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Thursday, December 5th, 2019

Artificial Intelligence in Schools

By Dr. Kevin Godden, Superintendent of Schools

As technology continues to proliferate all around us, I have wondered about the impact artificial intelligence (AI) will have on education, especially on teaching and learning. You need not look...

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Thursday, November 7th, 2019

Sleepless in Schools

By Dr. Kevin Godden, Superintendent of Schools

I came across an article recently that re-ignited a debate that has been brewing in educational circles for decades. It centred around the lack of sleep that adolescents get relative to what they...

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Wednesday, October 18th, 2017

Moving from Topics to Concepts

By Dr. Kevin Godden, Superintendent of Schools

I visited Alexander Elementary recently, and was impressed to see learning targets on the board in every classroom I visited. It was obviously a collective attempt on the part of the staff to be...

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Wednesday, September 20th, 2017

What, No Homework?!

By Dr. Kevin Godden, Superintendent of Schools

I am going to state right of the bat, that some of the positions I take below may not sit well with everyone. Homework seems to be one of those things about which everyone has an opinion, in part...

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Wednesday, August 30th, 2017

A Child’s Best Hope

By Dr. Kevin Godden, Superintendent of Schools

I would like to welcome everyone back from what I hope was a relaxing summer with family and friends. This is my thirtieth September, and one of my most recent reflections has been about the...

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Wednesday, June 28th, 2017

Thank You For Your Leadership

By Dr. Kevin Godden, Superintendent of Schools

As we wind the school year down, I would like to close with some reflections on 2016/17. This year will go down as one of my more memorable for a number of reasons. While there are many things to...

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Thursday, June 15th, 2017

The Joy & Promise of Convocation

By Dr. Kevin Godden, Superintendent of Schools

As you know, it is convocation season all around our district and province. We have eight different schools that host this very special rite of passage, and this year we will have over 1200...

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Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

The Many Faces of Parent Engagement

By Dr. Kevin Godden, Superintendent of Schools

I have been thinking about our parent engagement (one of our district goals), and how important it is to the work we do, particularly in the face of our revised curriculum. If you are a parent...

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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017

Collab Time as Powerful PD

By Dr. Kevin Godden, Superintendent of Schools

While I am generally reluctant to draw conclusions about Canadian educational practice from research conducted south of the border, I thought the below data from a survey of American teachers was...

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Thursday, April 20th, 2017

McMillan, Embracing Neurodiversity

By Dr. Kevin Godden, Superintendent of Schools

I had a wonderful visit to McMillan Elementary school last week. I could write about a number of things I observed in the school, but have decided to focus on the staff’s commitment to creating an...

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