A Teacher's Bag of Tricks

[...] her own son. I am so greedy that I want Christy Clark to come on TV and tell the people of British Columbia that she chose private school for her son because she wanted him to have smaller classes and [...]

[...] and found that the government had contravened the chartered rights of a group of citizens in British Columbia. Not once; twice. What did they learn from that? They learned more provocation, more [...]

[...] , join your hands tighter together and march on.  We deserve better and so do the students of British Columbia. Charlene Hodgson Teacher [...]

[...] was inspiring to me Passionate speakers Student who pointed out she could vote in 6 months and Christy Clark had lost her vote Ontario Teachers support "Your fight is our fight" Reminders of [...]

[...] as a 'fake' front cover by the Liberals (remember, they did this during election time with 'Christy Clark the come back kid' fake front page ad too) Well, I much prefer some of the more accurate [...]

[...] , not before. In legislature, when discussing BC’s weakened finances and loss of revenue Christy Clark admitted, “It just doesn't add up.” I am so greedy that I think we should have a government [...]

[...] I frequently discuss this issue with teachers, in particular, new teachers and TTOCs. What is acceptable for  'rewards' and when should they be used? As a parent, I do [...]

[...] what I needed to get inspired again. Now, more than ever, there is a need for mentoring of new teachers and teachers new to a position, which we continue to see more and more of with high numbers of [...]

[...] ' with activities, but sometimes I want to try new ideas and I know some teachers, especially new teachers and new TTOCs, aren't always sure how to fill these blocks of time. When I started teaching I [...]

[...]  tired of fighting –of losing pay to strike days, of having 10% cut from our salaries. Many teachers would rather not further anger parents. On the other hand, a strong ‘yes’ vote will [...]

[...] on the next issues were are trustee elections and our court case. It was a tough time for many teachers, parents, students, community - but we go through it. I feel like it was one battle in the [...]

[...] activities which the public can view than to put in the five hours a night after school that many teachers do in order to prepare for the next day which is done in classrooms after school or at home [...]