Grade Nine Breadwinner

Writing Assignments From the Grade Nine Class: How is your life different from Parvana's?

Mrs. C. Hiltz

Current Work

Grade 7 Students - Computer Literacy - We are finishing up Power Point presentations and we will begin using spreadsheets next week.

Grade 9 - We are working in Indigenous and Norse Narratives.

Grade 10 - Career and Work Students are finishing their work experiences. Students must complete their work logs and follow-up reports. We are completed our section on WHMIS.

Master of Education

Currently, I am finishing up my Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, and at one of my more recent classes, my professor was discussing the current "Course Route" grad degrees. She stated that our University is discussing the possibility of changing the name of these types of programs to "Master of Teaching" to indicate that these degrees may be "terminal". In other words, many Universitites will not accept this type of degree as a prerequisite for further studies. This is interesting because there are many educators out there who simply want to further his/her learning for various reasons: love of learning, advancement, and increase in pay. This may deter students from further education if they know that there is a limit to their ability to further their education simply because they aren't interested in the research process. I realize that many academics feel that you have to be "published"... but I'm not completely convinced of this.

Learning Excellence

This is my first attempt at blogging, and I am hoping to use this site for my teaching and learning. Perhaps I may write editorials and share other types of information; we'll see where this leads me. I welcome suggestions, comments and questions to guide us on this quest.