Cohort 21

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Justin MedvedJune 16, 2020Action Plans

We at Cohort 21 gained many insights during this period of school closures and continue to learn about perspectives, place and privilege....

Action Plan Action – December Goal Setting

Justin MedvedDecember 2, 2019Action Plans

Season 8 Members, Hard to believe that two short weeks ago we all were gathered at Branksome Hall for our...

Season 8: First F2C

Garth NicholsOctober 16, 2019Action Plans

On Oct. 5th Season 8 of Cohort 21 launched. With over 80 educators in the room, all the ingredients for...

Observations & Conversations Workshop for Math Teachers at HSC

Justin MedvedMarch 8, 2019Action Plans

CIS Ontario Math teachers, Get excited! The Middle and Senior math departments at Hillfield Strathallan College would like to invite...

Actioning you Action Plan – December & January Checklist

Justin MedvedDecember 2, 2018Action Plans Cohort 21 news

Happy December! It’s hard to believe that two weeks ago today we were all gathered at UTS for our 2nd...

Season 6 – Final Face to Face – April 20th 2018

Justin MedvedApril 19, 2018Action Plans Face to Face Sessions

Another season of Cohort 21 is almost at an end. What amazing journey it has been. Below are the slides...

Day 9: Learning one Day 9 at a Time

Garth NicholsApril 18, 2018Action Plans

I’m struggling. I’m unsure, and I’m worried. Simultaneously, I am excited, I’m hopeful and optimistic about the future of one...

The End of the Beginning: April 21st

Garth NicholsApril 17, 2017Action Plans Face to Face Sessions

As we prepare for our final F2F session at Havergal College on April 21st, you, our participants, are crafting your...

To MaRS and Back…

Garth NicholsJanuary 23, 2017Action Plans Cohort 21 news Face to Face Sessions

On Friday, January 20th, Cohort 21 landed at MaRS. The day was destined to be different, because this year, our...

Cohort 21 lands on MaRS – 3rd Face to Face Session

Justin MedvedJanuary 20, 2017Action Plans Face to Face Sessions

When designing today we set out to answer this question: How might we design a face to face session that...

Good is Good Enough September 14, 2020
It’s been awhile since I’ve found myself here. In March, we had a quick pivot to online that I found myself using my preps to help teachers with small technology troubleshooting things and every break I had to get outside to decompress from being indoors. Now that we are swinging back into the routine, I […]
maylu
Good is Good Enough September 14, 2020
It’s been awhile since I’ve found myself here. In March, we had a quick pivot to online that I found myself using my preps to help teachers with small technology troubleshooting things and every break I had to get outside to decompress from being indoors. Now that we are swinging back into the routine, I […]
maylu
Book Review: "The Yes Brain" (Seigel & Bryson) September 7, 2020
This book has strong resonance with “Reframed” by Stuart Shanker (Which I reviewed HERE), but it is written with families in mind. In “Reframed” the big takeaway is “See a child differently and you see a different child.” In “The Yes Brain” they write: When we see our children’s behaviour as communication that’s letting us know […]
Garth Nichols
Book Review: "The Yes Brain" (Seigel & Bryson) September 7, 2020
This book has strong resonance with “Reframed” by Stuart Shanker (Which I reviewed HERE), but it is written with families in mind. In “Reframed” the big takeaway is “See a child differently and you see a different child.” In “The Yes Brain” they write: When we see our children’s behaviour as communication that’s letting us know […]
Garth Nichols
31. Should I send my child to JK? August 21, 2020
Schools are set to open in a few weeks, and the plans are not looking promising. Today on the show I talk to my wife and three other people to figure out this new world of school and what it means for my family’s very specific situation. With this more personal episode, I talk to […]
Celeste Kirsh
31. Should I send my child to JK? August 21, 2020
Schools are set to open in a few weeks, and the plans are not looking promising. Today on the show I talk to my wife and three other people to figure out this new world of school and what it means for my family’s very specific situation. With this more personal episode, I talk to […]
Celeste Kirsh
Book Review: REFRAMED: Self-Reg' for a Just Society (by S. Shanker) August 6, 2020
Fellow educators, please read this book…or at least this review. Stuart Shanker sets out to reframe our understanding of ourselves and others in a way that enlivens our call to action as educators – it can reinvigorate our practice and our craft. That our future, of education (pre, during and post Covid19) , or ourselves […]
Garth Nichols
Book Review: REFRAMED: Self-Reg' for a Just Society (by S. Shanker) August 6, 2020
Fellow educators, please read this book…or at least this review. Stuart Shanker sets out to reframe our understanding of ourselves and others in a way that enlivens our call to action as educators – it can reinvigorate our practice and our craft. That our future, of education (pre, during and post Covid19) , or ourselves […]
Garth Nichols
Book Review: Deep Diversity by Shakil Choudhury July 9, 2020
This book offers an outstanding approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. It tackles the issue of racism at the neuro-psychology level, and offers strategies and a practice for how to breakdown and rebuild our unconscious, implicit biases. Shakil Choudhury began his consulting career focussing on anti-indigenous racism, and this echoes throughout the book, and the […]
Garth Nichols
Book Review: Deep Diversity by Shakil Choudhury July 9, 2020
This book offers an outstanding approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. It tackles the issue of racism at the neuro-psychology level, and offers strategies and a practice for how to breakdown and rebuild our unconscious, implicit biases. Shakil Choudhury began his consulting career focussing on anti-indigenous racism, and this echoes throughout the book, and the […]
Garth Nichols