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Commuter Calm
Via Kabir Bhagaria (details below) Balancing Act – September 2011.pdf Please will find attached the latest The Balancing Act newsletterfrom Shepell·fgi, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider. The Balancing Act is a monthly newsletter designed to offer you helpful tips … Continue reading
New Teacher Invite
If you are a new teacher I recommend you check out the following two links: Twenty Tidbits for New Teachers at Edutopia New Teacher Chat on Twitter (see item #14 & #15 from above link) Some other Twitter chats include: … Continue reading
Lightsource – Science Teacher Pro-D
From Tracy Walker via Marcello Pavan outreach@triumf.ca The Canadian Light Source has developed a wonderful Pro-D opportunity for teachers at their facility in Saskatoon (funding available for travel and accommodations) and they are putting out a call to interested teachers. … Continue reading
Celebrate Science Event – Sept 24th
Via Marina Milner-Bolotin (BCAPT 2011-2012 President) Celebrate Science 2011 is being held at the BeatyBiodiversityMuseum at UBC on Saturday, September 24th, 2011. The event brings together science writers of BC and everybody who teaches science in K-12. We will celebrate … Continue reading
Science Miniconference – June 22nd –
Susan Hunter-Jivung, a Physics teacher at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary in Surrey, BC, is organising a Year of Science event at her school for teachers and students. The focus is conservation and many of the projects can be applied to science … Continue reading
Summer Institutes – Metro Vancouver
North Vancouver is offering a number of half day professional development opportunities near the end of August. Topics include both Reading & Writing at the secondary level. Go here for more information
Forest Ecosystems – Summer PD Opportunity
The BC Festival of Forestry is a non-profit organization committed to providing quality professional development experiences for school teachers. For over 40 years, we have run tours for Lower Mainland and Victoria area teachers to rural communities in BC. The … Continue reading
Elementary Science Pro-D Opportunity
Note: Last fall my students & I attended an Optics workshop put on by Graham Lea and it was brilliant! It was accessible for all age levels with lots of hands on activities. I left many good ideas & activities that I took … Continue reading
Buying Whiteboards in the Lower Mainland
Updated September 2014 Since starting to use whiteboards in my class room many colleagues in the VSB have tried to find the 4′ x 8′ sheets of shower board with no luck (neither Rona nor Home Depot seem to stock them any longer). The … Continue reading
Technology as Lever
In the February 2011 issue of Educational Leadership is a great article titled “Good Teaching Trumps Good Tools” by William M. Ferriter. Obviously we want good teaching and good tools but Ferriter makes the point that “focusing on specific digital … Continue reading
Renovating My Classroom 