This month, our Advisor board reads, “Trust the process.” It was chosen by my group of Grade 9-12 students and hangs in the Art Room. In moments of conversation, when sharing ideas and talking through issues that can cause confusion and complexity, we turn to the board, to refocus and remember that we’re all in […]
This year I set out to survive. I set out to make sure I could find a way to continue to lead and to develop enough resilience to go the distance with my students and leadership team. Truthfully, I’m not sure where we are at with this COVID marathon, but I keep pushing forward. What […]
No One Gets This Done Perfectly ~ Reflections on the Connection between Leadership and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. I am seizing the moment to write a quick blog post to share a connection today between the Cohort21 strands and some thinking that was generated by an amazing PD Session yesterday from Michel Shah. During the […]
I haven’t blogged yet. As a first-year coach, I feel embarrassed about this. But somehow this year has had a pace all it’s own, and as often as I think “that would be a great blog”, I still haven’t managed to come up for air and hit post! It’s rainy today, and Mother Nature has […]
Recently, I sent my Head of School a note of thanks letting her know how grateful I am to have been given the opportunity to experience Cohort 21. In it, I expressed how it has deepened my understanding of professional learning communities and sparked one of the most transformative years of my teaching practice. In […]
Creating a network of Visual Arts teachers within CIS schools has been the focus of my Action Plan (Part 1). I realized right away that I have already created a platform to open the discussion by founding the CIS Student Visual Arts Festival in 2017 with @drutherford. When we created the CISVAF, we were focused […]
In June, when I filled out my Cohort 21 information, I reflected on a possible theme. It was that time of year when the totality of the year’s workload had me feeling burnt out. I promised myself that this year, I would not repeat the cycle of previous school years and instead use my “sphere […]
Growing up, I was raised with the expression, “it’s a long way from your heart.” It was my parents’ way of saying “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. With two parents as health care professionals, it was difficult to get attention for anything that wasn’t going to make you bleed out on the floor. […]