Not me. But I wrote something for those who are: my top six tips for starting the school year. I took into account the new Ministry of Ed. policy on attendance and participation.
Check out my article on the OHASSTA website.
If you don’t know OHASSTA, it’s the Ontario History, Humanities and Social Science Teachers Association. They do great work!
Here’s my amazing last class! We went out to the field for my “goodbye” speech. Thanks Mr. P for the photo!
Last year as I taught the new CHW3M and CHY4U courses I set for myself some personal challenges:
I spent a lot of time with the curriculum document – it’s heavy but it’s all marked up now.
I can’t say that I was fully successful, but I’m proud of the efforts I did make. I took a lot of mental notes on what to change next time.
Here are some pointers I’ve developed to help me keep up the challenge and to communicate to other interested people what I am doing. Note: this PPT changes a lot as I add new things and develop my thinking.
The transition is hard but it’s worthwhile.
Becoming an Inquiry Teacher (Nov. 28 update)
OISE – Jan. 19, 2016
Thanks for attending. Please feel free to email me at risa@cabal.org if you have any questions.
Here are the two parts of my presentation: