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Teaching Here: Central Okanagan School District 23

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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 […]

Advice for Teacher Candidates

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Being a teacher candidate is all at once an exciting time of learning and a terrifying period of putting into practice all the pedagogy, methodology, strategies, protocols, ideas, tools and plans you have been learning about.  I remember the ups and downs of my own teaching practicums as being some of the highest and lowest of my teaching career.  I worked as hard as I have ever worked and I am still […]