I have always been the type of teacher that needs to have change in my life. I have never been happy teaching the same things every year....

As we in BC are starting to think about or actually are implementing the new curriculum in grades 11 &12, I am wondering how everyone...

As we begin a new semester, I decided to start the class off by asking students to research some of the founders of Calculus. This is a...

So, it is the last day before break and I have anxiety. I am living the worrier pose. Why? I have been doing this for years and still I...

To embrace something is to welcome it with open arms, hold, hug, accept completely. As changes come this year, I must remember to embrace...

How do we acknowledge everyone? That is the question I have been thinking for several weeks, months, and probably years. It is always...

Well I have had a few days to go over everything I gained from two amazing days of Pro-D at Thomas Haney Secondary. It all started last...

Over the past few years, I have been working with several colleagues and Independent Schools and International schools on their secondary...

I used to tell my students to stop and smell the roses once in a while but I have since changed my view to stop and smell the ocean. ...

When I was a high school student, I was extremely bored. My classes were revolving around textbooks, lectures and worksheet. Now as a...

Hey Ms. McKnight, do you think we could…. These are my favorite words of all time. I have found that whenever my students say this it...

Hello all, I am April McKnight and I am a STEAM teacher. Yes, you name the course I have taught it in my many years of teaching. My...

As I am reaching later in my career of being an educator, this statement really resonates with me. I have always gone back to the quote...

Blended classrooms... What does it really mean. After a discussion, last night with my pln, I was very surprised that everyone has a...

So, over the past two days, I have been asked several times from several staff: why are your students so focused? Well I think to myself...

Ongoing observations and methods of evaluation designed to measure student comprehension of a concept or task in order to identify areas...

So in the last two years I have been taking on more opportunities that I would usually pass on. It has been tow years of representing my...

As we are finishing semester one of our new school program, I am looking back at the good, the bad and the wow moments so far at Pender....

That is my big question today. Why am I still teaching the same courses I took as a child. Has the world not changed... Have we not...

So I was late to the party last night with my twitter PLN and I was reading through the discussions and a question hit me.... Q7: What is...