All Learning Is Transformational
by Greg Gerber, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ In seeking efficient ways of “doing school” it is easy to forget about how big a deal the impacts of teaching and learning...
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Names and Faces
by Darren Spyksma, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ Five years ago, I received a paper bag full of notebooks, report cards, written essays and reports from my time in...
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A Culture of Continuous Improvement
by Darren Spyksma, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ Inertia is the tendency to remain unchanged1 in your direction. In education, the yearly cycle of the school calendar...
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Learning and Self-Assessment: Hoops or Authenticity?
by Greg Gerber, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ I’d like to ask you a question. After you read it in the next paragraph, would you take a moment to pause and consider your...
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Combatting Implementation Fatigue
by Darren Spyksma, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ I think it might be time for school staff to play a board game during the next staff meeting. Not just any board game...
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Assessment Is Central to Learning
by Greg Gerber, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ Among educators, there is very little argument about whether or not engaging in assessment is a required dimension in the...
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Should Teachers Be Developing Their Core Competencies?
by Darren Spyksma, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ For Christian educators, competency development as a focus for the BC Ed Plan is one the most exciting and significant...
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Engage Your Planning with Core Competency as the Starting Point
by Greg Gerber, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ This is an exciting time to be involved in education. During the last few hundred years, schooling has been characterized...
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