Instructional Practices
My instructional practices and philosophy is consistently adapting and changing as I continue to navigate through my experiences, research and reflect upon my lessons and success criteria. To put things in perspective, I have only been a certified teacher in my own classroom for one full calendar year, which was my first year! Since then, my second year was interrupted by a pandemic, and as I continue in my third year, it has been just as impacted, with limitations on ways in which I typically instruct. Above all else, I find the most success in my life when I am connected to people, this includes my classroom. I always begin with creating a safe, collaborative, fun, reflective environment where, by not focusing on the grades, but rather the process, we make enormous strides and find success. I stress that we should not take ourselves too seriously, and look forward to feedback and reflect in difficult situations. I inject humour into my lessons constantly, and model...