A text I sent after my first day of a longterm sub in a low-income, high-needs middle school, after being exclusively secondary: "these kids are going to be the end of me. I don't know how I'm going to do this."

Now at the end of week one, and I would die for each and every one of these hooligans.

One of my favourite papers of all time from the Canadian Paediatric Society.

Kids need to learn to take risks and fail when the stakes are small and they have mentors to help correct the course and develop skills of risk assessment. #edusky

cps.ca/en/documents...

Today I was doing a Coding&Robotics outreach program at a different school, and a wide-eyed 6th grader looked at me and excitedly declared: "You look like Thor from the avengers!"

And I will never let it go my friends. Never.

Really got a hoot out of this comic - wanted to share.

#iteachenglish📖

Friends of #edusky - I would love if you dropped your substack (or your favourites to read) down below! There are some great perspectives on my feed and I would love to hear about it in long form.

🎯 - but i'll add: these stays important even after graduation.

"To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art; Study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else."

Also, play is important. Play brings joy, and you deserve joy.

Which podcasts has #edusky been listening to lately? Rural commute has me burning through episodes. My favorites right now:

Cult of Pedagogy by @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social (obviously)

The Creative Classroom

The Broken Copier @marcusluther.bsky.social (a recent add to rotation thanks to bluesky!)

Math isn't my domain. This is just lovely inspiration for making curriculum fun and approachable for students.

A great commentary.

"...public education needs to challenge, broaden, and complicate students’ relationships to the country’s traditions and their attendant commitments, not extinguish difference."

I remain awed by Greg Ashman's sheer commitment to not understanding inquiry-based & constructivist pedagogies. And for all of the caricatures offered of ideas he dislikes, "fully explained" & "fully demonstrated" are load bearing concepts that are themselves soft as butter. 🙄

Hi friends! 👋

I've been engaging on #EduSky more than I expected, so I just wanted to make a quick thread to introduce myself.

I recently made the career switch from social work to classroom teaching. While it's been a trial by fire - I couldn't be more pleased with the shift.