“How can we do this better? How can we grow this?” are the questions that Dr. Leyton Schnellert asks himself at the end of each year when he thinks about how to design more meaningful learning opportunities for teacher-candidates at UBC Okanagan. Recently the answer was to create a collaborative inquiry group that focused on the the opportunities presented with the implementation of BC’s “renewed” curriculum. The group met once […]
The Central Okanagan School District 23 is located on Okanagan Territory and encompasses four municipalities (Peachland, West Kelowna, Kelowna, Lake Country) and the Regional District of Central Okanagan. There are 43 schools and 22,000 students. The goal of the school district is for each K-12 student to “provide evidence of being a learner, thinker, innovator, collaborator and contributor.” We connected with six early career teachers in School District 23. All […]
Every teacher can probably remember the tumultuous mix of excitement and fear they felt when they had to set up a classroom for the first time. Often early career teachers look to their colleagues with more experience for advice on the best way to approach the task of designing a rich and engaging learning space. In this piece an early career teacher offers some advice that even the most experienced […]
