November 18

The SAN Script Wednesday, November 18th

I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we’re all teachers – if we’re willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door.
Marla Gibbs

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Good morning everyone!

This is the middle of November and we are all feeling more than a little stress for a variety of reasons.  It has been a challenging start to the year, but we are underway and some of the factors that have caused stress in the school have been resolved.  At this point, we need to look for ways to step back a bit and do something that reduces the stress that we feel.  Whether it is taking some time for yourself or adjusting your expectations for yourself, it is really important to be mindful of how you are feeling and respect that and base your actions on your need for some renewal.

Friday is an occasion for us all to reduce our collective stress.  Whether you are at school or at another workshop, it is important to make this a good day, a day with a different routine and a chance to learn a few new things.

At school, we  are going to work on a few things together, but the objective of the day is to celebrate what we have learned, spend some creative time together and learn a few things together.  Let me be clear about this – learning is a journey, especially when you are learning really new things.  Wherever you are with Discovery Education – give yourself a break.  The purposes of the Discovery workshops is to introduce you to all the wonderful material you can use.  It can take years to get really proficient with this program so please give yourself a break.  

Wherever you are is where you should be.

We will have one webinar with Atomic – a learning platform that we have invested in to help you with your own learning journey.  You need a good, reliable place to go to to learn things.  There is so much happening in education now that, in my opinion, every teacher needs access to excellent training that they can access when they have time to learn the things that they need to learn.

After Friday’s workshop, the structured workshops should be done – except for a possible webinar on the Science Techbook – we will see about that.  The rest of our PD budget will be given to you to use to learn more about the key programs that have been introduced this year.  By Friday, I will be able to tell you how many days each of you has.  Your job is simply to use them for your own learning.

I will come up with a simple Google Form you can use.  I will keep a record of your learning so that I can add all of this information to our SIP.

At the end of the year we will all assess if this model works for us before we move on.

So, enjoy the day, it looks like another beautiful one.  Friday will be relaxing and fun, something we can all use!

Have a great day!

 

Paul

Yoga is a great way to reduce stress, but maybe not this class

 

St. Anthony Today

Paul away this morning – Board Office

Mona away – OPEN

Angela away – OPEN

Eco schools Green Club meeting Angela, Meg, Teresa Room 8

Paul at traffic survey meeting in the community with Counsellor Catherine McKenney

Waste-Free Wednesday

 

 

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Posted November 18, 2015 by mcguirp in category SAN Today

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