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  • Measure With Your Heart
    by Sharon Ethier
    At the beginning of the school year, I ease my working mom anxiety by watching a lot of videos about quick after school dinner recipes.  While there are hundreds of things to worry about related to teaching every day, somehow this makes me feel better and more prepared to tackle these sometimes exhausting fall beginnings … Continue reading Measure With Your Heart
  • Here, now
    by Diane Kim
    Those of you who have had the privilege of being ESL teachers will know the look I am about to describe.  It’s the expression on students’ faces when you arrive at the classroom door to collect them for tutorial support, their smiles lighting up the room as they realize it’s their turn to go with … Continue reading Here, now
  • Leave It With Me
    by Rashmee Karnad-Jani
    In educational work, pace is always a busy one. Our work is not possible in isolation and it gets done well in community with others. As educators, we have professional connections between classrooms, across schools, in other provinces even other countries from whom we learn and with whom we share. Yet, in the everyday busyness … Continue reading Leave It With Me
  • The Quiet Influence
    by Preeti Deokharan
    This year, a part of my roles is serving as a Kindergarten Planning Time teacher. It’s a unique position, one where I drift between classrooms, slipping into the children’s day like a background melody. I’m not their “main” teacher, yet I’m a constant presence. And over the months, I’ve realized something powerful. We talk so … Continue reading The Quiet Influence
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The book, The Heart and Art of Teaching and Learning: Practical Ideas and Resources for Beginning Teachers, is meant to be the beginning of sharing and learning with each other, which includes practical tips on setting up your own classroom, building inclusion, working with parents and more.

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