10 Things I’ve Been Meaning to Say to You — As Your Teacher

Tomorrow I begin using mentor texts as models for my students’ writing. Below, I have adapted Jason Reynolds’ “10 Things I’ve Been Meaning to Say to You” to demonstrate how mimicking mentor texts (sentence structure, ideas…

“Just Keep Pedaling” —  Capacity Building as Teaching

I pump my legs up and down, feet clipped in, no…

An Open Letter to Premier Ford & Minister Lecce

Dear Premier Ford and Minister Lecce,

As I woke at 5:45am and scrolled through my twitter feed (as I usually do as part of my morning ritual hoping to discover more innovative ideas to help me meet student needs in the…

Voice, Choice & Explicit Literacy Instruction in the Secondary English Classroom

A bed of her own

It has been a year since the pandemic began and my kids, although healthy, are feeling the stress of the world. Structure and…

Learning from Each Other — Destreaming Across Ontario: Waterloo District School Board

Running

It’s been two years since I started running again. I flew to Florida with my then…

Towards an Emergent PD: Professional Development in the Time of COVID

Can you imagine the space between your eyes?….. ….. The space that fills your head…Can you imagine the space between your shoulders?…

Learning to Listen: (Emerging) Beliefs & Practices through Classroom Conversations

For my dad, who has taught me how to listen.

Final tasks are opportunities to observe and discuss student learning, to celebrate student progress. But they are…

Decolonizing Process: Relational Pedagogy & Reciprocal Teaching in the Classroom

“I know that in this class you have been talking a lot about decolonizing. And I know you have been thinking a lot about this over the course of your quadmester. And I want to leave you with a…