Knitting the Child
by Joanne den Boer, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ Click, click. Click, click. Knit one. Purl one. Cast over yarn. As a young child, I watched, with fascination, the...
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Green Light for a Christ-centered Education
Proceed with caution! Recently, the BC Ministry of Education unveiled its Education Plan1. There are exciting elements in this plan, which promises to allow schools...
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Which Side of Which Digitial Divide?
by Bill de Jager, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ Once upon a time there was nothing to click,1 flick or swipe. Enter Microsoft and Apple. Then, for the fourth time in...
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Disciple-Makers
by Joanne den Boer, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth” (III John 1:4). The apostle John wrote...
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Reconfiguring Classrooms
and Finagling Furniture to Promote Pedagogical Shift They’re not taking it anymore! Some Christian educational leaders are refusing to allow their teachers to teach...
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J-Curving Your Teachers
by Bill de Jager, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ Don’t kid yourself, when an organization invests a million dollars or more in one of their people, they expect real...
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Sorting Students or Supporting Teachers?
by Joanne den Boer, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ Forty years ago, about 97% of the school population was considered typical. Three percent of the population received...
Read MoreHired an ICT Technician, an ICT Mentor and a Teacher-Librarian Lately?
by Bill de Jager, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ Now that the school year has started, it’s time to plan for next year, isn’t it? Are you considering the...
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Learning Through Play
by Joanne den Boer, SCSBC Director of Learning ◊ Do you believe a child’s ordinary moments of play are full of learning? In recent visits to kindergarten and...
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