Continuing to Explore Adaptive Expertise

As a year 2 Teacher Candidate I have taken part in professional learning, reflective practice, and communities of learning to strive towards best practices as an educator.  This learning supports me in my practicum experiences and my work with school-age children to support their ongoing growth and development.  Ongoing professional learning is critical for educators…

Book Study – Supporting the Developing Brain With Culturally Relevant and Responsive Teaching Practices: A Reflection on Practice Informed by Culturally Relevant Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond

The developing brain is fascinating and recent research on the impact of the early years on the brain is the reason I entered the education sector and became a Registered Early Childhood Educator in Ontario.  The brain growth that happens in the first 2, and even the first 5, years of life is remarkable, making…

Book Study – Is Everyone Really Equal?

“Antiracist education recognizes racism as embedded in all aspects of society and the socialization process; no one who is born into and raised in Western culture can escape being socialized to participate in racist relations. Antiracist education seeks to interrupt these relations by educating people to identify, name, and challenge the norms, patterns, traditions, ideologies, structures, and…

Becoming an Adaptive Expert

“Teachers are conceived of as responsive and adaptive experts for whom the engagement, learning, and well-being of all students is the basis of their professional identity” ~ Timperly In September of 2020, I began the Teacher Education program at the University of Ottawa to expand my work as an educator.  I began this program to…