Architecture Always Wins
Have you ever heard students ask the question, “Will this be on the test?” and wondered about any more profound implications and the students’ motivations for asking? I...
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The Creativity Question
I’ve been thinking. Have you ever had one of those moments where, in what seems to present itself as a sudden flash of insight, you recognize that something you had...
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Emergency Preparedness
The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. Prov 27:12 (NIV) To provide a safe and secure teaching and learning environment,...
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Systemic Self-Assessment
One of the pillars of the modernized curriculum in British Columbia is the role of reflection and self-assessment. For this element to take root in schools, it needs to...
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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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