The last 3 months have been challenging, encouraging, and amazing! I am proud to say that I am finishing up my first ever grad class through the UofR. I am thankful for the opportunity to be a part of this course. I have learned so much and I have grown as an individual. The following […]
Author: Sarah Ballard
Final Overview: Balanced Literacy: Encompassing the Whole Child
Welcome! Allow Me to Introduce You to My Course! This whole process has been an amazing experience and I am very grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow as a professional and an individual. The course that I created is called Balanced Literacy: Encompassing the Whole Child. It is created as an asynchronous professional […]
Prototype Review
I really enjoyed the process of being able to review my classmates course prototypes and being able to recieve feedback on my own. I appreciate the opportunity to see things through another’s eyes and see things that I may have missed when I was deep in creating the prototype for my course. The feedback was […]
Building Community in an Online Space.
My Initial Thoughts… Relationships are key. This is a regular topic of discussion in my work place. Relationships are what allow people to come together in a good way, listen to one another, work together and grow together. People need to be comfortable and feel safe in order to be able to learn. All of […]
EdPuzzle: A Deep Dive. What Did I Learn?
As a part of our course this week, we had to look into an online teaching tool or content creator that educators could use in their classroom. I am not going to lie, the list of tools was quite big and the curious child in me wanted to learn about absolutely all of them, and […]
Balanced Literacy: Encompassing the Whole Child
Course Profile “Language literacy is the foundation to a lifelong learning process that empowers individuals to draw on the gifts of mind, body, heart, and spirit toward the fulfillment of personal and family life and community responsibility. Language literacy involves a continuum of interrelated skills, practices and learnings that contribute to the development of an […]
Blended Learning – My Experiences
My experience with blended learning may be different than some other people in education. I would have to say that it really began when the pandemic hit in 2020 and all of our schools switched from regular in class learning to online and blended learning. Since I am a School Support Coordinator, and at the […]
Oh My…How They Shine!
Hands down, the best part of being a teacher is that moment when you are working with a student and suddenly something clicks and that student who was strugging, suddenly ‘gets it’! Their pride shines in their eyes and their smile lights up the room! It’s magical.
World meet Me.
My name is Sarah Ballard and I am a teacher. I am a teacher, a literacy specialist and a school support coordinator. I am inspired to support our students and our teachers in the most meaningful way. I believe in meeting eachother where we are at and guiding eachother towards what inspires us and leads […]