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Alana Richards: A Budding Professional’s look back on how her education has affected her career: Bilingual Immersion and the IB Program as critical junctures toward a Global Perspective

Want fun facts about our guests? Little-known information about this topic? All of it ⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠!! You can find more conversations like this one at ⁠⁠Doorways to Learning with Donna Today we’re taking a side road in our educational journey toward the post graduate years and an enlightening conversation with 24-year-old PhD candidate Alana Richards. We want to […]

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Bianca Nita: Illustrating Mindfulness and Core Values

How can we include mindfulness in an illustration? Is it vital to follow our values when accepting work, or do we compromise when economics insert its demands? How can illustrations expand discussions in our classes that go far beyond the narration? Bianca Nita is a children’s book illustrator, originally from an idyllic village in Romania

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Esther Bontrager: Homeschooling and the Six Stages of A Thomas Jefferson Education

When are your child’s best hours of the day? How much do the values of your child’s school differ from yours? What are your best reasons for homeschooling or not homeschooling your child? Want fun facts about our guests? Little-known information about this topic? All of it ⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠!! You can find more conversations like this one

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Shannon Warner: Charter Schools and Working with the Families

You’re going to hear how Shannon learned so foundationally by an incredibly supportive and generous mentor teacher, how the positive perspectives of that mentor affected not only her future relationships with her own students but with their families as well, how her own classroom was largely influenced by Shannon’s own belief that if we create

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Leesa Fields: Asperger’s Syndrome and Faith-Based Bilingual Education

What can public school offer to students high functioning autism? Why would a parent choose faith-based learning instead of secular? What is the most important trait a parent with a special needs child can have? Leesa guided her daughter through a bilingual experience for her 12 years before university. You’re going to hear how Leesa

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Stephanie Bacon: The Socio-Emotional Aspects of Teaching

What do you do when you feel anxious and overwhelmed with your work? How capable do you feel in supporting your students emotionally especially when you feel tired and taken advantage of? What is the training you feel you most need to stay in teaching for the long haul? Stephanie Bacon has been a teacher

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Kristen Ancker: Montessori methods and the Whole Child

Which five practices could you include at home that promote the Montessori method? What about experiential learning does Kristen think is so important in your student’s/child’s life? How can the Montessori method energise exhausted and overwhelmed teachers and parents? Kristen Ancker Assistant Director of a Montessori school and is now a Montessori school consultant, Parent

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Sherrie Fisher: Leading with Compassion and Creativity

What is the best advice experienced teachers pass on to new teachers? Why is interdisciplinary learning so powerful for our students? What do we do when we leave the classroom to pass on our vast knowledge of best learning practices? Sherrie Fisher is a retired teacher who spent over 31 years teaching and learning. During

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Russell Stannard: The responsibility of using technology in the classroom

When should we use technology in. the classroom? What are some. of the best programs for language learning? Was education more efficient before technology? Russell Stannard is the founder of www.teachertrainingvideos.com and winner of four awards in educational technology. He’s ranked as no less than one of top 20 educational technologists by MIMIO. He puts

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Scaffolding International Pi Day!!! (Secondary)

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… In honour of International Pi Day (March 14th). Let’s scaffold the number Pi!!! Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, but let’s go beyond the literal. Let’s delve into the essence

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