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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: Reflection
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
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
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
Learning From My Kids
I’ve really been enjoying my time these past couple of weeks. It’s been nice to “get away from it all” and just take some much-needed time to relax, reflect, and rejuvenate. I had some lofty plans on getting caught up … Continue reading
Posted in Connections / Relationships, Family, Learning, Reflection
Tagged administrators, challenging, connection, educators, family, parents, relationships, teachers
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My One Little Word ~ 2013
New Year’s Resolutions are common to make at the beginning of each new year. These goals are usually lofty, difficult to keep, and usually end up being broken. For many, these resolutions focus on health, developing a healthy lifestyle, or … Continue reading
Year End Blog Wordle and My Rock
Every so often, I make up a word splash (wordle) of words that are most commonly used in my blog. This was inspired by fellow vice-principal Erin Paynter from Ottawa. The words you use more often are larger than the other less-used … Continue reading
Posted in Leading the Learning, Professional Development, Reflection
Tagged learning, lifelong learning, motivation, rock
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On Learning
Earlier in the fall, I wrote a post about the importance of finding time for yourself. You can read that post here. It is so important to get away and really think, appreciate, and reflect on what is happening around … Continue reading
Posted in Instructional Leadership, Leading the Learning, Professional Development, Reflection
Tagged energizing, learning, pln, reflection, Twitter
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