I Believe…

Pedagogy:

• Relationships with students are essential
• Differentated/adapted learning is key to meeting classroom needs
• In learning by doing (hands on education)
• In spending time on the land/outside of the classroom
• In bringing the community into the school
• In integrating technology into the classroom
• In trying to balance the student teacher power imbalance
• In inclusive education

Assessment:

• Most assessments in the classroom should be formative
• Assessments should be to help guide teachings, not place value onto students
• There can be a time an a place for each type of assessment (for, of, and as)

Building Lifelong Learners:

• Student inquiry is essential
• No school year should look the same because each group of students will have different interests
• Building student confidence will encourage resillience
• The ultimate goal of teaching is to help students not need us (independant learners)
• Students should be able to have a say in their learning goals
• In learning from your mistakes
• In being open to the unexpected & trying new things
• That the more you learn, the more you realize you don’t know

Social Justice:

• Books incorperated into the classroom need to meet the critera of the anti-bias children’s book guide
  • This includes book that represent various social identities (racial, ethnic, gender, economic class, sexual orientation, and disability) in a way that is not tokenisitc and doesn’t perpetrate stereotypes
• Students have more power to make change than society gives them credit for
• Students can make positive changes in their school and community