Reflecting on a Year of Shifting
Like most teachers at the end of the school year, we ask ourselves questions like, “Was I effective this semester?” We usually ask our students to provide us with some form of feedback . This year, it’s a little bit more challenging. We are nearing the end of a year long experiment: release two innovation coaches to work with educators across the school board, work alongside educators, plan with them, imagine with them, teach with them. At the same time the innovation coaches would “pop up” and be home-based in redesigned innovative classrooms in Halton schools . We wondered, as coaches, can we be actively be planted in school communities, to allow ease of access to those educators wanting to experiment with new and improved ways of doing school? We covered a lot of ground this year with this experiment in mind. We launched a website, a new blog (which you are reading right now!), and a podcast to make our learning transparent. We created a d...