Thank you for sharing your Cohort 21 Journey! The steps you have taken to create meaningful connections between your Junior School curriculum and Indigenous Ways of Knowing are impressive. It’s wonderful that you have been asked to host a “Resource Sharing” session in June as a result of your learning – and that you’re looking…Read more

Thank you for sharing your Cohort 21 journey. Your work exploring a human-AI blended feedback ecosystem highlights the potential of AI not as a replacement, but as a meaningful “collaborative partner” in fostering student agency and deeper learning. The way you used Flint to support writing and creatively reimagined a STEM…Read more

This is such an inspiring and thoughtful post. Thank you for sharing your journey of growth and learning! Your reflections highlight how meaningful DEIJ work can grow through strategic, sustained action even when time and resources are limited. The practical steps you’ve taken—from conducting an audit to building curriculum gui…Read more

Thank you for sharing your Cohort 21 Journey – this was such an insightful post! Your work beautifully demonstrates how even our youngest learners can engage in deep, critical thinking when provided with the right scaffolding, routines, and real-world context. The use of “Parts, Purpose, and Complexities” and “Creative Quest…Read more

What a fantastic action plan journey you have been on leveraging a PBL and an inquiry-based approach to deepen student understanding and foster a growth mindset. I love that one of your biggest takeaways is that “when students were given the opportunity to think about ways they could apply their learning to the real world,…Read more

What an impactful action plan journey you have been on this year! Your commitment to taking a user-centric approach while simultaneously building a staff coalition is admirable. Furthermore, your willingness to iterate in support of the user is inspiring and will serve you well as you continue this journey. I wonder if the…Read more

What an impactful action plan journey you have been on! The intersectionality between nature and empathy is fascinating and a great reminder that not all classrooms have four walls. I love that your big takeaway is that “taking the time to ensure that students are able to build social connections with others and to…Read more

Thanks so much for sharing where you’re at. You have uncovered so many noteworthy questions and ideas here, that will no doubt fuel you in tomorrow’s design thinking work.

I look forward to seeing where you growing ideas take you tomorrow and in the month ahead! During tomorrow’s F2F, be sure to connect with some of the Math…Read more

Thank you for this post. I am so inspired by your ability to share your feelings and emotions so openly with your students and the Cohort.

While reading through your blogs, I found myself thinking of how applicable Brene Brown’s words (“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change”) are to you and the work…Read more

Thank you for sharing your thought process thus far. I love that you’re interested in exploring how to balance the teaching of technological skills with the teaching of digital citizenship/ ethics. It’s so amazing that your students also see the value in discussing ethical issues.

Tomorrow’s session will offer you a wonderful…Read more

Many thanks for sharing where you have landed thus far. You have identified a number of noteworthy challenges, or as we like to say at Cohort 21, and number of noteworthy opportunities.

Tomorrow’s session, focussed on design thinking, will the perfect opportunity for you to workshop the challenge you feel is most pertinent in…Read more

Thanks so much for sharing your mindset , and as @jmedved noted, thank you for the quick Montessori lesson. I am looking forward to working alongside you as you dive deeper into the challenge of creating a digital project for your Grade 3 Timeline of Life project.

@adamcaplan is another Cohort member you should connect with…Read more

Glad to hear you’re excited to be a part of this journey and that you have heard positive feedback about Cohort 21 – it truly is the most inspiring group of educators!

See you on Saturday!

Cheers, Nicole

Thanks for such an engaging first blog post. It was wonderful to read about a learning experience that has contributed to your growth and success. As well, I love that collaboration and differentiation are pivotal in your approach to learning and I look forward to learning from you regarding this approach in the…Read more

This is an outstanding reflection of your Cohort 21 journey. Congratulations, on all of your learning and growth throughout the year – you have so much to be proud of! I love that you never stopped iterating on your Action Plan/HMW question and that you were willing to take risks in your classroom to enhance your teaching…Read more

What a wonderful reflection of your learning and growth throughout this year! Congratulations, on all of your hard work and thinking to create rich cross-curricular learning opportunities for your students. I’m so glad that you found empathizing with your user (the students) to be an effective tool to clarify your thinking and…Read more

Congratulations, on all of your hard work this year! It sounds like you have learned a lot about your students and have gained a greater understanding of what your students need in the future. I’m so glad the Cohort 21 process resonated with you, and that you were able to leverage your teaching team as well as the Cohort to move…Read more

Thanks for sharing these insights! This will be an excellent starting point for tomorrow, as we dive deep into Design Thinking. I wonder what your student’s responses would be to some of your wonderings? What if you took some of these questions back to your students and co-constructed experiments to address these thoughts…Read more

Nice work on publishing your first C21 blog! Building resiliency is such an important life skill, and it certainly needs more attention. This will undoubtedly make for a fascinating Action Plan with lots of opportunities to learn from your users. I look forward to seeing where your Action Plan takes you in the coming months, and…Read more

I’m so glad you took the opportunity to interview your students! It’s amazing what you can discover through empathizing with your user. It sounds like you found out some really valuable information that will help you to rethink teaching and learning in your classroom. Looking forward to connecting tomorrow and hearing more…Read more

Congratulations on writing your first official blog, nicely done! I love that you’re keen to address the gap in girls physical education. This will be such an interesting and meaningful action plan to pursue. I look forward to hearing more about this on Saturday, particularly the girl’s responses and their understanding of…Read more

Your first C21 blog is in the books, nicely done! You have identified some terrific learning needs that I think all teachers can certainly appreciate and relate to. I think that the need for students to “make connections” between skills and content, classes, their learning, and with one another is greater than ever before! As I…Read more

Nice work hitting “publish” on your first C21 blog! Lots of great food for thought here, Kathryn. All three of these “urgent needs” could lead to a really interesting and meaningful action plan. On Saturday, we will dive deep into Design Thinking, to work through these “urgent needs” to create an actionable “How might we…”…Read more

Cheers,
Nicole

Thanks,
Nicole