Wealth Health: From Curriculum to Sustainable System A Design Thinking Journey with Gareth Jones Connected to CAIS School Innovation Grants Research Framework 2025-2026 The Challenge How might we build respect, resilience, and global citizenship through financial literacy in a way that scales across schools with clarity and consistency? The Evolution Over three years, Wealth Health…
Author: Gareth Jones
Let’s ALL Be Well Beings: A Facilitator’s Journey Into Authentic Wellbeing
Let’s ALL Be Well Beings: A Facilitator’s Journey Into Authentic Wellbeing This was day one of a new journey for me, facilitating a group of incredible educators at Cohort 21, a program that I have loved being part of for the past two seasons as a participant, then coach, and now here, Season 14, as…
Developing Respect and Resilience for Financially Literacy
Cohort 21 – Season 12 “Sharing your learning” Guiding Question for Inquiry and Action Plan How might we develop financially literate students who gain a new respect for and resilience towards all matter’s money? The Process Connected the inquiry to a school sponsored math action research and piloted a classroom economy program with a Grade 5…
How Might We…
How might we develop financially literate students who gain a new respect for and resilience towards all matter’s money? After a Covid hit second Face 2 Face, I am looking forward to gathering with professional minds and taking my action plan to a much more detailed stage at our 3rd Face 2 Face. I am…
Urgent vs Important – Reflections on the return to school
Cohort 21 came to me as a recommendation from colleagues of mine who had experienced this valuable community in seasons prior. I was looking at a way in which I could begin to network with other CIS Ontario schools and was told the immediate answer = Cohort 21. It also landed at a perfect time…


