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Born to Lead

Joanne Myers

ETFO’s more than 60,000 women members bring many important skills to leadership. Researchers have discovered that the connections in the typical female brain often run from side to side between the left and right hemispheres.

Revving Up For the Year Ahead

Joanne Myers

It is time to “rev up” our engines for the fall. In preparation, it’s good to think about how to align your goals and balance your priorities with what lies ahead for you at school and in your life at home.

Teacher and student, smiling, looking at laptop

Building Strong Classroom Partnersh

Jeffrey MacCormack

We all hear that positive collaboration is essential to optimizing learning environments, but what does it mean? How do we develop healthy working relationships? When I started my teaching career, it was not clear to me how to work as a member of a team.

Students sitting in a circle of chairs

Learn Like Astronauts

Stefanie Cole

Nine-year-old Chris Hadfield was spending a typical summer at his family’s island cottage in southern Ontario when he observed an event that set his life’s direction.

Michelle Richardson Family standing on cliff in Scotland

Exploring Scotland on Exchange

Michelle Richardson

As I walked out of the Edinburgh airport on July 30, 2013 and felt the Scottish wind on my face, my dream of doing a teaching exchange became a reality.

Children wearing snowsuits standing near wooded area

Little Falls Forest School

Kendra Martin

“Why are we learning outdoors? … To wake up our brains” is the loud chorus from my Grade 2 students at Little Falls Public School. Outdoor learning is an integral part of their daily lives. These students come to school prepared; dressed in layers, with their water bottles, hats and splash pants, they are ready for a day of active learning.

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