They're Just Outdated 2. Overhauling…
Read More...COTA SUMMER INSTITUTE 2019 Theme: Rethinking, Retooling, and Beyond We are looking for teachers who are interested in sharing their practice as they navigate the new curriculum. Share how you are rethinking the curriculum and how it works in your classroom. Share the resources that you find useful. How are you accessing the competencies and communicating student learning? How are you retooling your…
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