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By Jenn on April 16, 2012
Stranger in a Strange Land 2012: A Children’s Literature Conference Organized by Graduate Students of the University of British Columbia This is a one-day conference showcasing graduate research that explores and questions any facet of children’s literature. Presenters are coming from across Canada, with some from the UK, US, and France. Keynote speakers: Elizabeth Marshall and Sarah Park. Program […]
By Jenn on April 12, 2012
Read more about the new Aboriginal focussed school to be opened in Vancouver this September in The Vancouver Sun. © The Vancouver Sun
By Jenn on April 11, 2012
School Effectiveness and Improvement Research, Policy and Practice: Challenging the Orthodoxy? Publisher: Taylor and Francis, 2012-01-23. 312 pages Publisher and Author information here. UBC Library Holdings Information here.
By Jenn on April 5, 2012
The Vancouver School Board is has an article on the public opinion’s effect on the future of public education in Vancouver. Find out more here. Vancouver School Board Sectoral Review: Our Schools, Our Programs, Our Future pdf here.
By Jenn on April 2, 2012
Check out The Art Zone – from the National Gallery of Art interactive educational resource website. Make a work of art online!
By Jenn on March 28, 2012
Creating Caring Classrooms: How to encourage students to communicate, create, and be compassionate of others This passionate book is about community, compassion, and creativity; it is about caring for others. It is also about helping students care about their work. Teachers will learn how to establish inclusive classrooms where kindness and concern become crucial backdrops for […]
By Jenn on March 27, 2012
Years of failed negotiations offer government solutions, say former union leaders. If you need proof that history repeats itself, look no further than the contract negotiations between the provincial government and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. Since the New Democratic Party government pushed bargaining from the local to provincial level in 1995, there’s only been one successfully negotiated […]
By Jenn on March 26, 2012
The B.C. Teachers’ Federation has warned the Liberal government to radically change its approach to public education or face more protests by teachers, including the possibility of a provincewide shutdown of public schools. “Our members are angry,” union president Susan Lambert told a news conference a day after she was re-elected to head the organization […]
By Jenn on March 23, 2012
It is easy to talk about what could be, what should be and what other people could do. Instead, I would like to share what I have done, and what we are trying to do, as we engage in and embrace this learning evolution. I began my career trying to emulate the teachers I remembered most, and through the […]
By Jenn on March 21, 2012
The BC Teachers’ Federation executive committee elections this morning saw incumbent President Susan Lambert keep her position, beating out challenger Rick Guenther by 429 votes to 238. Lambert, a teacher librarian who began her teaching career in Prince Rupert in the early 1970s, has been president of the teachers’ union since 2010. Lambert ran as […]