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The best advice my dad ever gave me about my teaching career was to do my job honestly. It's important to teach what matters most to you because there isn't enough time to focus on anything else. The best thing you can do for yourself and your students is to be honest about who you are and what you stand for.

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Throughout this podcast run, I've written down ideas and I didn't get to some of them. Today, I want to present those unexplored ideas to you. These ideas aren't fleshed out but I still think they are worth sharing. Hopefully, these quick snippets will inspire something in you.

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The introduction of a new math curriculum in Ontario has sparked an interesting debate. Professional development is something that I meant to talk about back in April and I'm finally getting around to it because it's an area that I need to improve in. Teaching should be mostly learning. Our approach to professional development needs to be meaningful, applicable, and consistent.

Today's question: What aspects of student development are you willing to take responsibility for?

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My students sent me a very heartwarming e-card today and it got me thinking about the impact that we have as teachers; we have more of an impact than we realize. For me, this is a lot of responsibility and one that I need to acknowledge and accept. How students see you and what you see in yourself might not always align so it's important to as for feedback from them.

Today's question: If you could provide feedback to any one teacher you know, who would it be and what would you say? If you were to give yourself honest, third-party feedback, what would you say?

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This is the last week of school and it's not about learning. This week is about solidifying our relationships with our students. I'm having a hard time staying focussed so I can only imagine how students are feeling. The uncertainty that is coming with the end of this school year is only making this a stranger end to a strange year.

Today's question: Who do you respect as an educator? Why?

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The gifts I ordered for my students arrived this morning and I took the afternoon to deliver them. I saw a few of my students today and it was a trip. I'm curious to know what it's going to be like to see them in September.

Today's question: During remote learning, are you getting dressed to go to work?

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The gifts I ordered for my students arrived this morning and I took the afternoon to deliver them. I saw a few of my students today and it was a trip. I'm curious to know what it's going to be like to see them in September.

Today's question: During remote learning, are you getting dressed to go to work?

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I've been working on building a marble run for over a week. I've been trying different materials and learning about how they work. In this process, I'm using a lot of the skills that I teach. It's important for us, as teachers, to pursue our own interests and take an interest in different things because our students are all interested in different things.

Today's question: What cultures have we unconsciously adopted and coopted in our classrooms?

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Today I was thinking about the importance of names and what they mean to us and our students. Names carry meaning and they establish a presence. It's important to call our students by the names they choose for themselves and pronounce them correctly, too. Students, too, should be calling us by names that we choose to use.

Today's question: How many opportunities have your students had to ask you questions? How many times did you respond honestly?

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I got tired of seeing students' avatars on the screen so I started creating imaginative stories about each other. It turned into an entire narrative that all of the students present enjoyed. I think that students should be given the opportunity to identify and explore their own stories. Students should develop their individual narratives as they're writing them.

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