by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
A couple of weeks ago, my school hosted its first Breakfast of Champions. The purpose was to celebrate students who demonstrate characteristics of a champion: someone who goes about their every day with strong charisma, willingness to learn, and commitment to an...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jan 25, 2019 | #socialLEADia, Engaging in Courageous Conversations
I am passionate about showing kids how to use social media for good. And I am passionate about helping kindness go viral. When I see negative behaviour sifting to the surface, my instinct is to not engage, not perpetuate it further, and to combat negativity with...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Those of you who know me, know I Curl in a Friday night social league. I am not the best player in the world, but I am a decent player and I really enjoy the game, the people, and the fact that it makes my Canadian Winter seem to go faster. This year, I was moved from...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am in three book clubs. One, I started over 24 years ago with a couple of friends of mine. When I invited my mother-in-law to be a part of it, she invited some of her friends. My friends Lisa, Cathy, Diane, and I were the youngest by quite a bit. Our conversations...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jan 3, 2019 | Aligning Resources with Priorities, Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures, Uncategorized
When I worked at the District level, we introduced the 6 Cs. This at a time that we were rolling out 21C teams made up of an administrator, a Teacher-Librarian, a Special Education teacher and a classroom teacher (in year 1–by year 3 we were up to a team of 10...