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Continue reading →: Connecting to Inquiry
Last year, I had the opportunity to experience teaching within the IB Primary Years Program at Tokyo International School. I found that although I had always considered myself a teacher who effectively used inquiry, the PYP framework allowed me to take student learning to a place where students were making…
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Continue reading →: Remembrance Day
An excerpt from today’s Remembrance Day assembly at Ridgeview Elementary. Good morning everyone and welcome to today’s Remembrance Day ceremony. At the front today we have a number of special guest representatives that I would like to introduce. Garett is here to represent you the students, with his writing piece…
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Continue reading →: Professional Growth
As educators in West Vancouver we are focussing on our Professional Growth Plans for this year. These provide the framework that guide our professional learning in the areas we would like to further develop, challenge or investigate. As we carefully reflect on our current practice, we try to select goals…
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Continue reading →: Inspiration
This fall our District Leadership in the West Vancouver School District challenged the School Administrators to put ourselves out there, and create professional blogs that contribute to the conversation around education in British Columbia and abroad. I was inspired while sitting in those meetings and began brainstorming ideas for blog…






