Josiah
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Once Students understand what is expected, they will do the following in order: a) Co-construct criteria, b) Examine exemplars of varying levels, c) Set individual goals, d) Practice the task to generate specific feedback from Mr. Marr, students, and parents, e) Add quality work to a learning portfolio, f) Self assess, g) Review and re-adjust…
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I originally wrote this article in August, 2019. This is an interview of Mr. Stephen Ladas, one of my personal & professional mentors. Mr. Ladas is the headmaster of a school called the International Community School Bangkok (ICS). ICS is a K-12, private, not-for-profit international school. The key questions (numbered 1-9 below) highlight different challenges…
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Assessing how ICS is doing in reference to the 2016-17 School Improvement Indicators document, there are two performance indicators which are essential aspects for school improvement. 1) “The principal encourages, welcomes and employs feedback from staff members, students and families” and 2) “School administrators are visible in the school and model quality interactions with staff…
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I am a product of a system that worked tirelessly to help me grow as a teacher leader and for that I am grateful.
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The Alberta education system has achieved a great deal of success using the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) as a measurement. In 2010, Alberta received top Canadian scores in Science and Literacy as well as second place in Math
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Student growth is why educators do what they do. In order for student growth to occur regularly and effectively, schools must adopt the strategy of continuous teacher growth. Continuous teacher growth must be a goal, a mindset, and a daily task (hence the use of the word “continuous”) which must be conceptualized and led by…
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Dr. Lyle Hamm has been an associate professor at the University of New Brunswick since 2013. The context of Dr. Hamm’s work is in culturally diverse leadership and training leaders to succeed in culturally diverse settings. Dr. Hamm’s work has primarily taken place in New Brunswick, Canada. In particular, Dr. Hamm contributed to a gap…
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This is a study of culturally relevant pedagogy also known as culturally responsive teaching or culturally relevant teaching. The purpose of the study is to be used as a resource to Physical Education teachers in New Brunswick, Canada.
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I have attributed the respect that I receive around the world to Canada’s peacekeeping and refugee harbouring history. However, in the case of refugees, Canada’s humanitarian national identity can cause unintended pain and prolonged suffering as opposed to helping refugees when they are in need.
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Life Raft International is an organization that empowers people to help refugees in Bangkok, Thailand (Life Raft, 2018). Life Raft started in 2011 and has had the privilege of lending a helping hand to hundreds of refugees in Bangkok. They use a multi-faceted approach to serving refugees through advocacy, education, and financial support.
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The Senior Capstone Service Project (CSP) is influenced by the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations, 2018b). Students work on their CSP throughout high school, culminating in their final semester at ICS.
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The 40 hour famine Backpack Challenge consisted of students spending 40 hours living out of their backpacks. Students were only permitted to use, eat, and wear whatever they could fit in their school backpacks.
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The biggest contributing factor to refugee education fracturing in Bangkok is the fear of detention in the Immigration Detention Center (IDC). The IDC is a prison for illegal immigrants who are arrested with expired visas in Thailand. The IDC was designed to hold prisoners for 15 days, but it has held some prisoners for as…
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This city has contributed to something I call “refugee education fracturing”. Just like a bone fracture, education fracturing is painful. It is the breaking of the educational progress of refugees.
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I would like to highlight some of the research projects & papers that I wrote in pursuit of my Master’s.
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In July of 2016, when my wife and I were about to leave everything that we knew behind and move to Thailand, we were not ready. But we were about to Merge into an awesome adventure. And writing this five years later, I am so glad that we did!
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Both of the interviews were equal parts nerve-racking and exciting since they were the first that I had experienced with the potential of becoming a “real” teacher attached. Incredibly, a few days later, I received the call and was offered the position of ESL teacher, program coordinator, and after school program coordinator. I was ecstatic.…
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In two recent posts, I highlighted a few educators who have made lasting impacts on my physical education journey. However, these are not the only educators who have impacted my journey as an educator on a macro level. There is one educator who has taught me more than any other. She is a master of…
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Picking up where I left off in my previous post, “An Education in Physical Education, Part 1”. Here are more educators who inspired me along my journey and provided me with key components of my education in physical education.
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I am exceedingly thankful for the men and women who have invested in me in order to bring me to where I am today. In this post I am excited to highlight some of the people who inspired me along my journey to becoming a PE teacher.
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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” said the prompt on the page. I was fresh off of the realization that I wasn’t going to become an NBA basketball player and was fresh out of ideas of what should fill my intended career void. The year was 2006 and I was sitting…
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When designing this website via wordpress.com, I quickly realized that it would be a good idea to create a personal Logo. I have always thoroughly enjoyed visual media such as logos, cartoons, images, and videos in particular. Following the recommendation of my good friend, Tim Gascoigne (of the renowned onlineteacherdude.com, more on this later)
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Recently I was inspired to create a blog in order to challenge myself. I am a firm believer in accumulating years of experience, not simply repeating one year of experience over and over. This year, I hope that this blog can be a project that I use to grow personally and professionally. Therefore being a…
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