Yesterday, we met with our new staff for the second time this year, but

really it was the first time to get a hold of them after their first

impressions of the classroom have sunken in. And rather than focus

solely on what they were experiencing and how they are dealing with it,

which is of dire importance, we pushed their buttons a little.



Let me explain: our first year induction program for new teachers was

recently revamped to be more of a reflective… Continue

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Regardless of where I venture in my tidy little PLE, I am confronted with the same question in various forms: What is the duty of a school in the life and development of a person?…

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I have spent most of today's not child-care related moments banging these keys and scouring my connections for resources and inspiration. These next two weeks hold the following: two-day workshop on wikis, one day workshop on social bookmarking, two-day workshop on web 2.0 teaching strategies, two-day workshop on… Continue