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  • ESSENTIAL – #ONEWORD for 2016

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    Sue Dunlop

    My #oneword post for 2016 is here, just before the end of January, which I’m rationalizing as being better late than never. My 2015 #oneword was change, and it seemed to influence what actually happened in my professional life.  I experienced many changes including new colleagues on our senior team and new trustees to work…

  • What Kind of Educator are You and Does it Matter?

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    Sue Dunlop

    I loved doing personality quizzes in magazines as a teenager.  My sister and I circled the multiple choices carefully and then checked the key to find out about our fashion personalities or what kind of friends we were. I know I’m not alone – I see lots of funky quizzes posted on Facebook. It’s not…

  • Courage and Me

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    Sue Dunlop

    I can be a big scaredy cat. The usual stuff scares me: high cliffs, bad turbulence, near accident misses. I have a few other fears too, like those big creepy crawly bugs with tons of legs. Ugh. If you have a couch handy, maybe I could share the rest of my neuroses sometime! But I’m…

  • What’s New with My #Oneword

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    Sue Dunlop

    Change Yep, there’s been a fair bit of change since January. Not that I’m surprised. One significant change has affected me professionally and personally. Our previous Director of Education, Dr. John Malloy, took on a new position in Toronto at the beginning of January. We had a six month interim period to June before our…

  • Why I Serve

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    Sue Dunlop

    Today I almost forgot it was #AprilBlogaDay!  Fortunately, Chris Crouch sent a topic that inspired my thinking. He asked “Why do you teach?”  It’s a great topic, because we should all be connected to our big “why”. Finding our purpose is essential to our commitment. Having a life in public service has always been important…

  • 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…