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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
Tag Archives: school
It’s Not About Breakfast
We have a Breakfast Club at our school which is open each morning from 7:30-8:25, when the morning school bell rings. In all honesty, it actually usually runs past this time because kids are not often turned away when they … Continue reading
Posted in Connections / Relationships
Tagged Breakfast, Breakfast club, care, connections, love, positive, relationships, resiliency, school, start
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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
Pushing the Envelope
We are about to embark upon an exciting new school year! Our school received an Innovative Learning Designs Grant which 10 of our teachers are involved with. Those teachers formed small groups and wrote inquiry questions in April of last … Continue reading
Posted in Leading the Learning, Professional Development, Technology
Tagged 21stcenturylearning, change, george couros, growth, learning, school, students, teachers, technology, tools
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Be Curious
For the past three years we’ve taken a family road trip to Disneyland. Even though we end up at Disney, this vacation is much more than a Disney trip. We take our time driving down, stopping at many forests, playgrounds, beaches, … Continue reading
Posted in Connections / Relationships, Photography, Reflection, Uncategorized
Tagged beyond exterior, curious, learning, new year, questions, real, reflection, reminder, school, September, students
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School is Home
While I have always known it, from personal experience, this year made me realize once again just how important school is for our students. School is a safe place for many students. The ONLY safe place. Our students know what … Continue reading
Posted in Connections / Relationships, Family, Instructional Leadership, Lessons Learned, Poverty, Reflection
Tagged care, connections, home, leaders, leading, love, opportunities, place, Poverty, resiliency, resilient, safe, school, teachers, teaching
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Open Your Hearts
I’ve been doing a great deal of reflecting these days (as I always do), but this has been a bit different. I usually reflect upon my practise, decisions, teaching, leadership, parenting, and relationships. Last night, with all that has been … Continue reading
Posted in Connections / Relationships, Lessons Learned, Poverty, Reflection
Tagged abuse, challenges, inner-city, Poverty, relationships, safety, school, security, struggles, students, warmth
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A Lesson in Persistence and Collaboration
One of our Grade 5 teachers tried something new a couple of weeks ago. It turned out fabulous, but not without a few hiccups. Her class is studying the environment, so she wanted to have her class collaboratively answer a … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Leading the Learning, Lessons Learned, Reflection, Technology
Tagged buzz, collaboration, computer, engagement, excitement, laptops, learning, persistence, school, student, teacher, technology
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Teachers Must Entertain
The other night, as I read A Framework for Understanding Poverty, by Ruby Payne, I found some of the Hidden Rules Among the Classes very interesting. Payne says that ”the bottom line in generational poverty is entertainment and relationships” (pg. 41), This intrigued me. Relationships I … Continue reading
Posted in Connections / Relationships, Differentiation, Poverty, Reflection, Technology
Tagged activities, engagement, entertain, entertainment, hands-on, Poverty, school, students, teachers, teaching, technology
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