| Articles |
| 3 Rs and an M |
| Reading 'riting, 'rithmetic and morality |
| by:
Tony Young
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| Categories: Leadership and management, Opinion, School heads, Teachers |
| Why do we not teach ethics as a discipline?
Many academic disciplines have formal methodologies educators use explicitly to guide students in mastering subject areas. Scientific method steers inquiries in chemistry, physics and biology. Rules of grammar — despite the many exceptions — direct language development. Why, then, is so... (read article) |
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| A New Kind of Learner for a New Kind of World |
| Today's educators and students need to become virtual entrepreneurial leaders |
| by:
Brian White
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| Categories: Marketing, Opinion, School heads, Teachers, Technology |
| Futurist Alvin Toffler predicted in his 1991 book, Powershift, that product lines would become much more segmented, and foresaw products like shoes being manufactured to suit the wants of specific groups. He forecast that, because of the shift to a world dominated by information and technology, consumers would be able... (read article) |
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| A Window On The World |
| Why a global curriculum makes sense |
| by:
Irene Davy
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads |
| Headlines point to suffering in the aftermath of an earthquake in Pakistan, nuclear proliferation in Iran, Muslim riots over cartoons published in Europe, Canadians held hostage in Iraq. Here at home, when I call for computer help, the person who answers is somewhere in India. Last year, my teachers attended... (read article) |
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| Balancing a Consumer Community |
| Education as a commodity |
| by:
Jonathan Harris
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| Categories: Administrators, Leadership and management, Marketing, School heads |
| “The customer is always right” is a mantra at the core of our consumer-driven economy. However, when the product is education and the consumers are parents, this assumption leads to complex and sometimes problematic relationships in private and independent schools. It is challenging, especially within a newer for-profit educational environment,... (read article) |
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| Blinded by the Light |
| Understand your school’s real niche |
| by:
Dave Bird
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, School heads |
| In August 2009, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office acknowledged that the American budget deficit estimate had soared to $1.6 trillion (U.S.) and that the current recession is now “the most severe since World War II.”
Unlike those “Mad Hatters” in Washington, or their Canadian counterparts in Ottawa, private schools don’t have... (read article) |
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| Caught On Tape |
| Making movies helps students help others |
| by:
Anita Griffiths
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| Categories: Art, Global education, Lesson plan, School heads, Teachers, Technology, Video |
| To prepare students for the real-world business situations they eventually will encounter, William and his fellow students learn by doing through a unique film project. Moments of authentic learning include sitting in meetings and trying to mesh divergent business objectives, and balancing creative ideas within tight time... (read article) |
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| Challenges Ahead |
| In our changing world, ethics education is more important than ever |
| by:
Kent Warkentin
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| Categories: Administrators, Opinion, Research, School heads |
| Ethics/character education is a complex issue in Canada, the United States and around the world, connecting with many aspects of society. It helps shape the views and opinions of students in areas such as citizenship, political activism, career choices, global awareness, social justice and peace education. As those young people... (read article) |
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| Character Sketch |
| Developing positive parent relationships |
| Categories: Administrators, Marketing, Parents, School heads, Teachers |
| At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the boarding school featured in the Harry Potter series, “teachers reign supreme and parents stay away, safely on the other side of the solid brick wall at Platform 9¾… no e-mail, no Internet, only owls to carry the rare letter back and forth,”... (read article) |
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| Choices and Consequences |
| Students must learn to be responsible for their actions |
| by:
Marisa Ferrera
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| Categories: Leadership and management, School heads, Teachers |
| As educators, we have a responsibility to do more than teach the 3 Rs. Some might argue that there simply is no time to incorporate anything else into the curriculum and that to do so would compromise the academic program. But if we do not nurture the emotional and social... (read article) |
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| Creativity Unbound |
| An Outward Bound weekend workshop nurtures creativity |
| by:
Fiona Hough
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| Categories: Art, Curriculum and learning, English, Lesson plan, Physical education, School heads, Teachers |
| At last spring’s graduation, a student told me the greatest thing I had taught her was to “throw the rubric out the window.” This might not be the first thing I’d brag about to a prospective parent, or the Ontario Ministry of Education inspector, but I took it as a... (read article) |
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| Culture Of Communication |
| Save money while making your school shine |
| by:
Jennifer Jones
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| Categories: Finance, Leadership and management, School heads |
| Cut costs. Maintain services. And preserve your culture. That was the mandate delivered to Brent Hall, executive director of Discovery Academy, by the school’s board of directors recently. The therapeutic boarding school, located in Provo, Utah, charges families almost $6,000 (U.S.) a month for tuition.
Despite a rocky economy, Hall... (read article) |
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| Developing Awareness |
| The Round Square program builds international consciousness |
| by:
Eileen Dauntt
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads |
| Since 2001, Bayview Glen has played an active role in Round Square, a unique and student-focused association. More than 50 schools on five continents are members of Round Square, which asks students to make a commitment, beyond academic excellence, to personal development and responsibility.
This mandate helps students develop both... (read article) |
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| Environmental action plans |
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| by:
Stephanie Foster
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Environment, Leadership and management, Lesson plan, School heads, Science |
| The following examples show how five independent schools that I have worked with, have moved forward in terms of developing and implementing their own environmental sustainability action plans. Each example demonstrates different approaches and tactics that have helped them to move forward with their efforts to become green schools.
The... (read article) |
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| Ethical Evolution |
| To start going forward we must first look back |
| by:
Todd Royer
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| Categories: Leadership and management, Opinion, Parents, Teachers, School heads |
| In the film The Day After Trinity, a group of scientists involved in making the atomic bomb reflect on “what happened.” How could the best educated men and women in the world work toward such destructive ends?
Robert Oppenheimer, the Trinity Project’s lead scientist points to the problem: “I have felt... (read article) |
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| Expert Answers | Mike Lipkin |
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| by:
Mike Lipkin
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| Categories: Administrators, Leadership and management, School heads, Teachers |
| How can independent schools achieve success through pre-eminence?
Pre-eminence it is not just about being the best; it is about being recognized as the best. What is your discipline? What is the core your school stands for? The moment I go outside these areas is when I am being less pre-eminent.... (read article) |
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| Genius At Work |
| Character comes into play |
| by:
Melisande Tomory
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| Categories: Art, Research, School heads, Teachers |
| When we think of giants of creativity as recorded by history—Einstein, Michelangelo, Gandhi—we remember them for their great contributions, for the fruits of their labour. It is easy to ascribe their contributions to a stroke of genius and forget the incredible work that preceded their gift to humanity. (Think of... (read article) |
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| Going Global Keynote Address |
| Creating the 21st century school |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Opinion, School heads, Teachers |
| Children come into schools with vast amounts of creativity but by the time they graduate their creativity has mostly disappeared. Patrick Bassett, president of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), says educators must begin to achieve just the opposite.
On Oct. 30, Bassett presented the keynote address (watch... (read article) |
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| Going Global Panel Discussion |
| What is international education and how can schools work to achieve global citizenship |
| by:
Our Kids Publications , Anne-Marie Kee , Guy McLean , Kim Gordon , Mark Evans , Paul Miller , Robert Snowden
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Leadership and management, Opinion, School heads, Teachers, Video |
| On Oct. 30, 2008, a Going Global conference was held at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, sponsored by the school and the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI). Educators, students and parents, joined by others tuning in via a webcast, questioned a panel of experts about creating a global future... (read article) |
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| Growing Global Citizens |
| Experiencing the world from the classroom |
| by:
Dorothy Byers
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Lesson plan, School heads, Teachers |
| We are often told our world is shrinking. In the 2005 book The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman’s commentary about the flexibility of time, space and learning makes the shrinking boundaries of nations, continents and hemispheres crystal clear. It is into this world that our students will venture once they... (read article) |
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| How to Talk Like a Techie |
| Some web definitions, from ASCII to XML |
| by:
Matthew Pioro
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| Categories: Administrators, Marketing, School heads, Teachers, Technology |
| ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange, pronounced “ask-ee,” is a code for representing letters, numbers and punctuation. In ASCII, each character is associated with a number. For example, lower-case “p” is 50. This common coding system allows data to be transferred from one computer to another.
Blog
A method of publishing on... (read article) |
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| IB Impact |
| Adoption of the IB program brought a new ethical framework to this school community |
| by:
Ruth Penny
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, School heads, Teachers |
| The task of all educators is to help form fully realized human beings, who will bring skills, knowledge, empathy and courage to the world in which they live. Schools cannot teach character education as though it were a discrete subject, separate from the rest of the curriculum and unconnected to... (read article) |
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| Independent School Collaboration |
| Migrating interactive courses online |
| by:
Lesley Monette , Mary Anne Ballantyne
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Lesson plan, School heads, Teachers, Technology |
| Today’s educational and work environments demand 21st-century skills, including the ability and confidence to be a self-motivated and highly collaborative learner. Successful students must learn to be adept at being both analytical and creative. Learners need to be agile in taking risks, being entrepreneurial and being socially comfortable and responsible... (read article) |
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| Leader of the Pack |
| School heads set the moral tone for both students and staff |
| by:
George Rutherford
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| Categories: Leadership and management, Opinion, School heads, Teachers |
| A number of years ago, I hired someone for a managerial position. After the successful applicant had been working with us for a relatively brief time, cracks started appearing in the working relationship between him and the people he was managing. He and I had a number of lengthy conversations... (read article) |
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| Let's Get Together |
| A collaboration model for schools |
| by:
Anita Griffiths
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| Categories: Administrators, Leadership and management, Parents, School heads, Teachers |
| Collaboration has become a buzzword in the field of technology. As technology becomes ever more diverse, and the idea that “no man is an island” becomes ever more real, collaboration between schools with similar philosophies about technology is now a requirement for success. The Bishop Strachan School... (read article) |
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| Managing Risk in Education |
| Managing risk in education is a large and important undertaking because of several key factors. |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Administrators, Safety and Health, School heads, Technology |
| Sponsored Article:
Managing risk in education is a large and important undertaking, mainly because of several key factors; the sheer number of risks and hazards, vulnerability of the clientele, expectations from parents and the public, and transparency of operations.
In addition to typical issues found in most buildings – such as fire... (read article) |
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| Meeting the Needs Of Students Open Forum |
| Audience Question and Answer Comments |
| by:
Dr. Barb Smith , Dr. Karen Gazith , Dr. Stephan Grasmuck , James Christopher , Mary Gauthier , Rosemary Evans
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, Opinion, School heads, Special needs, Teachers |
| On November 13, 2007, 165 independent school educators attended an engaging evening of discussion on the topic of differentiated instruction. The event, held at Upper Canada College in Toronto, was organized by the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI) and hosted by CESI and CAIS (Canadian Association of Independent Schools), with... (read article) |
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| Monks and Montessori |
| How the two became one |
| by:
Judith Cunningham
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| Categories: Art, Global education, Opinion, Physical education, School heads, Science |
| One hundred years ago, Maria Montessori learned by observing children and translated what she saw into applications that have revolutionized education.
Some 1,500 years ago, Bodhidharma observed the animals and noted how they exercised and taught their young. He shared his knowledge with an order of monks who were weak... (read article) |
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| Mother Nature Takes Us Where No Path Leads |
| Nuturing a healthy self-esteem |
| by:
Dave Bird
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| Categories: Administrators, Opinion, School heads |
"Shit!" Raj angrily slammed down his 50-pound backpack.
Then we all watched it slowly start rolling--back down the very steep hill that he, I and a dozen others had just laboured up for the past couple of hours.
Raj had just learned Mother Nature wasn't big on temper tantrums, and she... (read article) |
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| Panel Discussion on Meeting the Needs of Students, Toronto |
| Differentiating Instruction - What is it and how far should schools go? |
| by:
Dr. Barb Smith , Dr. Karen Gazith , Dr. Stephan Grasmuck , James Christopher , Mary Gauthier , Rosemary Evans
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Opinion, School heads, Special needs, Teachers |
| On November 13, 2007, 165 independent school educators attended an engaging evening of discussion on the topic of differentiated instruction. The event, held at Upper Canada College in Toronto, was organized by the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI) and hosted by CESI and CAIS (Canadian Association of Independent Schools), with... (read article) |
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| Panel Discussion on Meeting the Needs of Students, Vancouver |
| Differentiated instruction sends many educators back to the drawing board, re-examining their methods |
| by:
Our Kids Publications , Anne-Marie Kee , Bob Corbett , Dr. Barb Smith , Gary Sylven , Leanne Foster , Nancy Richards
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Opinion, Research, School heads, Special needs, Teachers |
| During the past decade, there has been a remarkable shift in private and independent schools across the country. Simply setting standards for students to meet—which used to be the accepted norm—no longer makes the grade. “Differentiated instruction” is the new buzzword in the staffroom, sending many educators back to the... (read article) |
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| Parent Participation as a Part of the Success of Therapy |
| Special curriculum developed for parents to reinforce school and home consistency |
| by:
The Glenholme School
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, Parents, Safety and Health, School heads, Special needs, Teachers, Technology |
Therapy Success Depends on Parent Participation
The Glenholme School is a therapeutic boarding school for children situated on more than 100 acres in Washington, Connecticut. Children, ages nine to 18 who need a highly structured learning environment to prosper academically and socially, find it at Glenholme. Many Glenholme students have struggled... (read article) |
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| Prescription for Change |
| Today's schools must find a cure for what ails them |
| by:
Audrey Hadfield
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| Categories: Leadership and management, Opinion, School heads, Teachers |
| Have our schools lost their moral compass? According to some of our foremost educational thinkers, the answer is a firm yes.
Michael Fullan in The Moral Imperative of School Leadership asserts that the system is in deep trouble. In Professional Communities at Work, Richard Dufour and Robert Eaker claim that in... (read article) |
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| Protected Environment |
| A plan to retain and educate |
| by:
Simon Jeynes
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| Categories: Administrators, Leadership and management, Marketing, Parents, Research, School heads |
| I could hear her coming down the corridor. My secretary’s announcement, “Mrs. Chablis (not her real name) is here to see you,” was unnecessary. Mrs. Chablis’ red face, loud voice and violent gestures all proclaimed that she was unhappy and someone was going to pay.
While hopefully not a daily experience,... (read article) |
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| Question: What is your school doing to engage parents? |
| Parents are your partners, patrons and customers. What is the view of your school? What programs are in place to engage parents? |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Administrators, Leadership and management, Marketing, Open House Question, Parents, School heads, Special needs, Teachers, Technology |
Open Door Policy
At Trillium School, we constantly strive to make our parents feel welcome and a part of the school community. We have a very active PTA that meets regularly and organizes pizza lunches and ice cream days for the students throughout the school year. This year, we have also... (read article) |
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| Raising a New Generation |
| Today’s computer-savvy youth are ready for tomorrow |
| by:
Don Tapscott
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, School heads, Teachers, Technology |
| Digital technology in the classroom is transforming the traditional education model and reshaping the dynamic between teacher and student.
For centuries, the educational system embraced a one-way, teacher-centred broadcast model of learning. The teacher transmitted information from the front of the classroom to students, who were supposed to absorb the facts... (read article) |
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| Re-building Character |
| Why private schools can, and should, lead the way |
| by:
Dave Bird
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| Categories: Administrators, Opinion, Parents, Safety and Health, School heads, Teachers |
| We have devolved into a society of cheaters, who regularly evade taxes, steal from the workplace, lie and deceive, pirate Internet music, games and videos, and pinch satellite signals. What has happened to us? We commonly break “the rules” to get ahead personally, socially and financially. We, the “moral majority,”... (read article) |
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| Research Spotlight: For-Profit Schools Allow Principals Freedom |
| Greater personal lattitude, long-term security and stability just a few of the advantages for principals |
| by:
Linda Quirke , Scott Davies
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| Categories: Administrators, Leadership and management, Research, School heads, Teachers |
| The notion of a school principal running a for-profit private school is a century-old tradition. Canada’s earliest schools were primarily run by churches, but 100 years ago religious groups began to assume less responsibility for private schools, while lone owners picked up some of the slack. According to Carol Gossage... (read article) |
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| Revolution |
| We all want to change the world |
| by:
Dean Gessie
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| Categories: Opinion, School heads, Teachers |
| When most of us think of revolution, our thoughts turn to armed siege of government buildings, purges and killings of key members of the political and socioeconomic elite, and the militarizing of international borders. We think of the seizure of media and religious institutions for the manufacture of new orthodoxy.... (read article) |
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| Setting The Stage |
| Imagination takes flight |
| by:
Deb Homuth
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| Categories: Administrators, Art, School heads |
| Without a real understanding of creativity and what the research on creativity means to us as educators, we come dangerously close to reducing it to an empty term or buzzword.
Researchers wrestling over definitions of creativity mention one common quality again and again: newness. Traditionally, it was believed that producing... (read article) |
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| Shifting Revenues |
| Ideas to keep tuition affordable |
| by:
Don Rickers
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| Categories: Administrators, Finance, School heads |
| On January 1, we bid farewell to “the naughts,” a decade many would choose to forget. Terrorist attacks, global warming, mounting casualties from war in the Middle East and economic turmoil dominated the news headlines. The last fiscal year has been gruelling for most educational institutions—even those with deep pockets.... (read article) |
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| Strategic Alliances |
| Building international school partnerships that work |
| by:
Kent Warkentin
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads |
| Niagara Christian Collegiate (NCC) has been educating students from other lands for more than 35 years and, during that time, has developed a distinct international student program. Six years ago, I evaluated the program and was thrilled with the curriculum in many areas but found it lacking in others. We... (read article) |
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| Suggest a Future Theme for Dialogue Magazine |
| Let us know what stories or topics you would like to read about |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Administrators, Art, Curriculum and learning, English, Global education, Leadership and management, Lesson plan, Marketing, Math, Opinion, Opinion, Parents, Physical education, Research, Safety and Health, School heads, Science, Special needs, Teachers, Technology |
| Since the magazine’s birth in 2004, Dialogue has aimed to stimulate discussion between private and independent school educators. As always, Dialogue magazine and Dialogue Online remain the place to express your ideas and to share your expertise with your peers. Dialogue shares educator knowledge and skills, reducing the workload and... (read article) |
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| Sustaining School Identity |
| Montessori teaches about remaining true |
| by:
Pat Gere
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, Lesson plan, School heads |
| In 1907, Dr. Maria Montessori opened the first Montessori classroom in a tenement just outside Rome, Italy. Here began her experiment of applying scientific observation to the education of children. Since then, Montessori has become the world’s most practised pedagogy, with more than 8,000 Montessori schools on six continents educating... (read article) |
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| Teaching the Teachers |
| How to get educators on the technological bandwagon |
| by:
Catherine Roberts
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| Categories: Administrators, Leadership and management, School heads, Technology |
| First it was the whole-language movement, then it was new math. By the 1980s, when computers started to make their way into the classroom, it seemed someone, somewhere was constantly peddling a new, better way to get kids to learn. Is it any wonder that teachers were skeptical about computers?
But... (read article) |
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| The SUV Caucus |
| Shifting to the new reality |
| by:
Anne-Marie Kee
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| Categories: Administrators, Leadership and management, Parents, School heads |
| Ask any school administrator how the job has changed during the past five years and parents will make the top three list. Today’s parents want to be involved and have many opinions on their children’s progress, as well as on the schools’ programs and operations.It seems, in fact, that this... (read article) |
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| Think Inside The Box |
| Get back to basics, teaching time should be spent on developing abilities that can be taught practically in a school |
| by:
John Lambersky
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Opinion, School heads, Teachers |
| Many burdens are placed upon a modern school: It must create a nurturing atmosphere for students; keep youngsters active; mould students into ethical, caring individuals; and, for at least a generation or two now, ensure students leave school as creative, innovative and imaginative beings. This last demand—for the school to... (read article) |
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| To Market, To Market |
| Harnessing the power of the web |
| by:
Chris Daniels
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| Categories: Administrators, Marketing, School heads, Teachers, Technology |
| When investigating whether or not to send his now 17-year-old son to private school, Ken Wong turned to the web to do some research. “I didn’t go to the web to pick a school, but I used it to find information that I thought my son would be interested in,”... (read article) |
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| Today's Homework |
| How heavy should a backpack be? |
| by:
Kristopher Churchill
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| Categories: Administrators, Opinion, Parents, School heads, Teachers |
| As independent school parents, teachers and administrators, we are well meaning when it comes to homework. In fact, our default position often reflects the so-called “hyper-active” approach now the subject of scholarly analysis, whereby many career-orientated, highly-motivated parents (and, yes, some teachers) feel compelled to ensure the same level of... (read article) |
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| Turning Green |
| The transition to a sustainable future |
| by:
Stephanie Foster
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Environment, School heads, Teachers |
| Twenty-five years ago, I graduated from an independent school for girls. Looking back,
I wonder what being a “green school” would have meant then. Apart from our green uniforms, I am not sure the topic of environmental sustainability ever really entered the lexicon. Fortunately, times have changed!
Does your school... (read article) |
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| Uncovering Tomorrow’s Leaders |
| Seven school leadership characteristics |
| by:
Courtenay Shrimpton
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| Categories: Administrators, Demographics, Leadership and management, School heads |
| According to leadership experts Paul Bernthal and Richard Wellins, “In a complex and changing world, highly skilled and experienced leaders at all levels—not just senior leaders—are becoming harder to find.” Today, two key questions face all independent schools: “Where will the next group of future leaders come from?” and “What... (read article) |
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| Urban Renewal |
| Focusing on education under a big city's bright lights |
| by:
James McConnell
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| Categories: Administrators, Global education, Marketing, Safety and Health, School heads |
| hen I think of independent schools in Canada, what comes to mind are lush, beautiful campuses. Most independent schools I have visited are to be envied: Well away from the hustle and bustle of city life, they sit on enough land to allow for sufficient buildings, playgrounds and parking. They... (read article) |
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| Walking the Tight Rope |
| Keeping balance when helicopters hover |
| by:
Steve Griffin
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| Categories: Administrators, Leadership and management, Parents, School heads |
| “What did you learn today at school dear?” So goes the proverbial question parents ask in order to feel plugged in to their child’s educational experience.
But, of course, for so many parents, their interest doesn’t begin and end at the dinner table. It’s no secret that—especially at independent schools—parents often... (read article) |
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| Weaving A World Of Possibilities |
| How one school is trying to foster global understanding |
| by:
Dorothy Byers
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads |
| Our world is a small place. International events flood the news and we respond emotionally, intellectually and often in a tangible way. Increasingly, events in one part of our global village affect the lives of others far away.
The chaos theory, which refers to the butterfly flapping its wings, played... (read article) |
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| Weighing Financial Options |
| Making the right choices during tough times |
| by:
Beth McKay
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| Categories: Administrators, Finance, Leadership and management, School heads |
| The recent economic crisis has refocused attention on the financial sustainability of independent schools. Pre-recession discussions questioned whether tuition increases above the level of inflation were sustainable in the long term or would negatively affect the diversity of our students. The Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) continues to rise by... (read article) |
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| When parents become partners, the rewards are great for all |
| A current parent speaks volumes to incoming families |
| by:
Patti Pilon
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| Categories: Administrators, Leadership and management, Marketing, Parents, School heads, Teachers |
| It is not unusual for parents to take a deeply vested interest in their children’s education, and at most independent schools, there is no exception. Conversely, independent schools rely heavily on the support of parents. It is a well-known fact that tuition alone often does not cover the cost of... (read article) |
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| Why Ask Why? Ask Why Not |
| Social activism in students' everyday lives |
| by:
Lorna Pitcher
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads, Teachers |
| We have faced and overcome many "why nots" at Toronto's Sterling Hall School (SHS) over the years in our quest to create social activists. Crowded curriculum, lack of age-appropriate resources, time constraints, parental priorities, board pressures, stretched faculty . . . we've heard them all.
How did our small school... (read article) |
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| Why We Must Erase The Lines In The Sand |
| Justice and global citizenship |
| by:
Dave Bird
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| Categories: Administrators, Global education, Opinion, School heads |
"In the end, poverty, putridity and pestilence;
work, wealth and worry; health, happiness and hell,
all simmer down into village problems."... (read article) |
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| You Who Are on the Road Must Have a Code That You Can Live By |
| Our writer talked with a group of private school students |
| by:
Peter Cheney
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| Categories: Administrators, Leadership and management, Opinion, School heads, Teachers |
| Students have endless choices to make: Will it be snowboards or skis? Snoop Dogg or Green Day? What do you do when a friend tells you he has the answers to next week’s exam?
A group of students, aged 14 to 17, gathered to ponder that very question, and others like... (read article) |
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