First day of a new course and I shared one of my favourite picture books by Danielle Daniel to begin to explore our identity and our stories. We are situating ourselves and developing our learning community. #teachereducation #ufv_soe #schoolofeducation #ufv_fechd #newsemester

I couldn't remember my #OneWord for 2025, but decided to find it, reflect on it, and set a new intention for 2026. learningandunlearning.edublogs.org/2026/01/05/o...

One of yesterdays’ challenges was to see how many letters we could find on our walk! I think we did pretty well! #teachercandidates #teachereducation #outdoored #outdooreducation #getoutside #outdoorlearning

Yesterday’s classroom #teachercandidates #teachereducation #outdoored #outdooreducation #getoutside #outdoorlearning

I was in 3 schools yesterday and these #multilingual and #inclusive signs caught my eye!

Thank you to @cldleadership.bsky.social for holding space today for sharing, learning and listening! I was honored to share some of the stories and our learning from a current research project that weaves together 3 themes that I value and believe are essential in our educational systems.

After teaching an Intro to #EdPsych class 15 times, I'm getting ready to teach a new course on teaching & learning practices tomorrow evening.

A #designchallenge with some intermediate students today! Can you create a name tag that is also a pencil holder? Your only supplies - 1 pcs of card stock, 1 pipe cleaner, & some masking tape. #backtoschool #creativethinking

And that's a wrap on #summerlearning and here are their summer book recommendations... #summerreads #recommended #grade3 #grade4 #grade5 #reading #literacy #graphicnovels #manga #kidsbooks #justforfun #welovereading #getcaughtreading

#Vocabulary strategy of the day: using word parts we recognize and chunking #summerlearning #literacy #individualizedlearning #differentiated #learningprogressions

Semi-annual trip to @vankidsbooks and I had no intention of buying more books, but brought home these new treasures! Have you read any of them? #newbooks #summerreads #disabilitypridemonth #diversebooks #diversereads #inclusion #dyslexia #deaf #deafkidsrock #neurodiversity #tourettesyndrome

We levelled up our word sort work today. We are still working on suffixes and used this great resource from @tarheelstate_teacher We loved it! Thank you for sharing it! #summerlearning #wordwork #vocabularybuilding #literacy #reading #morningroutines

Check out some of the new #vocabulary words that we have found in our novels! #newwords #summerlearning #contextclues #reading

What is more quintessentially summer than reading outside? We are fortunate to have forest and shade close by. #literacy #summerlearning #kidlit #summerreads

Today’s adventure in summer literacy was all about visualizing! Describing the setting, using our sense to imagine what we would see? Hear? Smell? Touch? Can you guess which books we are reading by these illustrations of the setting? #literacy #summerlearning #litcircles #kidlit

Adventures in summer #literacy! I’m working with a fantastic group of young people, we created a charter based on how they want to feel during #summerlearning they generated questions to help pick a good book, and then we did a #booktasting to find a few good books for each of them! #kidlit #reading

Blessed to have to the opportunity to return to Whitehorse last week. Time to listen, learn alongside wise elders, and hear stories across diverse perspectives. #grateful #heartfull #generativeconversations

Grateful for the intentional space that was held for learning and generative discourse. And for the many new connections with scholars and practitioners and the possibilities of future conversations.

#TeacherCandidates recognize #EarthDay with ways to care for the Earth! #schoolart #collaborativeart #teachereducation #UFV_SoE #ufv_fechd

And that’s a wrap on an amazing trip - Whitehorse, the traditional and current lands of Ta'an Kwäch'än Council and the Kwanlin Dün First Nation. The warmth and welcome of the many people I met… the stories I heard… and those I learned alongside… feeling grateful and blessed!

#FooknConversationEP63! I had a excellent conversation with Mark Priestly the University of Stirling and Stavroula Philippou at the University of Cyprus. We discussed research on #CurriculumMaking and work as past editors of the Curriculum Journal. 👉🏽https://tinyurl.com/7w46xyhx @uottawa.bsky.social

So powerful! I hope they post the video. Worth listening! Dr. ABC posed the question "who are you without colonialism?" "... we have to continue disrupting deficit thinking...

So important—it is believing that they/you belong there, & I would add they/you also have knowledge, wisdom, experience & agency to contribute, engage & enjoy being at that table until they/you decide to leave.

VOICES VISIBLE STUDENT WRITING CONTEST 2024-25 CALLING ALL STUDENT WRITERS (POETS, GRAPHIC STORYTELLERS & PROSE LOVERS)!!! We are doubly excited that we are going to accept graphic story work!! Check our website for important entry details & forms! bctela.ca/publications...

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING UP ONE OF YOUR GREAT LESSONS, OR SHARING YOUR REFLECTIONS ABOUT YOUR ELA WORK IN YOUR CLASSROOM? WE WOULD LOVE TO PUBLISH YOUR WRITING IN OUR ENGLISH PRACTICE JOURNAL! bctela.ca/publications...

Back to #EdPsych class today after our Reading Week break! I heard the sounds of spring on my walk today, so our #calmscreen as we gather today is youtu.be/UZ9uyQI3pF0?...

I’m so grateful I was introduced to this podcast. #Decolonizing and #Uncolonizing #Leadership: How do we undo and disrupt coloniality and engage in decolonizing and uncolonizing leadership? The encouragement I needed today. #Disrupting in a good way! www.yorku.ca/edu/unleadin...

Less than two months to go until The Cartoonists Club drops on April 1st! Here's an official list of our kick-off bookstore events this spring and fall—and yes, there'll be other appearances during the year! Stay tuned as @goraina.bsky.social and I unveil our labor of love!

Thank you to #POPFASD and #MentalHealth Clinicians for speaking with #teachercandidates today. #inclusion #strategies #thoughtprovoking #teachereducation

#EdPsych class last night, students were exploring #equity #diversity #inclusion Great discussions! Co-constructing understanding! #futureteachers #teachereducation #workinprogress

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Our brains are hard-wired to zero in on the negative. 🔎 Here are 5 simple ways to start counteracting negativity bias—so you can appreciate all the positives and give problems their proportionate due. #EduSky

Started class tonight with this calm screen: music.youtube.com/watch?v=VdUq... and a check-in via chat about what we are parking at the door tonight and what we are grateful for! Today I'm grateful for the sunshine & dynamic conversation with students about #diversity & #inclusion #edpsych

💡 Students are less likely to take significant intellectual risks if they feel threatened by grades. Less grading, more conversation and feedback. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #InclusiveEd #EdLeaders

Got through some books on my #tbrpile! #recommended 1. Games Untold #YAbook ❤️these characters! 2. Crossover: Add to your poetry unit! #mglit #poetry 3. Finally Seen: Add to your #classroomlibrary & #literaturecircles 4. You Don't Know everything Jilly P! by Alex Gino #disability #ASL #deaf

I've been thinking about how to help teacher candidates understand UDL. I revisted a shorter post on IG from last fall and will be talking through their upcoming unit plans this week. Excited to see them trying out something new to them! learningandunlearning.edublogs.org/2025/01/18/i...

Trying on Flourishing for my 2025 #OneWord Or maybe another word will find me in the coming days. Either way, I’m choosing to embrace what’s ahead with openness, trusting that there’s room to grow in beautiful new ways. learningandunlearning.edublogs.org/2025/01/01/o...

Reflecting back on my #OneWord for 2024 (learningandunlearning.edublogs.org/2023/12/30/o...), alignment well describes this year. I've found new people this year who are now colleagues, friends, & mentors. Still considering #OneWord for 2025... but I've got a few options!

Last class we continued 2 have student-led #InclusiveWelcome & #IntentionalClose & a powerful circle reflecting on #PaperTigers to wrap up. Each table group came up with a one sentence definition for #inclusion w/out ChatGPT this time #teachereducation #inclusiveeducation #SEL

Blessed to have had the opportunity to listen to Tyrone & Lyndon Brown today. Powerful message they shared today with their mom as a communication partner. So many thoughts about how we story students…. But that’s for another post on another day. #edusky #inclusion #teachereducation

#OutdoorEd #PlaceBasedLearning #WalkingCurriculum today with #teachereducation students! Great collab w/ a colleague made it an even better day!

What a fantastic panel sharing their wisdom and experience today about inclusive education! (Missing from photo UFV SoE’s very own Deirdre) Thank you to #mpsd75 #inclusion #inclusiveeducation #teachercandidates #teachereducation #UFV.FECHD

#NewBooks on my #tbrpile 📚 Looking forward to some winter break reading!

#CompetencyBased #IEPs today! We looked @ components of CB-IEP, analysed different formats of IEPs & now #teachercandidates are writing IEP for a hypothetical student. Some of what they thought @ end of class! #engaged #inclusiveeducation #teachereducation #strengthbased #collaboration

Hey bluesky, did you know that I facilitate occasional pay-what-you-can zoom workshops for teachers? Here's the next one, coming right up in December! Pay-what-you-can always includes $0. Join us! www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...

A helpful reminder about Sustainable Leadership in today’s context.

Calm screen as students were coming into the virtual class today … anticipating the mood of the bomb cyclone hitting Greater Vancouver tonight. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JIS6...

After exploring what #inclusive learning environment looks like, we did a carousel brainstorming what activities, routines and procedures could be used to facilitate inclusion for all students? Really rich conversations! #teachercandidates #teachereducation #inclusiveeducation #inclusiveclassroom

At that time in the semester where Ss are taking over the responsibility for #InclusiveWelcome & #IntentionalClose Derek & Evan led today - partner Q&A and swap ?s & partners #teachercandidates #teachereducation #SEL #inclusiveeducation #inclusivepractices #signaturepractices