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Tia Henriksen
It's All About Learning
Learner ~ Leader ~ Educator ~ Mother
Passionate about learning and sparking the learning in others. I believe in modelling my own learning. I feel strongly about developing relationships with students, parents, teachers, and my colleagues (near and far). It is through developing these relationships that the most profound learning can occur.
It’s All About Learning
Category Archives: Leading the Learning
My Life and Legacy
We attended our final Digital Sandbox for Administrators session this past week. Our Deputy Superintendent, Jordan Tinney, led four blogging session for administrators this year, as part of our Digital Sandbox series for our administrators in our district. This was … Continue reading
Posted in Leading the Learning, Reflection, Uncategorized
Tagged educator, halbert, inquiry, kaser, legacy, personal, reflection, spirals, why
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Student Achievement to Me
I was asked recently to share my thoughts on what student achievement meant to me and how an elementary principal contributes to student achievement. What interesting and powerful questions. These questions are both huge and could be the topic of … Continue reading
Posted in Leading the Learning, Lessons Learned, Reflection
Tagged achievement, creative, creativity, powerpoint, principal, student, thoughts, video
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Leadership Lessons
I’ve been reflecting a great deal lately about what I’ve learned (and continue to learn) about leadership and leading. I would like to share a few of these reflections here. During my nearly 8 years as a vice-principal (with two … Continue reading
Not Only About Passion-Based Learning
In part, he World English Dictionary defines passion as “A strong affection or enthusiasm for an object, concept, etc: a passion for poetry.” We’ve been hearing a great deal about “Passion-Based Learning”. People are realizing the importance of giving our students the opportunity to learn about things that are of interest … Continue reading
Posted in Leading the Learning, Learning, Personalized Learning
Tagged choice, enthusiasm, geniius, heart, leading, love, motivation, passion, personal, personalized learning, teaching
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A Smackdown and More
A couple of weeks ago, I received a surprising, but very pleasant, direct message on Twitter that went something like this, “Going to be in Surrey in a couple of weeks… want to get together?” Umm… Yeah! Absolutely! The message … Continue reading
Battle of Technology and Pedagogy
First of all, I have a bit of a confession. When I started on Twitter again almost 2 years ago, I didn’t deeply understand when I read, “It’s not about the technology.” Yes, I understood it on a surface level, … Continue reading
My Formal Leadership Journey
One of the topics of #etmooc has been Digital Storytelling. Telling stories through the use of pictures is a powerful way to share. One of the Digital Storytelling assignments for #etmooc is to do a Five Card Flickr story. For … Continue reading
Posted in etmooc, Leading the Learning, Learning, Professional Development
Tagged #etmooc, 5cardstory, digitalstorytelling, flickrstory, leadership, story, storytelling
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SD36 Admin Blog Reader Bundle and Other Reflections
I always seem to feel “behind the times” and trying to “catch up” – if that is at all possible. HA HA! A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity, along with some other administrators in my district who … Continue reading
