As our administrative oversight duties for our Online Secondary School have dwindled, I've begun to consider what might be our next challenge. It was exciting supporting teachers as they shifted to a fully-online model, but I am less excited about supporting them as they return to an adaptive or hybrid model in their home schools … Continue reading No Longer School Online
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School Online – Journal – Days 35 to 41
In my last post I wrote about "gradual release of responsibility", and now it applies to me. Last week was mark reporting, and so we were busy supporting teachers to enter marks, and ensuring that report cards were distributed via email to our students. Among our teachers are some with years of experience, alongside those … Continue reading School Online – Journal – Days 35 to 41
School Online – Journal – Day 30
I started Day 30 with my usual trip through my Inbox, addressing questions from our teachers before the school day began. Then our admin team met with one of our teacher leaders, who has been working with us to prepare for next week's planned staff meeting. About 10 minutes into this meeting I was feeling … Continue reading School Online – Journal – Day 30
School Online – Journal – Day 26
Today we began week three of our online school, and the nature of my email inbox is shifting. Student Attendance Our teachers are now pursuing students who haven't yet arrived. We ask them to reach out to parents first, then guidance counsellors, and finally to connect with the VP responsible for then student (as determined … Continue reading School Online – Journal – Day 26
School Online – Journal – Day 25
Day 25 was Friday, and Monday is World Teachers' Day, so I have waited until Sunday to post this blog. I have been recognizing World Teachers' Day in many ways over the past couple of decades, but this year has me stymied. How do we recognize how challenging this past year has been for our … Continue reading School Online – Journal – Day 25
School Online – Journal – Day 23
"Terry sends a lot of emails, so I am including her on this too." This was my chuckle this morning, as I was copied on an email to one of our admin teams. Emails, MS Teams meetings, and SIS (Student Information System) queries are my life. And again I am thanking my grade 9 typing … Continue reading School Online – Journal – Day 23
School Online – Journal – Day 17
The calm of the morning in Sunny Slope Finally, a day when I managed to get to the end of my inbox, and step away for a moment or two! I am hoping that this means that our teachers are settling in as well. There is still confusion about our timetable, from both teachers and … Continue reading School Online – Journal – Day 17
School Online – Journal – Day 14
It's Sunday, and I'm thinking about how I would prepare for Tuesday, if I were one of our Online School teachers. I have now experienced an online "first day of classes" three times in my own teaching. My classes were all with pre-service teachers, so they were students who were a little older than ours, … Continue reading School Online – Journal – Day 14
School Online – Journal – Day 13
Day 13? Saturday? For our timetable team this is now Day 9 without a break, and there will be a Day 10, and maybe a Day 11. When I was offered this position it was described as a part-time role, along with five other part-time Principals and four full-time Vice Principals, under the leadership of … Continue reading School Online – Journal – Day 13
School Online – Journal – Day 12
Today was a whirlwind. Our guidance counsellors in all of our "bricks and mortar" schools were given the list of "conflicts" and began to resolve them to ensure that all students had timetables. Our communication team had announced that the timetables would be sent to students today, so there was a hard deadline. I was … Continue reading School Online – Journal – Day 12
