Centering Indigenous Pedagogies in Math Education 24-25
Webinar Series focused on Assessment Join us for the continuation of this webinar series with leading scholars and classroom educators. The 2024-25 season’s 3-part series focuses on assessment practices in math education guided by Indigenous pedagogies and perspectives such as Indigenous Storywork, teachings from the land, and culturally responsive mathematics education. Session 1: Assessment, January […]
Fostering Literacy in Multi-age Primary Classrooms
Webinar Series 2023-24 This engaging webinar series delves into innovative approaches for nurturing literacy skills in multi-age primary classrooms. Our multi-part webinar series is led by Dr. Leyton Schnellert, featuring special guests every session. Session 1 October 2023 Session 1 presenters – Faye Brownlie, Briana Adams, and Jacquie Crozier – introduce ways of fostering literacy […]
Engaging All Learners in Middle Years 23-24
Webinar Series: multi-age and multi-grade classrooms Educators in BC are invited to a webinar series exploring the engagement of middle years learners in multi-age and multi-grade classrooms. Our multi-part webinar series aired in 2023-24 and is led by Dr. Leyton Schnellert and Tammy Renyard, featuring special guests every session. Session 1: The speakers of this […]
Centering Indigenous Pedagogies in Math Education 23-24
Webinar Series 2023-24 Centering Indigenous Pedagogies in Mathematics Education is a 4-part webinar series where leading scholars and educators explore strategies for centering Indigenous pedagogies in mathematics education. Sessions focus on classroom teachers sharing examples, ideas, and questions on various Indigenous pedagogies such as Indigenous Storywork, teaching mathematics with/from place and land, and culturally responsive […]
Engaging All Learners in the Middle Years 22-23
Student Voice, Literacy and Numeracy Series 2022-23 Greater Victoria School District 61 and the Rural Education Advisory invite educators in BC to join in a conversation about engaging all learners in the middle years. Our three-part interactive webinar series in 2022-23 will be hosted by Dr. Leyton Schnellert with special guests for each session focused […]
Culturally Responsive Math Education 22-23
Webinar Series: How can we assess students’ mathematical knowledge and competencies through the practices of CRME? In this series we explore the nature of culturally responsive mathematics education through connections to land, story, community and mathematics. We look to nature and Indigenous perspectives to conceptualize learning that includes cycles of feedback (with self, others, environment, and materials) and discuss approaches and principles for culturally responsive math assessment.
Engaging All Learners in the Middle Years 21-22
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Series Greater Victoria School District 61 and the Rural Education Advisory invite educators in BC to join in a conversation about engaging all learners in the middle years. Our four-part interactive webinar series aired in 2021-22 and is hosted by Dr. Leyton Schnellert with special guests for each session. Series Teaser: […]
Supportive Learning Communities: Power, Processes and Consequences
This video explores the importance of creating inclusive, supportive learning communities in our schools. Through real stories and classroom experiences, educators share their approaches to teaching that underscore the importance of fostering inclusive learning spaces.
A Focus on Early Literacy
This two-part film looks at early literacy – What Counts? Part 1: This film is the first in a two-part series that looks at early literacy – What Counts? Oral language, word work and joy! Part 2: This film is the second in a two-part series that looks at early literacy – What counts? Assessment, […]
Math Pedagogy
This film digs into current views on math pedagogy, featuring interviews with students, teachers and scholars from across B.C., Canada.
Communicating Student Learning
This video explores how teachers effectively report progress to parents and caregivers. It highlights the importance of clear, transparent, and meaningful communication that reflects students’ growth, strengths, and areas for improvement With gratitude to the students at UBC for funding the Teaching Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF)
Formative Assessment in Action
This film takes a look at formative assessment in action with teachers and scholars from across B.C., Canada
The Power of Formative Assessment
This film dives into the power of formative assessment with teachers and scholars from across BC, Canada.
Student Voice and Agency in Assessment
This film examines student voice and agency, featuring interviews with students, teachers and scholars from across B.C., Canada.
Multi-Age Teaching and Learning
This film examines multi-age teaching and learning in rural communities, featuring interviews with teachers, students and scholars from across B.C.
Re-imagining Math Education 21-22
Webinar Series: Connecting Math, Community & Culture This 4-part webinar series, invites teachers at all levels to join discussions and sharing for re-imagining mathematics education through culture, community, and teaching for social and ecological justice. Organized by: Leyton Schnellert (UBC), Jo-ann Archibald (UBC), Janice Novakowski (SD 38 Richmond UBC), Cynthia Nicol (UBC). Session 1 Teaching […]
Inclusion: Disability Justice Video
Disability justice disrupts colonial visions of exclusion and ableism and nurtures a more inclusive education system for all.
Inclusive Education: Student and Parent Voice in IEP’s Video
Parents and students are critical partners for inclusive education and in the creation of IEPs (Individual Education Plans).
Culturally Responsive Math: Video
This film highlights the importance of planning math learning through a culturally responsive lens that builds on the identities of learners and their funds of knowledge. This lens for mathematics learning is linked to greater student success and equity.
Place-based Math Video
Taking math outside and making connections to place are important ways to make math learning relevant and engaging for learners.
Social Emotional Learning & Well-being
“Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.” (CASEL, 2022) SEL […]
Student Teacher Relationships
Positive student-teacher relationships are integral to students’ social and academic lives (Hamre & Pianta, 2010). Students with caring, positive relationships with their teachers have been shown to have better well-being (Braun et al., 2019), increased prosocial behaviours (Wentzel, 2002), and more engagement and success in school (Engels et al., 2016). Many things can contribute to […]
Peer Relationships
Positive peer relationships are associated with academic achievement, sense of connection to school and overall health and well-being (Juvonen, Espinoza & Knifsend, 2012; Ladd, Kochenderfer & Coleman, 1997; Li, Doyle Lynch, Liu & Lerner, 2011). There are many ways to foster positive peer relationships in the classroom through various strategies, routines and learning experiences. Here, […]
Engaging All Learners in the Middle Years 24-25
Webinar Series Educators in BC are invited to a webinar series exploring the engagement of middle years learners in multi-age and multi-grade classrooms hosted by Dr. Leyton Schnellert and Tammy Renyard and featuring special guests. Session 1 Inclusion, Creating Access for All, October 2024 Watch the first session of Engaging All Learners in the Middle […]
Engaging All Learners in the Secondary Years 22-23
Webinar Series: How Reading, Writing and Thinking Grow from Oral Language With support from the Ministry of Education, BC’s Rural Education Advisory, UBC’s Edith Lando Virtual Learning Centre, and the Greater Victoria School District invite educators in BC to join in a shared conversation about literacy learning in the secondary years. Sessions have a blend […]
What Counts in Primary Literacy 22-23
Webinar Series With support from the Ministry of Education, BC’s Rural Education Advisory, UBC’s Edith Lando Virtual Learning Centre, and the Greater Victoria School District invite educators in BC to join in a shared conversation about literacy learning in the primary years. Sessions have a blend of current thinking, examples from practice, and time to […]
Indigenous Storywork and Math Education
Indigenous Storywork in Mathematics Education, is the second session of our series Re-Imagining Mathematics Education 2021-22. In this session, teachers share stories of math and place/land to imagine mathematics education differently. Teacher stories include the power of place and mathematical inquiry grounded outside an urban school, within a rural community. Participating teachers include: Joy Fast […]
Teaching and Learning through Place/Land
The first session of our series Connecting Mathematics, Community and Culture. In this session four teachers share stories of math and place/land to imagine mathematics education differently. Teacher stories include the power of place and mathematical inquiry grounded outside an urban school, within a rural community, and guided by teachings of cedar on the Pacific […]
Language & Culture
Knowledge is developed in historical and cultural contexts where past, present and future are all connected. Indigenous people make sense of the world through stories, traditions, and values that are carried through the generations. As educators, we seek to honour and provide opportunities for connection and story. This requires an understanding of the diversity of […]
Land as Teacher
The worldview of Indigenous peoples is deeply connected to land. Land and place are seen as multidimensional and a source of knowledge including rich and precise knowledge of local ecosystems. Land is much more than a physical marker, a geographical location, or a landscape. Land and place encompass spiritual and emotional sensibilities. “All my elders […]
Reciprocity, Responsibility, Relationships
To live in balance and harmony with others and the natural world around requires reciprocity and responsibility. Educators can demonstrate these values in their teaching, interactions with students, families, and communities, and caring for the natural world. What is Reciprocity? Reciprocity is expressed through exchange, where everyone is a teacher and everyone is a learner. […]
Story
“The Truth About Stories is that is all we are” Thomas King “All that we are is story. From the moment we are born to the time we continue on our spirit journey, we are involved in the creation of the story of our time here. It is what we arrive with. It is all […]
Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Being, & Doing
As educators, we have a responsibility to ensure the Aboriginal/Indigenous histories, perspectives, and worldviews are accurately and respectfully conveyed to all learners. We must consider how Indigenous content and perspectives are taken up in areas of the curriculum, as well as how teaching through Indigenous ways of Knowing can be done in the school setting, and […]
Nurturing Positive Relationships
Nurturing positive relationships is a key component of cultivating a caring community of learners. We are social beings by nature and long to experience a sense of connection and belonging. It only makes sense that we should aim to establish positive relationships in our classrooms because this is where students and educators spend so much […]
Land-based Learning
Land is the ultimate Knowledge Keeper – The holder of all knowledge Once, not so long ago, Land was a revered teacher. We, the first peoples, understood that our very survival depended on our relationship with Land and that she would care for those who learned her lessons well. Over five hundred years of colonization, […]
Supportive Routines in Place-Conscious Learning
Place based education is “concerned with methods, while a place conscious pedagogy is a philosophical and political orientation within the field of education” (Fraser, 2016). There are core routines that can support a place conscious pedagogy in practice, however a place-conscious pedagogy is mostly an orientation towards teaching and learning in place. Drawing connections between […]
Place-conscious learning
What is place-conscious learning? Place is really any environment or context in which people interact to “learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity” (BC Ministry of Education, 2021). The marriage of critical learning with place-based education produces a place-conscious pedagogy that incorporates the life experiences of both teachers and students […]
Supportive core routines for place-based learning
Many place-based educators rely on core routines to support their teaching practice. Core routines are deliberate and intentional habits that build a community of learners in a shared space of learning. Core routines are important for establishing safety protocols and provide a sense of structure, particularly when introducing resources or materials that will be used with learners […]
What does it mean to be a place-based educator?
Within formal systems of schooling, place-based education can mean different things to different educators. Place-based practices are difficult to replicate because they are specific to the relationships, environments and contexts in which they are enacted. However, in all iterations, pedagogies of place involve holding space for direct observation, hands on investigations, and meaningful experimentations of […]
Place-based learning in BC
In practice, educators who enact a pedagogy of place situate the local environment, and more-than-human-world, as important teachers in curricular learning. Place-based learning is not a singular lesson, but rather a reflective practice that prioritizes meaningful connections between learners and the more-then-human world over rigid adherence to a prescribed curriculum (Smith, 2007). The Kooteney / […]
Place-based learning
Place-based education is the process of using the local community and environment as a starting point to teach concepts in language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and other subjects across the curriculum. Emphasizing hands-on, real-world learning experiences, this approach to education increases academic achievement, helps students develop strong ties to their community, enhances students’ appreciation […]
