21st Century Learning and Teaching

Change is not the obstacle, it is the answer.  Embracing our ability to champion positive change starts with a focus on the words we use.  Change is NOT difficult, it is our greatest power and hope for a better future.  Change is what our bodies and minds so every second of the day.

 

Our ability to move out of Jurassic Park by developing our individual and organization potential is real.  It requires focus, courage, integrity and a relentless desire to be part of the solution rather than running on overdrive, getting stuck in stasis or burying one’s head in the sand or under the rock of complacency.

 

During the spring of 2013, junior teachers and students from 17 schools participated in a Language / Equity Learning Series  at the W.R.D.S.B. Board Office.

The purpose of the learning series was to: provide strategies and tools to facilitate the development and use of  open-ended critical questions by both students and teachersengage students and teachers in creating meaningful contexts for thinking and  learningdevelop deeper understanding of equity, inclusion, diversity  and social justice across the curriculumprovide opportunities for student voice and leadership at the classroom, school and system level build teacher and student leadership capacity