The Excitement Builds

May and June is an interesting time for teachers. They are finishing a year with all of its celebrations and reflections while already thinking about and planning for next year. We have welcomed teachers who are participating with Campus Calgary/Open Minds for the 2016-17 school year to come to their sites for a welcome orientation. This is a time to begin thinking about the world of possibilities that exist in these vibrant community space.  At many sites we welcome teachers who have worked at the site to come back and tell their stories, share their wisdom and offer advice for the coming year.  This is but one example of such experience, captured in a found poem.

The Hub for Inspired Learning:

The Reflection of Two Teachers

Learning alongside my students

Worked collaboratively

Generate ideas

Curricular connections

Journaling prep…wish I’d done more

Looking through journals to see impact on students

Explore where THEY wanted

Building time

Reading with expression

Reaching our day to day learning

Storywriting process

Imagine you’re a banana!

The space allowed them to be free

Perspective

Exploring the functions of space

Beauty is that you have time!

Immerse in the space and moment

Look beyond what you see

Be open to change

Be flexible to opportunities

As a group we’ve learned how to collaborate together

To slow down,

To listen to each other

This will be lifelong learning

Artists give us skills to share our learning

There are lots of opportunities…as long as you’re looking.

A found poem.