As any of my three regular readers will know, I have been spearheading a project at my school to change the bell schedule. I recently put together a page summarizing this project and providing links to various research, surveys and…
I have previously written about my classes’ review lessons, in which a group of students presents each unit’s material in a 20-minute presentation the day before the unit test. These lessons have at times seemed quite effective (usually when the…
I haven’t been able to update in quite a while – but a lot has happened! I previously wrote about the schedule proposal that our Professional Learning Community put together, and we presented this to administration in February. Since then,…
When I was first involved with the Canadian Student Debating Federation, around 2008, there was a big row about styles of debate. The National Seminar was stagnating and losing popularity among debaters and coaches, and it seemed that no-one could…
As you will know if you have read my previous posts, I have been working with a PLC team on a proposal for a new schedule for ASFM. We recently got approval for a pilot week in April – and…
Here’s the screen-cast video from today’s presentation I made to ASFM staff. It’s long (50 min) but worth a watch!