Cohort 21 | Vanessa Wade | Activity https://cohort21.com/members/vwade/activity/ Activity feed for Vanessa Wade. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:14:40 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-CA 30 hourly 2 f58202882e8d2a85354cb3a5031bcb7f Vanessa Wade posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/vanessawade/2019/01/07/action-plan-informal-leadership/#comment-31 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:02:23 -0500 Excellent. I will!!

In reply to - Vanessa Wade wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Wade Further to my last post, and after reading all of your comments (thank you!), I have decided that my HWM question will be: How might we better understand […] ]]> e3b41da64107d40faefde7acc087775b Vanessa Wade posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/jenniferbairos/2019/01/05/two-steps-forward-one-step-back-then-one-step-forward-again/#comment-41 Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:30:11 -0500 Hi Jenn,

I think the fact that you have amended your HMW so that you can have time to do what you feel is important in the classroom is a GREAT IDEA. And as the wise @lmustard said, you still will be getting a lot out of the Cohort experience, irrespective of what your HMW is.

See you at the next F2F.
Vanessa

In reply to - Jennifer Bairos wrote a new post on the site Jennifer Bairos One thing I’ve learned so far though the Cohort 21 process is that design thinking is not easy. It’s messy, there are inspiring and unique ideas […] ]]> 63fc70885b2eb060e2098d496b77e5e3 Vanessa Wade posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/jenniferweening/2019/01/06/on-failure-and-taking-risks/#comment-153 Tue, 08 Jan 2019 14:39:45 -0500 Hi @jweening!
Great speech. Your Director of Academics was right to tap you on the shoulder for the job. And I do think talking to our students about “making mistakes” cannot happen enough. I like that you included teachers in what you wrote. Sometimes I think we are constantly trying to make everything perfect that we forget what we are…Read more

In reply to - Jennifer Weening wrote a new post on the site Jennifer Weening Just before the break, my Director of Academics asked me to speak in Monday’s academic-themed assembly – the first day back from the break. I’m not […] ]]> 4d96be41a19d33456a32b319c869f2f5 Vanessa Wade posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/lisabelanger/2019/01/07/times-flies-when-youre-being-lazy/#comment-13 Tue, 08 Jan 2019 14:35:54 -0500 Hi @lbelanger,

I think recharging is the best thing to do when we have breaks. That’s why they are called “breaks”. I think your honesty and vulnerability in this post is fantastic. Wish more people were open like this.

Good luck with this term and see you at the F2F session on Jan 18.

Vanessa
ps. love your image – totally perfect!

In reply to - Lisa Belanger wrote a new post on the site Lisa Belanger I am happy to admit that I have done nothing. Ok … maybe not happy, but I’m honest. The truth is that I’ve been dealing with S.A.D. and all the gray skies […] ]]> 2df46cdfd33a04ab180485b2c3cae23b Vanessa Wade wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Wade https://cohort21.com/vanessawade/?p=63 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 21:06:44 -0500 Further to my last post, and after reading all of your comments (thank you!), I have decided that my HWM question will be: How might we better understand informal leadership at Havergal College?  As […]

]]> 844b6b36e4d20e03413ebe7cc9ee17fd Vanessa Wade posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/vanessawade/2018/12/17/hmw-ideas-seeking-feedback/#comment-24 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:49:09 -0500 I think you are right about keeping it broad.
In the end I think I am going to go with the last HMW: How might we better understand Informal Leadership at Havergal. The thing I like about that HMW is that it also acknowledges that students have the answers too – if that makes sense. The first three somewhat imply that the adults have the…Read more

In reply to - Vanessa Wade wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Wade After my last blog post about what motivates students to get involved in leadership (the 6 “P”s), I have hummed and hawed about my HMW question.  In the […] ]]> 4cc89fbaaf3dcb850c6dff300717eff4 Vanessa Wade posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/vanessawade/2018/12/17/hmw-ideas-seeking-feedback/#comment-19 Wed, 19 Dec 2018 18:31:07 -0500 Thanks for the feedback. I have seen Dudley’s Ted Talk. It’s a great one. There’s another great video by WestJet that also speaks to informal leadership which is worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIHtuKc3Gjg

I think HMW#2 is the direction I’m going to go in.

Happy holidays, Vanessa

In reply to - Vanessa Wade wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Wade After my last blog post about what motivates students to get involved in leadership (the 6 “P”s), I have hummed and hawed about my HMW question.  In the […] ]]> fc771ae0803efe9cc060ee85c03fd5f9 Vanessa Wade posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/vanessawade/2018/10/25/the-6-ps-and-formal-student-leadership/#comment-17 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:29:38 -0500 Thank Sam. I think one of the places where we can give time and space for reflection is in our TA time (morning advisory/homeform). The problem is that there are so many competing priorities for this time. I think simply starting the conversation when they are younger, and not just in Grade 10-12 is a good start.

In reply to - Vanessa Wade wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Wade About 5 years ago I picked up a book called “The Motivation Breakthrough” by Richard Lavoie.  In this book, Lavoie explores six different techniques that […] ]]> ebb76a44916c04ddbca8cc401bce1476 Vanessa Wade wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Wade https://cohort21.com/vanessawade/?p=59 Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:10:56 -0500 After my last blog post about what motivates students to get involved in leadership (the 6 “P”s), I have hummed and hawed about my HMW question.  In the end I have landed on a couple of ideas – wondering if I […]

]]> ad2bd1af40a501290e32af2b0c811545 Vanessa Wade posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/mary-ellenwilcox/2018/10/30/the-best-thing-i-havent-done/#comment-10 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:02:45 -0400 It’s amazing what can happen when we don’t place limits and restrictions on students. And although we can’t always do this it’s nice when we can find opportunities to go “free range”.
Well done!

In reply to - Mary-Ellen Wilcox wrote a new post on the site Mary-Ellen Wilcox This week I didn’t do something. It was amazing. Last year I assigned a (boring to grade, probably only slightly more interesting to write) […] ]]> f7e0d24e19daa3104b0dcad9ada08c0c Vanessa Wade posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/vanessawade/2018/10/25/the-6-ps-and-formal-student-leadership/#comment-12 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:58:07 -0400 Thanks Emilia – thank you for your comment and I do think that a workshop in Grade 9, 10 and/or 11 on the students’ values and character would be helpful to guide them towards various leadership roles (be it formal or informal).

In reply to - Vanessa Wade wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Wade About 5 years ago I picked up a book called “The Motivation Breakthrough” by Richard Lavoie.  In this book, Lavoie explores six different techniques that […] ]]> 0cc50e4eb40cef946a7e4af9cdb7b507 Vanessa Wade posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/vanessawade/2018/10/25/the-6-ps-and-formal-student-leadership/#comment-10 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:09:36 -0400 Hi Les, your added two P’s are so very true. We try to encourage students, as they start to ask questions about the university admissions process, to follow their passion when getting involved in leadership, co-curriculars, volunteer work, etc..and not get sucked into the idea of “checking boxes” but I think it’s tough because many students have…Read more

In reply to - Vanessa Wade wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Wade About 5 years ago I picked up a book called “The Motivation Breakthrough” by Richard Lavoie.  In this book, Lavoie explores six different techniques that […] ]]> 55d7676c93a13e92d7fff4428b24a7b4 Vanessa Wade posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/vanessawade/2018/10/25/the-6-ps-and-formal-student-leadership/#comment-9 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:02:54 -0400 Awesome. Thanks for sending this. I haven’t read Drive – it’s one that I am for sure going to be adding to my booklist!

In reply to - Vanessa Wade wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Wade About 5 years ago I picked up a book called “The Motivation Breakthrough” by Richard Lavoie.  In this book, Lavoie explores six different techniques that […] ]]> da7d01db8d97dab6faff9e7ad7767c52 Vanessa Wade wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Wade https://cohort21.com/vanessawade/?p=52 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 23:00:58 -0400 About 5 years ago I picked up a book called “The Motivation Breakthrough” by Richard Lavoie.  In this book, Lavoie explores six different techniques that help to initiate the engagement of children in lear […]

]]> cce5074e82407137af656622e312cf48 Vanessa Wade posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/vanessawade/2018/10/13/vulnerability-and-a-leap-of-faith/#comment-3 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 22:50:20 -0400 Hi Tim, I went to my first Positive Psychology conference last year – awesome to hear that your school is engaged in that work.

In reply to - Vanessa Wade wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Wade Hi everyone!  This is not only my first blog post with Cohort 21 but it is my first blog post EVER!  I’ve shared with anyone who will listen to me today how n […] ]]> 14538e67370598047bb44d59e27f2818 Vanessa Wade wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Wade https://cohort21.com/vanessawade/?p=48 Sat, 13 Oct 2018 17:56:07 -0400 Hi everyone!  This is not only my first blog post with Cohort 21 but it is my first blog post EVER!  I’ve shared with anyone who will listen to me today how nervous I am to be doing this – feeling vulnerable for s […]

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