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As more schools refer to students learning English as MLL’s and less direct support is provided, teachers require new strategies and lines of thinking to support their language learners. On tonight's panel: Valentina Gonzalez @ValentinaESL Melinda Miller Carol Salva @DrCarolSalva

Inclusive assessment is about more than evaluating students. It is an approach to teaching and assessment that helps students learn and grow. On tonight's panel: Radhika Bhatt Rola Tibshirani @rolat Derrick Schellenberg @Mr_Schellenberg

The Not Just a Green Summit was a successful learning experience that continues, and we are thrilled to have the organizers and some of the presenters here to share a bit about this event that keeps on giving. On tonight's panel: Erika Sandstrom @GreenScreenGal Tricia Fuglestad @triciafuglestad Celeste Endo @celyendo Amanda Fox @AmandaFoxSTEM Jessica Winston @mzjwinst

Promoting the power of visual literacy and how it connects to DigCitSDGs. Noa Daniel welcomes: Leanne Lavender @LeeanneLavender Katie McNamara @KatieJMcNamara Ivy Yan @Ivy_TwoBirdsEdu

Focus is the thinking skill that allows people to begin a task and maintain their attention. It helps them manage distractions and sustain the effort and energy they need to complete a task or reach a goal. We are talking about a tool to help with that called Focusable on tonight’s OnEdMentors. Gathered for this week’s conversation: Brian Lamb @blambroll Sara Candela @scandela9

Pedagogical documentation is a way to capture student learning, but how they do that in the early years can teach educators of all grades a lot about assessment as, of, and for learning. In this episode, Noa Daniel (@iamnoadaniel) welcomes a dynamic panel of educators to talk about pedagogical documentation: Michelle McKay @MsMichelleMcKay Klara Redford @kindyfriends Dianne Riehl @DianneRiehl Marc...

Another OnEdMentors season begins with a panel exploring the idea of mentorability and its role for preservice and practising educators. Host Noa Daniel welcomes: Teri Rubinoff (@TeriRubinoff) Victoria Black (@victoriagblack1) Carol Doyle Jones (@caroldoylejones) Tracy Crowe (@tracy_tcrowe)

A lot has evolved at The Mentoree this year. This is our state of The Mentoree episode - a chance to look back at how we’ve evolved this year and some thoughts on where we want to go next. Tonight's panelists: Teri Rubinoff @TeriRubinoff Christine Chin @MmeChinFSL Marcia Nicole @Ispyredu

Some educators retire, and they actually cease work. Others find the freedom to work in new ways with more autonomy over their time and their direction. The term rewirement has become more popular, and we have committed and retired educators here to talk about their retirement gigs. Tonight’s panelists include: Doug Peterson @dougpete Karen Friedman @KarenFriedman Peter LeBlanc @LeBlancPeter Kathy...

Education is a provincial government responsibility in Canada. In Ontario, education is governed principally by the Education Act and its regulations which set out duties and responsibilities of the Minister of Education and of school boards, school board supervisory officers, principals, teachers, parents and students. Education is paid for by Ontario's taxpayers through both property taxes and g...

This conversation looked at issues that challenge change in education and focused on three F’s: Fear, Freedom, and Funding. Tonight's panelists: Evin Schwartz @EvinSchwartz Crystal Darensbourg @cldarensbourg

On February 28, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released its report on its Right to Read public inquiry. Among other things, the report highlights how learning to read is not a privilege but a basic and essential human right. It provided suggestions on how to address systemic issues that affect the right to learn to read, and it emphasized the Science of Reading. On tonight’s panel: Dr....

How do we notice things of value and name them in order to enhance our pedagogical documentation and help early years learners move along the continuum, especially through play. What skills and tools does this require and how can early years educators improve in that area? Tonight's panelists include: Dr. Teri Rubinoff @TeriRubinoff Klara Redford @kindyfriends Michelle McKay @MsMichelleMcKay Joe P...

This episode gathers educators from Canada and the US to address questions that have come in from teacher candidates about what to do in the spaces in between graduation and landing a permanent job. Tonight’s Panelists: Jaclyn Barankin @JBarankin Stephanie Amoruso @ms_amoruso Dr. Sam Fecich @ SFecich

Teaching “soft skills” can feel so hard, and there are so many social emotional learning skills needed, especially as a result of the pandemic. Why should we make time for cultivating compassion in the classroom and what are some ways we can do that? On tonight's panel: Theresa Meikle @T_Meikle Jessica Baird Dana Geall @danageall Jeff Kubiak @jeffreykubiak

In 2017, the United Nations officially recognized April 21 as the World Day of Creativity and Innovation to raise awareness of the role of creativity in all aspects of human development. There are many different tools to helps students foster their creativity, and we are exploring some of them with our panel on tonight’s episode of #OnEdMentors This week’s panel: Elisabeth Bostwick @elisabostwick...

Many teachers face new experiences and challenges once they become parents. What are the benefits of being a parent while being a teacher and what are some of the drawbacks? Tonight’s panelists: Jen Giffen @VirtualGiff Nicole Biscotti @BiscottiNicole Jonathan So @MrSoClassroom

In Part 2, we revisit the conversation that we began on the Dec 9ths episode to dive deeper into the role that student agency and voice play in creating equitable assessments for our inquiry classrooms and the role assessment can play to build bridges and engage learners. Panelists: Trevor Mackenzie @trev_mackenzie Nilmini Ratwatte @nratwatte Elisa Waingort @elisaw5 Sayema Chowdhury @ChowdhurySaye...

What is an essay and how did the essay become such an important medium in education. How does the almighty essay help students learn or demonstrate learning? Can other products help us gauge these same skills in our learners and why should we consider using them in our classrooms? On this week’s panel: Angela Stockman @angelastockman Melanie White @whiteroomradio Adrienne Coddett @3dreads Tobi Hun...

Technology can be a powerful tool for transforming learning. It can help affirm and advance relationships between educators and students, reinvent our approaches to learning and collaboration, shrink long-standing equity and accessibility gaps, and adapt learning experiences to meet the needs of all learners.” Office of Educational Technology USA This week we are exploring technology through an eq...

People aspire to become school administrators for various reasons, and one of the hurdles to reaching that goal of formal educational leadership is the interview. Our panel aims to support aspiring administrators to best prepare for the interview process regardless of the board in which they work. Tonight's panelists: Karen Friedman @KarenFriedman Gayle Grossman-Bly @GGrossmanBly Sean Singh

Language Learners aren’t blank slates. They come with a wealth of knowledge that you can build on to support the acquisition of English language skills. There are many different school, board, and district models for supporting Multi Language Learners. How do you best transition from a withdrawal model for language learners to a fully integrated one? We are talking about teaching English Language...

Ever wondered about Rural Education and the unique challenges and opportunities faced by learners and educators in rural communities? With digital pedagogy being key to teaching through the pandemic, what has the impact on rural education been, and how has the pandemic helped or hindered learners from rural areas? On this evening's panel: Dr. Casey Jakubowski Aaron Sorensen Nancy Hinkley Julia Mil...

Teaching history in today's world has become an important challenge. What are the skills that need to be taught to students and learned by educators? What are the tools through which we can both honour and interrogate the past and make learning history relevant and meaningful for the learners in our presence. Joining Noa Daniel for the conversation: Samantha Cutrara (@drscutrara ) Garfield Gini Ne...

Members of the original OnEdMentors broadcast community gather under the leadership of Derek Rhodenizer to reflect on how their teaching lives have evolved over the past five years, and how some of these insights might be helpful for teachers just beginning in the profession. Panelists include: Derek Rhodenizer (@DerekRhodenizer) Jonathan So (@MrSoclassroom) Catherine Tang (EduScribblings) Carol S...