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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: Personalized Learning
Inspired
The other day, I was asked a question about who inspires me. What a great question! I could go on and on for hours about all the people who inspire me each and every day. As administrators, we are fortunate … 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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Inspired by SD36
We had our second Engaging the Digital Learner session last night. The session was overflowing. You could barely make your way between the tables filled with excited educators. But, even though the room was full and overflowing, there were many … Continue reading
Life-Long Learners
This summer, I read a number of interesting, informative and inspiring books. The Connected Educator: Learning and Leading in a Digital Age by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall was one of the books I read. Not only does The … Continue reading
Educational Change: It’s Personal
We had our first session of the Engaging the Digital Learner dinner series last night. It was a great night with Dean Shareski as our main speaker (which I hope to blog about more in the coming days). First of … Continue reading
Making Learning Visible
As part of our District’s Innovative Learning Design Project (Phase 2), we have a number of teachers involved in collaborative inquiry. There are 9 classroom teachers, 1 LST teacher, the Teacher Librarian and the administration involved in the project. There … Continue reading
Posted in Leading the Learning, Personalized Learning
Tagged assembly, demonstration, elementary, learning, principal, visible
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Learning Learning Learning
We just completed our first week with our school full of students, educators, and parents. What a great week it was. It’s always so much better once the staff and students arrive. They make all the planning and hard work … Continue reading
Some Plans For This Year
I have a new role in my school this year. In addition to being the Vice-Principal, I will also be one of the Learning Support teachers (last year, I was the Early Literacy Teacher and the Intermediate Prep teacher for … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Connections / Relationships, Curriculum, Differentiation, Instructional Leadership, Leading the Learning, Personalized Learning, Reflection, Technology
Tagged ability, assessments, learner, learning, learning support, loves, LST, model, needs, plan, relationship, relationships, student, teacher
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But, He Can Do It At Home….
Have you ever had a parent tell you, “But Johnny (insert any child’s name here) can count to 100 by 2′s (insert any skill here) at home with no difficulty at all. He does it all the time!” As a … Continue reading
Posted in Connections / Relationships, Family, Lessons Learned, Personalized Learning, Photography, Reflection, Uncategorized
Tagged learning, lesson, parent, patience, son, student, teacher, understanding
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