My summer break was very intentional, far away, family filled and focused. I publicly admit I did avoid my inbox for a solid two weeks. For the first time in my senior leadership life, I took a proper holiday. In the event of an emergency, my close colleagues knew how »
This light mid-summer spin has been written with the intention of playfully deconstructing and repositioning the work day for joy-seeking educators. I want to be careful and straight forward, this is not a post promoting a 9-5 clock-in-clock-out mentality. I know our profession is not one that can easily be »
There is a beautiful rhythm that hums when inclusivity is happening in a school. It sounds like laughter, engagement, conversation and consideration. It sounds like "I see you," "I am glad you are here," "I am curious to learn more about you," "I »
Tugboats don't need to be big. They just need to be big enough to move what needs moving. I always amazed as I often watch these seemingly little boats moving back and forth under the Lions Gate Bridge safely guiding massive ships. Tugboats are designed for strength not »
In this spin I am challenging AI hype and reminding us that people not platforms drive real change. In an era where AI headlines much of the educational landscape, I want to recentre human conversations as the catalysts of change in today's classroom. Real change doesn't »
I can still remember the wide eyed wonder I held when the circus came to town in my childhood. The old Memorial Stadium in St. John's was transformed into a ring of spectacle with clowns leaping about amusing the crowd, decorated horses running the circle and windjammers playing »
In this spin, I hope to level set beauty in education. A recent conversation with a friend who just returned from a study tour in Reggio Emilia, Italy has left me again thinking about how important beauty is in education. Listening to her recount her experience left me inspired and »
When I was younger, my imagination went wild in the late hours of the night. My loving parents, younger sister and brother were the recipients of my many midnight knocks as I looked for comfort post my imagination's overtime run. Looking back I can trace the roots of »
This spin is going to be on the edge and is intended to provoke conversations about what matters most in today's classroom. As a disclaimer, I will admit that I have become frustrated and somewhat disheartened by the drama of "the reading wars." As a public »
Sometimes the waves of life overcome the sensibilities of patience, kindness, temperance, optimism and compassion. In a new year quiet moment standing by the majesty of the Northeast Atlantic as she reigned her fierce power, sprayed with her salty mist and pulled my breath away with her powerful blasts, I »
Any way you spin it, change is tricky. No matter how ready you are for a change, the human brain will modulate reactions based on anticipatory sets. We humans get accustomed to our rhythms, routines, safe spots and we frequently prefer to stay within those boundaries. Thinking about our thinking »
