Continuing to Re-invent Professional Learning

March 7, 2023   We’ve been having the most interesting conversations with clients these past few months as professional learning becomes a part of all of our lives again. And, as is true with any significant life change, we are not going back to what we had. We...

Happy New Year – Take Two!

January 31, 2023   In many parts of the country, students and teachers are preparing to end one part of learning and begin a new one. For some this may mean a new term or semester or simply the halfway point of the school year. This mid-way point presents us all...

January 2023 – Rebuild and REfresh

January 17, 2023   Welcome to 2023!! As leaders we re-fresh, re-think and re-build professional learning and development with powerful, thoughtful, intentional small steps. Today’s new teachers are today’s new generation of thinkers and learners. And, because our...

December Blog – Pause and Reflect

December 8, 2022   The snow has been falling here in the Comox Valley this past week. Being in a coastal climate, the flakes are huge, wet, heavy, and beautiful. It is a winter wonderland. And, as we all know, along with the snow comes the decision-making and a...

Whew! Fall Term 2022 is Underway

October 28, 2022   Whew! September is over! SEPTEMBER – the first month of school across much of North America –  is such a busy time! So much to learn about students, their families, our colleagues and our community. It’s a time when educators are...

July Blog – Designing for Next Year

July 6, 2022   Recently, I was in conversation with a group of neighbours at the end of the driveway. It was the time of evening when the light was soft in the sky and the worries of the day seemed to have faded away. Two of us were educators and the rest held...

June Blog – Nurturing Our Resilience As Leaders

June 1, 2022   From the small Hungarian village where my father was raised comes a folktale that might be one that has also been passed to you. It speaks of a man who was the woodcutter of that community. He supplied homes with wood to fuel their fires and to...

April/May Blog – Endings and Beginnings: Reflecting on Resilience

April 30, 2022   We know assessment in the service of learning makes a huge difference in student learning outcomes and that’s why it is important to plan for its central role in every new initiative whether we are thinking about welcoming newcomers to Canada,...

Powerful Feedback

March 10, 2022   As we’ve been focused this month on feedback that supports learning, we’ve had lots of great conversations with colleagues. One group with whom I work is teacher candidates. As we explored feedback, I engaged them in the following learning task:...

Assessment for Leadership

February 8, 2022   Over the past couple of months, we have been preparing for the inaugural series of The Leaders’ Roundtable – a twelve-week focus on leadership that inspires, transforms, and brings hope, even in these times. This preparation has taken us back...

Hope and the New Year!

December 31, 2021   During an online gathering of family over the holidays, one of my cousins said that his son was going to require an IEP in the new year in order to “catch up”. Another cousin immediately asked, “What is an IEP?” A few of us chimed in with the...