Sue Dunlop Consulting

Sue Dunlop

  • Champion, Promote, Defend, Support

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    Sue Dunlop

    Everyone deserves a champion. We find it easy to support and defend the people we love.  When it comes to our work, it’s also effortless to champion those who think the same way we do. Surrounding ourselves with like minded people is very comfy. When I first started using Twitter for professional networking and learning…

  • Do Less

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    Sue Dunlop

    What about if we all did less? Before you get panicky about your email inbox or the myriad other operational tasks you have to do, stay with me. What I’m talking about is slowing down. I often think about our pace of life and how crazy it seems to be. We live in a culture…

  • Goodbye! Goodbye!

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    Sue Dunlop

    What should we wave goodbye to in education, for once and for all? There are obvious answers: word search puzzles, homework projects, some would say cursive writing, focus on standardized high stakes testing. It’s a big list. I wish that we could change the subject and department silos in secondary school. Yes, that’s right. I…

  • Moments of Humanity

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    Sue Dunlop

    I heard Veronica Lacey speak when I was a new teacher. At the time, she was Director of Education in North York and went on to become a very influential voice in Canadian education. That conference was a long time ago, but I remember her words so well:   “It’s always about relationships.” I was not…

  • Time Away Makes Us Better

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    Sue Dunlop

    My work schedule is full. Sometimes really full. The to-do lists grow and the calendar has less and less room. I bet yours is the same. I love my job, but it can sometimes impact my personal life. That’s not a good place to be. Every so often, I get into a conversation with a…

  • Best April Fools!

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    Sue Dunlop

    Yesterday, on April 1st, I visited a secondary school to talk with the principal and vice principals about their work and school improvement. Classroom visits are always part of the agenda since I love to see what is going on, meet educators and talk with students about their work. When I arrived, the principal suggested…