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I’m Officially a YouTuber!!
My most popular video now has advertising before and after it!! It has over 55 000 views and I have over 200 subscribers - it's not 1 million or anything, but I'm SUPER EXCITED!! Now when my...
Things You Don’t Have to Do as an Occasional Teacher
In Ontario, there are many things a school cannot legally ask you to do as an Occasional Teacher, due to our collective agreement. They may ask you for a favour – to which you can say yes or no,...
Flourishing in an LTO
LTO = Long Term Occasional Job e.g. covering a maternity or sick leave. Congratulations! You are starting an LTO! Here are a few tips to help you flourish, thrive, crush it, swim and not sink and...
Watch the Webinar Recording Here!
In case you missed the webinar on Joyful Learning this past week, here is the link where you can watch the recording!...
Free Webinar Thursday, December 10 at 7 pm
Come on out to a free webinar for teachers - 3 authors will be presenting (spoiler alert - I'm one of the authors). Register here:...
Teaching Kindergarten takes P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E
Why don’t they just make shoes that can go on either foot? That would save a lot of time in kindergarten! Everything takes longer than I think it will in kindergarten. 20 minutes at least, to get...
An Open Letter to New Teachers – You’re Doing Great! Don’t Worry!
Dear New Teacher, You are doing great! I know some days it really doesn’t feel like it – but I promise you, you are doing great! You care about the kids – even the ones that put worms on your desk....
Anti-Bullying video Series
I am in a series on bullying – 6 videos, 6-10 minutes each that you can watch with your class. They are excellent – so well done! You can buy them here: Anti-Bullying Videos In this new...