Potent Portables 2.0
She is the best way to have conversations with kids and adults wearing shirts from the eras tour and is the best singer-songwriter of all time
Who is Taylor Swift?
The feeling of freedom teachers have over how they teach.
What is autonomy?
This is the best way to avoid being eaten by a shark.
What is "act like a shark"?
The Framework designed by the Province of BC that guides educators from the early years to grade three to support play-based, holistic learning and relationship building.
What is the Early Learning Framework?
This is the reason Greg never made as much progress with his original inquiry topic.
What is "being left on read"?
A place where adults and children go through collective trauma and joy together.
What are public schools?
This is someone who is unreceptive to feedback.
What is a closed-mindset?
This is the best way to impress people at a party.
What is "pretend you know everything"?
They are the authors of the book Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation, which urges us to “radically reimagine our ways of being, learning, and doing”.
Who are Shane Safir and Jamila Dugan?
This is the amount of responsibilities teachers now have in 2025.
What is too many to keep one person sane and question one's desire to want to stay in the profession?
This little ditty is what a teacher does to let you know they are completing their master's.
What is "they will tell you that they are doing their master's"?
This is the lowest ranked reason in a survey on barriers to extending.
What are teaching methods?
Much like a teacher on a Friday night after a long week, this is the best way to avoid getting lost.
What is "stay home"?
This is a skill used to explore one’s self and practice that permits to engage in one’s life bravely and experimentally.
What is narrative inquiry?
This student made Greg question his ability to do his job for one of the few times in his life.
Who is ________?
No matter what, this should be the ABSOLUTE law at every staff meeting.
What is having snacks and drinks?
This teaching strategy encouraged extending behaviour in the classroom.
What is Universal Design Learning?
What is "ignore it"?
The direction given by district-level staff when faced with relentless student-to-student and student-to-staff violence in the classroom, and not enough adult support to stop the disrupted learning. What is, focus on “safety before learning?”
What is the focus on “safety before learning?”
The local and provincial government have not provided these important commodities to support local schools and families.
What is money, resources and programs?
Specifically to the Burnaby School District and to others as well, this is what is on every teacher's wish list.
What is working tech that doesn’t suck?
The amount of growth a teacher may be capable of.
What is a teacher's ZPD?
When teaching a group of eager beavers at the start of the school year, this is the advice you tell them to deal with the disappointment of life.
What is "lower your expectations"?
This time in school should introduce a child to the joys of learning and exploring the world around them while connecting the home and school.
What is kindergarten?
This inquiry has led Greg to start thinking about this next step.
What is stepping into leadership?