the great canadian educator
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The Great Canadian Educator“What’s Your Unfair Advantage?”
Dean Shareski Discovery Education
May 8, 2015 ConnectedED 2015
Niagara Falls, ON
In 30% of Canadian Schools
Is Teaching a Science or an Art?
“…teaching is an art form. It’s not a delivery system. I don’t know when we started confusing teaching with
FedEx. Teaching is an arts practice. It’s about connoisseurship and judgment and intuition.”
Sir Ken Robinson
http://ideasandthoughts.org/2014/04/23/teachers-as-artists/
What is your “unfair” advantage?
or
“one of the best things you can do for your students is to be an interesting adult”
Gary Stager
“We needed to deliver something more, give the viewers another reason to tune in.”
“...it was a show about people who loved what they were doing, who were informed, but who were also trying to bring a smile and a laugh to
their audience.”
Roy NorrisHigh School English Winnipeg, MB
...And this is all we know so far
http://discoveryeducation.ca/community
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teacherweek/2015/
“I trust them to do their own learning”
Kristi BlakewayPrincipal Maple Ridge, BC@kblakewayhttp://hopefullearning.comhttp://www.beyondhello.org/!
“We’ve reunited over 500 homeless with their families”
Jared HeidingerHigh School ScienceLethbridge,AB@jheidinghttp://jaredsclasses.weebly.com/!
“..he carries that lesson – striking a balance between clowning and control – into his own
teaching practice.”
Kelli HoldenGrade 4Stony Plain, AB@kelliholdenhttps://kelliholden.wordpress.com/
Kathy CassidyGrade 1/2Moose Jaw, SK@kathycassidyhttp://kathycassidy.com
Andrew MeadPrincipalWinnipeg, MB@andrewmead73!
Rola TibshiraniGrade 5/6Ottawa, ON@rolathttp://learningprogession.blogspot.ca/!
Designer Guide
Instructor
Creative Commons – Attribution (CC BY 3.0) Teacher designed by Musavvir Ahmed from the Noun Project
Creative Commons – Attribution (CC BY 3.0) Education designed by Travis Yunis from the Noun Project
I don’t think it’s possible today to be an effective teacher, let alone a great one, without a deep
commitment to care. That’s certainly not the only trait but without it, I don’t see much chance of success or fulfillment. The teachers I know who
love their job care deeply for children.
What’s Your Unfair Advantage?
Dean Shareski@shareski
dean_shareski@disoverycom