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Sustainable Classrooms

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One of the biggest projects I have been working on this school year was “Sustainable Classrooms”. Thanks to generous financial support from one of the youth organizations, Taking It Global, I managed to buy celebration kits for every class at Renfrew! The kits contain reusable plates, cups, utensils, sponges, and a table cloth. The kits are designed to avoid excessive waste and bring awareness regarding climate change. This project has resulted in many learning opportunities for students: we grew a community garden together and learned about food processes, discussed environmental issues and ways to stop climate change.  It has been a very successful year, and it is an honor to do such a work in the community. Thank you to all volunteers, staff, administration, friends, and families who have made this happen. Together we can change the world.

Do you have a simple project idea to support your community?

TakingITGlobal (TIG) is looking for young people who are inspired with ideas and ready to take action through youth-led community service grants

APPLY NOW:  https://www.risingyouth.ca/  

LEARN MORE ABOUT TAKING IT GLOBAL: https://www.tigweb.org/ 

 

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Teaching Experience

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These are some of my favorite quotes and sayings that I bring with me into teaching.

The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist.”
― Dr. Maria Montessori

Respect all the reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages and try to understand them.
― Dr. Maria Montessori

The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.
― Dr. Maria Montessori

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
― Phil Collins

I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
― Albert Einstein

Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.
― Brian Tracy

Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
― John Wooden

Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers.
― Richard Bach

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