ETFO Celebrates 10 Years of Success: Bringing Elementary Education to the Forefront
Political action and public relations go hand in hand.
Community
Imagining Poverty: ETFO’s Professional Learning Projects: Bridging the Gap Between Student Needs and Teacher Understanding
One cold winter morning I was teaching my grade 8 class when halfway through the first period Joe came in, late as usual.
City Schools Challenging Poverty :Imagine
A snapshot of a dynamic, but imaginary, school of 515 students from diverse backgrounds, including Sabir, Aazim, and Hakimah, and their mother, Raidah. It illustrates a day in the life of a model inner city school.
Imagining a Future: Reaching At-Risk Students by Teaching the Whole Child
For Aboriginal students, equity in education starts with recognizing the unique histories and traditions that characterize Canada’s First Nations peoples.
Imagining a Future: When Is a Question a Good Answer? Recommendations to Teachers About the Relationship Between Poverty and Schooling
Recently ETFO asked me to review the research and professional literature on the relationship between poverty and schooling so that the federation work with members to develop practices and approaches that will help all students succeed.
The Grade 6 Heritage Project
As an anthropology graduate I have always enjoyed learning not only about other cultures but about my own as well. I was keenly interested in finding a way to pass that curiosity on to my own students in a way that engaged them in significant discussions about racism, tolerance, and identity.
ETFO Reaches out
ETFO members in Algoma and Sault St. Marie residents were able to take advantage of a unique opportunity last December to learn more about enhancing student learning by building children’s self confidence.
Teachers Talk About Walkerton
Kerry Withrow was dismissing his grade 8 class, little knowing it might be years before things would ever be the same again. The town’s 5,000 men, women and children, many of whom had moved there to escape the pollution and stress of urban life, were about to face an enemy that had apparently been lurking in their neighbourhood for years - E. coli.