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What’s the most important thing you have learned in your careers about teaching students? Answer: The most important thing we’ve learned has been at the heart of our teaching all along — the importance of building connections/relationships first and focusing on the academic curriculum to follow. In order to have success with students, creating a relationship built on trust that honors our students’ values and beliefs is essential. How do you motivate yourselves every day? Answer: We are continually inspired by one another and feel that we are motivated and better educators as we lea...

What’s the most important thing you have learned in your career about teaching students? Answer: That you need to find a memorable and engaging way to teach important concepts in order to make the learning stick. This could look like dressing up like a superhero or a word scientist to teach reading, writing and phonics lessons. It might also look like putting passwords on your door frame for students to read every time that they enter or leave the classroom. Students will often be seen manipulating many different materials to share their learning with each other, as well as their teacher a...

What’s the most important thing you have learned in your careers about teaching students? Answer: We’ve learned that building strong, meaningful relationships with students is by far the most important component in engaging, inspiring and motivating students to do their best, be their best, and feel proud of all their efforts. This year we built outstanding relationships with our students, families, colleagues and community by truly listening to their needs, interests and hopes for a year like none other. We’ve thought outside the box, saw challenges as opportunities, and have create...

What’s the most important thing you have learned in your career about teaching students? Answer: The importance of building relationships. The relationships I have created between my students and I make me a more effective educator. The relationship signals to my students that I care about them as a person, more than I care about their homework, assessments or grades. This foundation helps us, both teacher and students, build a classroom community focused on respect and learning. If my students forget everything I teach but remember that I care about them, that’s a win in my book. How do ...

The City of Timmins has officially adopted the 2021-22 Community Safety and Well-Being Plan. Council made the decision during its meeting on Tuesday, after receiving the final report and listening to a presentation from Trimeda president Melanie Verreault. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Community safety and well-being plan targets troubling trends Back to video “This journey started back in the fall of 2019 and here we are almost 18 months later with a really interesting road taken to get to the destination we have here tonight,” she said. ...