When I first became a teacher way back in 1996, I knew I had a great deal to learn on how to be an effective teacher. I knew I had enough...

Over my 25 year career as a teacher, I prepared for and went through over 20 interviews. The number is so high because I chose to live...

“I hate writing!” my student proclaimed to me one day in the month of February, 2021. I wasn’t surprised in the slightest, for with a...

By Carrie Powers I lived in the eastern arctic for four years, from 2007-2011. Even now, I look back and think, “Was that real? Did I...

By Carrie Powers It was my third year as a teacher way back in 1999. I had just been given my dream job as the Health and Physical...

We all have a favourite teacher. A teacher, who in our lives as students has really inspired us, coached us, motivated us, encouraged us...

Some people have commented to me over the years on how ‘patient’ I am. That comes as a surprise to me. You see, I haven't always been...

By Carrie Powers M.Ed., OCT We have all heard these words before. Many times. Maybe too many to count. We have had our parents, teachers...

Holy Trinity School, North Vancouver, B.C. It was September, 2015 and I was in a lot of trouble. In front of me I was looking attentively...

The realities of COVID 19 for families have provoked many thoughts, emotions and a new way of being. Here in Ontario we recently moved to...

This past July I ran my first learning pod summer program for a group of 6 students in Toronto. For people that are not in education...

A reflection piece that was published in Canadian Teacher magazine, Spring online issue

So often teachers get caught up in teaching everything that is on their long term and short term plans to their students each day....

On Thursday, April 4th, I was asked to give a presentation on Teaching Physical Education (P.E.) from a sociocultural perspective to a...

At the end of a very long day supply teaching in a grade 2 class, a confident and curious 7- year-old boy approached me in the classroom...