Hodinohso:ni` values

21st Century Skills

Posted on September 20, 2019
/Under Assessment and Evaluation, Hodinohso:ni` Values, Instructional Leadership, Mindset, Problem Solving, School Culture, Uncertainty Avoidance
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I include the following sentence in my personal statement on Instructional Leadership: Acknowledging that today’s learners are different from previous cohorts, I accept the challenge to collaboratively prepare them for a future that, today, we cannot clearly describe. Many of the jobs that current high school students will have in...Read more

Bullying has Life-Long Consequences

Posted on August 28, 2019
/Under Hodinohso:ni` Values, Information Literacy, Neurodiversity, School Culture
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True Story… Sadly… In the late 50’s and early 60’s, popular TV shows — Combat, Rat Patrol, 12 O’clock High, and the omnipresent war movies and documentaries — made it difficult for me, a small child. You see, to some of my peers, I was the Kraut and, sadly, to...Read more

Whole-person feedback in BrightSpace

Posted on August 19, 2019
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On the Instructional Leadership page, I affirm that “I believe we should build competencies — skills and knowledge of the curriculum — and the positive attitudes, ethical behaviours and growth mindset to be successful in life.” Feedback is an essential part of this. Nottingham and Larsson (2019) ask teachers to consider...Read more

Robotics in 2019-2020

Posted on August 13, 2019
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STEAMTeamRobotics (FRC7509), and I as mentor, learned much in our rookie year, justifying our motto: Not bad for a rookie team! We won the off-season STEMley Cup Championship in the fall of 2018 in Hamilton. During spring 2019 official competitions, we made it to the quarter finals at the Humber...Read more

Posted on August 12, 2019
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On arrival at the Six Nations Polytechnic STEAM Academy, it became immediately apparent that this a different school. The level of respect and collegiality is much higher than anything experienced in public schools that I taught at. Underpinning the school culture are Hodinohso:ni` values.Read more