Jenn Brown
Department Head of Arts and French / Classroom French Teacher – CKSS What do you love most about your job? I love my colleagues in my department so much. They make everything fun and we…
Ungrading Middle School
Michael Marchione is an educator in a Grade 6/7 class at Tiger Jeet Singh PS in Milton, ON. Michael strives to support a community of care, reduce the stigma around mental health, and reimagine education….
De-streaming Math with Mastery-Based Grading
Sheri Hill is a math and computer studies teacher at Craig Kielburger Secondary School. She has been dabbling with her reassessment practices for a number of years, and went all-in with mastery-based grading in September…
Sound Map
As the trees are exploding with new buds and leaves, and everyone is heading outdoors, this might be the perfect time to explore sound recording, out in the world! Introducing HDSB’s Sound Map, an innovative…
Ungrading in Destreamed Math
Mike Skeoch is the Program Lead for Mathematics at Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School. He and his team decided to take advantage of the transition period to the new Grade 9 destreamed math course in…
Ungrading the Creative Process
Jennifer Smallwood is an art and drama teacher at Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School. She has started on the journey of ungrading her classes, starting with her Grade 12 Art class in September 2021. …
Celebrate the Good
What a year… or 2!! We have been tapped to the max. We have been thrust WAY outside our comfort zones. We have been tested, challenged and stretched at every turn. AND… we have shifted,…
ReTHINKing the Virtual Classroom – E002
In this episode of the Shift Show EDU, the Shift Team sits down with Muhammad Zia, acting program lead of Science at the Virtual Secondary School in the Halton District School Board to talk about…
SHIFT Coaching
SHIFT Coaching Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument, or a sport, or a new dance step, or a new pedagogical approach? Did you learn it alone? How long did that take? Do…
Self Paced Classroom
Some days, don’t you just wish you could clone yourself? Most days, probably. Wouldn’t that be nice?! It feels like we spend so much time repeating ourselves, and teaching the same concept over and over,…