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Delighted to see a history of the Ontario Extend program (aka... the Empowered Educator) in Issue #14 of Contemporary Research Topics (Learning & Teaching) 14, special issue on Teaching Excellence. We designed the Extend program with the idea of responsiveness and extensibility as core principles, anticipating emergent opportunities and challenges in post-secondary teaching and learning, and preparing educators to seize the day. https://lnkd.in/g7G32kYt https://lnkd.in/gGzuA7eG

Embarking on a new chapter! I'm thrilled to start my teaching practice as a secondary student teacher, gaining hands-on experience and making a difference in the lives of my students. #secondarystudentteacher #teachingpractice #KM ##geographysocialstudiesteacher #teacherforhumanities #newbeginnings #personalgrowth #mindsetgrowth

"It is imperative that this consultation brings together the expertise of a wide range of education professionals" says Dr Victoria Cook, Education and Research Project Specialist. Read the full blog here: https://lnkd.in/eBiGRejH #Ofsted #Teaching #Teacher

FORUM is a journal for the discussion of comprehensive education in the UK. The contributors have direct experience of teaching and an understanding of how learning actually takes place. The summer issue 2024 is called 'Changing Times'. In his introduction, editor Patrick Yarker describes education in the UK as being in the grip of ‘an orthodoxy built on errors: that learning is remembering, teaching is delivery and assessment is testing.’ The contributors to 'Changing Times' describe reasons for the current situation and ways in which UK state education could change. Four of the articles can be read for free. My contribution is called 'Repetition, emotional range and the knowledge nugget: an encounter with the Portuguese school system'. It describes my family’s experience of the education system in Portugal, and talks about stability, a narrow curriculum, the teacher-centred approach, and the warm relationships between teachers and pupils. #education #Forum #pedagogy #ChangingTimes #LawrenceWishart #Portugal #escolapública #renewingpubliceducation #renovaçãodaeducaçãopública

Are you looking to begin a career in education? Start by taking the Assessment of Teaching Assistant Skills. This exam costs $54 and can be taken online in multiple locations across New York State. Passing the ATAS is the first step in becoming a teaching assistant in New York State. #careersineducation #teachercertification #teach #teacher #teachingassistants #teachersassistant #atas #certificationexam #sped #specialed #specialeducation #careersinny #employmentinny

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. John Dewey Here https://lnkd.in/eUtWm9up

Are you thinking about becoming a teacher? We are at Higher Options 2024 at Stand 52 in the RDS today, Thursday, and Friday. Come join us to discuss pathways to teaching. #irishtimeshigheroptions #edchatie

When I think of education and of the standard of education I enjoyed in Perth in Western Australia? I can't complain. I've never felt outwitted. In all of my life. Around the world. What does that tell me? Perth could very well foster the best education I could have ever hoped for. It certainly felt like that. We can best understand education as 1. Always an option 2. Your way to organise your thoughts, habits, life, world view, perspective 3. Your values and your priorities all in one 4. Never ending 5. A form of rebellion against your least liable self 6. A form of making sure you don't repeat mistakes 7. A journey that can metaphorically and literally take you anywhere on earth or anywhere in the universe (who is more educated than an Astronaut?) 8. Sacred and holy, no matter what faith you claim 9 Endless and endlessly humbling 10. Your rocket to the infinitude of inspiration, connection, wisdom, love and curiosity Your journey and your home. What can you learn? What can't you learn? Teachers are our gateway to a better: 1. State of peace among and between every community 2. Loving standard AND loving living standard 3. Standard of all life. The better we understand ourselves, society and language, media and culture? The more WILD fun we can have with it. No stupid lose-lose debates needed. Those are for chumps. Screaming VERY broken words at VERY broken words. (Nah but thanks.) 4. Everything. Absolutely everything. 5. Standard of respect across all communities. More education? More acceptance. Of YOU! But you must be educated to accept everyone. Or you will look down on them again. Me too. My parents were both childhood educators. Their standards are from the 70s and 80s though. So they're busted and old and outdated and outmoded and well intentioned but... 1. Weird 2. Random 3. Bizarre 4. Hodge podge 5. Haphazard 6. Missing neuroscience insights 7. Reliant on old science, theories, models, and insights before the current GOLDEN ERA of media, books, wisdom and everything really. So. I learned what I could and improved. But FUTURE teachers are always the most important teachers I love to turn my mind to. They carry us all to our next enlightenment. What could be more noble? I pray. For a world where teachers are all BIG EARNERS. Government officials too. Why? Well. Think about society's problems. Who solves them? 1. Law and order 2. The environment 3. Security in your community and online 4. Security from terrorism 5. Security from cyber attacks and espionage 6. Climate issues and flora and fauna extinction matters 7. Maintaining infrastructure and all institutions 8. You pay your utilities. How do you have electricity? Water, gas? Magic? All that pure magic? 9. Who builds and maintains roads, power lines, traffic lights, public spaces, parks, etc. 10. Whose job is it to make sure your world doesn't implode or explode? Teachers taught me all. And books. And podcasts. Brilliant work everyone! Teachers & Jack rule.