contemplating a brave new classroom
Written by Celeste Kirsh
What is the one thing that you should never be afraid to say in a job interview? Today Barb McLean sits down to talk to me about the business of school. Barb McLean is a legend in my books. For many years she has served The Bishop Strachan School as the assistant head of Human […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
How can we create spaces in our school communities where everyone feels like they belong? Today on the podcast, I talk to Rosetta Lee, a professional outreach specialist and middle school educator at Seattle Girls’ School. Rosetta Lee is a force within the world of education. I was first introduced to her work when she came […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
What happens when you lose your voice and still have to teach the next day? On this episode we have two special guests joining us on the show to talk about one way for teachers to smile more and talk less: Self Organized Learning Environments or SOLE. I for one am all for resources that […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
How can school librarians work to move away from being gatekeepers and towards being gateways to information? Today I am joined by the brilliant Laura Mustard and we discuss this question. Laura Mustard has been a coach with Cohort 21 for a few years now, but more relevantly, she is the librarian at St Clements […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
Okay so history could be considered a little…um…dusty…in some circles, but Vanessa Vanclief has another approach to teaching social studies, that might make some children cry. I have fully claimed Vanessa as my work wife at school: our classrooms are beside each other, we teach the same Grade 8 students, and our curriculums often overlap. […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
What advice does an award winning researcher have for turning your classroom into an educational inquiry? Join one of Canada’s leading education scholars, Dr Kathleen Gallagher, as we discuss drama, research, and radical hope. I met Dr. Gallagher when I was completing my Master’s of Teaching at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
Welcome back to the Cohort 21 Face to Face session. This is part 2 of a short series on the podcast chatting with teachers who are actively engaging in the design thinking process to improve one aspect of their practice. If you have never heard of Cohort 21, it is essentially a community of teachers […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
Welcome to Cohort 21’s face to face session. Well, not actually. We are a podcast, after all, and not being face to face is kind of the whole thing. But this is the first of a two part episode where we talk to teachers about their action plans. Today, I share with you two conversations […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
“It’s not necessary to be perfect in order to be good”. Master teacher, Jodi Rice, joins me on the podcast to talk about this idea, especially in the English classroom. Jodi is a bit of a celebrity in my books who just so happens to teach with me at The Bishop Strachan School. Through her […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
What would you create in education if you actually had the time to think, plan, and design something meaningful? Today I talk to the incredible Allison Macrae who helped to start the CIS Ontario Women’s Networking Event with Deirdre Timusk and Tina Jagdeo. I am so excited to confirm that the date for the […]
