@NPorter17 @StonewallTell @aplatimore @AccuTrainK12 It was an excellent session! The passion for leadership in your school was evident throughout.
Rosetown, Saskatchewan 🇨🇦 English
Kim Fick
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Kim Fick
@kjficker
Hockey mom and Superintendent of Schools.
Katılım Nisan 2009
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Today's session was empowering! I enjoyed sharing about @StonewallTell's learning culture alongside @aplatimore. #InnovativeSchoolsSummit @AccuTrainK12
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@merlemassie @jadeballek you may find this an interesting read. Thanks, @merlemassie, for the historical summary. Indigenous housing history is a critical piece of systemic oppression. I learned a great deal from this post!
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I’m doing some historical work about on-reserve First Nations housing in Saskatchewan. My office is full of books that look at this issue from numerous angles.
One interesting connection is between housing and Indigenous women’s movements.
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Our research-based Critical Thinking rubrics were created in collaboration with the National Center for Improvement of Educational Assessment based on a comprehensive review of the literature about Critical Thinking!
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Integrating Indigenous Perspectives into Classroom Practice! I'm SUPER excited to co-facilitate this day with my wonderful colleague and friend, Miranda Moccasin! Nov 27! Would love to see you there! Register: stf.sk.ca/event/cultural… @STFLearning
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It is all about "relationships"!
Dr. Bryan Pearlman #MaslowBeforeBloom@DrP_Principal
I met Albert before the school year started. I was moving some things into my office and I saw him shooting hoops by himself on our playground. He approached me and asked if I was the new assistant principal. I introduced myself and shook his hand. He then asked if I would play HORSE. I thought about the long list of things I had to get done and how far behind I was already, but I quickly decided that HORSE with a student trumped everything on that list. While playing basketball, he asked me several questions and literally spoke for 20 minutes straight without taking a breath. He was funny, interesting, and seemed very intelligent. When we finished playing, he thanked me for spending the time with him and he walked home. I went back in the building and started to tackle the many items that were on my long list of things to do. A few weeks later we had some back to school IEP meetings. One of them was for a student named Albert. I pulled the file so that I would be prepared for the meeting. To my surprise, this was the same Albert that I played basketball with a few weeks prior. He had a list of a dozen school suspensions, at least six DSM diagnosis listed, and was assigned to the self-contained classroom for 85% of the day. Something did not add up. The parents did not show up for the meeting but gave permission to conduct the meeting in their absence. This was the first IEP that I had ever attended where there was not one positive word spoken about this student. Even when they asked for any strengths, nobody around the table could share any. I spoke up and said that based on my 20 minute encounter with him I felt he had several strengths: a good outside jump shot, excellent communication skills, an inquisitive nature, and a big smile. I looked around the table and everyone stared at me like I was either crazy or talking about another student. The school year started with a bang. Albert became upset in class and ran down the hall and straight out of the building towards his home. I managed to catch-up to him before he crossed a major street and I convinced him to walk back to the school and into my office. Albert was crying and obviously frustrated. He said that everyone in the school was mean to him and that they all thought he was a bad kid. In my head, I thought that he was exactly right—certainly based on the IEP meeting participants. We had a nice talk and Albert seemed to calm down. I asked if he would like to join me outside for a game of HORSE. He gave me a strange look, but then said, “Are you sure?” I told him definitely and he enthusiastically agreed to play. Once we were outside, Albert asked if he was going to be suspended. I told him that we would forget about this one, but that if there was a next one, he would be sent home. We discussed some better choices for next time, as running out of the room and building was a real safety issue. I stressed that I wanted him to be safe, because I liked him, cared about him, and did not want anything to happen to the school’s best basketball player. He smiled at me and asked if it would be okay if he could come to my office when he got upset, instead of running out of the building. I told him that was a great idea. We played basketball for a bit and decided that it was time to go back inside to prepare for lunch. Albert turned his head, looked me in the eyes and said that this was the nicest thing that anyone at school had ever done for him. Albert kept to his word. There were several other times that he got upset and frustrated, but instead of running out of the building, he ran to my office, sat in a corner, and cooled off. Each time it would take a few minutes before he was ready to talk and process what happened. Albert never got suspended that year and staff regularly shared some positives about him. Amazing what one small act of kindness can do to help a student be successful. Join us at the “Maslow Before Bloom” Facebook group; Facebook.com/groups/maslowb…
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"All families, no matter what, have a hope and a dream for their students." #ThursdayThoughts
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SaskEnergy will be conducting controlled natural gas flaring at its block valve site in the RM of Biggar, near Biggar Regional Park.
The flare will run intermittently on Mon, Apr. 24, through Thurs, Apr. 27, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. subject to change based on operating requirements.
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Well-spoken students asking the Premier of NB and CEO of Community of Creative Citizens great questions about entrepreneurship and community. @PowerPlayYE #21stcenturyskills
Fredericton, New Brunswick 🇨🇦 English
@SunWestSD207 @vicmo7 Jessica interviewed Kelsi Moser, teacher at Walter Aseltine School. Both great champions of parent engagement! #sunwestsd
Wilkie, Saskatchewan 🇨🇦 English
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Family Literacy Week @ ECS! Mrs. Parson you are the best... Teddy Bear Sleepover in Library; Book Walk in Hallway; Presentation from Inner Compass Books! Great job! #goodtobeaneagle
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Here’s something special for those #Saskatchewan Computer Science teachers or any teacher interested in learning about teaching #CompSci. Spread the word!
SaskCode@SaskCode
NEW PD for #COMPSCI teachers or any teacher interested. A variety of subjects will be covered, incl. resources for CS20/CS30 #python #javascript @StoonPubSchools @RegPublicSchool @prairiespiritsd @GSCSNews @ISED_CA @ThinkSaskTech @RCSD_ET @SRPSD119 @NLSD113 @PACatholicsSD
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Proud to work with @jwall785 on our journey to more authentic parent engagement. @SunWestSD207 is lucky to have her sharing her knowledge with us.
Alberta School Councils' Association (ASCA)@ABschoolcouncil
"... the impact honouring parents can have and what can happen when families don't feel that they matter." School Interrupted podcast series @DrDebbiePushor bit.ly/3XsCiNU
Biggar, Saskatchewan 🇨🇦 English
Biggar, Saskatchewan 🇨🇦 English
@SunWestSD207 school-based administrators, learning consultants and coaches, and senior leadership are #leadingtolearn @STFLearning #reconciliation #walkalongside
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Sharing for fellow Ed leaders. A good quick listen about what matters in leadership. open.spotify.com/episode/26CbyH…
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"If the privatization movement continues unchecked, it will destroy public education. There’ll be public ed here and there in affluent communities that are untouched, but it’ll be dead in the cities, and in the inner suburbs."
@DianeRavitch in 2013 bit.ly/3zaUbHV #txed
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