Building Executive Functioning Skills in Intermediate Classrooms If there’s one thing teaching intermediate students has taught me over the past five years, it’s this: the content itself is rarely the
Breakout Rooms 2.0: Creative Ways to Use Them Beyond Group Work Breakout room ideas for teachers often start and end with group discussions. However, when used intentionally, breakout rooms can
Spring Cleaning Your Website: A Teacherpreneur’s Maintenance Checklist Spring in the classroom usually means decluttering desks, organizing resources, and resetting routines. But what about your website? As a full-time Grade
Teaching Students to Advocate for Themselves in Digital Learning Environments One of the most important skills students need before high school isn’t academic. It’s advocacy. And in digital learning environments,
Digital Routines That Make Your Classroom Run Smoothly (Online or In-Person) Whether you’re teaching fully in person, partially online, or somewhere in between, one thing remains constant: routines make or
The jump from Grade 8 to Grade 9 is bigger than most people realize. Yes, it’s a new building.Yes, it’s new teachers.Yes, it’s lockers and timetables and exams. But one
If You Teach Grade 8, You Know This Season. It’s that time of year. Course codes.Program pathways.Prerequisites.Information nights.Parent emails.Deadline reminders. When I taught in person, high school transition season was
(Featuring Microsoft… even if we still miss Google)** As classrooms evolve, so does the way we blend digital tools with in-person teaching. And if you know me, you know I
Whether you’ve used it as “D2L,” “Brightspace,” or “The HUB,” Ontario educators are deeply familiar with the D2L learning platform. It’s where we post assignments, connect with students, deliver assessments,
Building community online is hard — whether you’re running a virtual classroom or a virtual business.When my coteacher and I began this school year as remote Grade 8 teachers, we
