PostPanCurriculum
Nine Assumptions
Origins
Democracy is a “Weak-Link” process
An exponential quiz
Exponential quiz answer = 11.13AM
A PostPandemic Curriculum will work with any pedagogy
Is It Ever Too Early?
In a Nutshell
With great power comes great responsibility
Core Concepts
The Sciences
Communications
The Maths
Our Societies
The Mind
Concepts that may not be central to engaged citizenship
Critical Thinking and Media Literacy
Music, Arts, Literature, Athletics
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Issues & Concepts
Concepts underlying climate change
Concepts underlying Inter-group Bias and Hate
Concepts underlying the spread of disease
Concepts underlying retirement planning and investing
Collegially Disagreeable – The key to productive conversations
Importance of Public Schools
Public Schools and Democracy
Public schools are as good as private ones
Self-Regulation
Feel, Think, Do
Self-regulation: a definition
Self-regulation vs Self-control and Compliance
Self-regulation in the Classroom
Lessons Learned in Creating a Self-Regulation Classroom
Co-regulation and developing self-regulation
Brain & Body
CDC Report on Health Supports in US Schools
Activity, Food, Sleep
Concussion = brain damage not “head injury”
Return-to-learn, return-to-having-fun
5 Key concussion messages
9 Dangerous Myths about Concussions
Concussion-related resources
Why don’t more kids walk to school? Distance & fear
Benefits of walking/biking to school
Sitting is the new smoking
Traffic planning ignores students biking/walking
Traffic study of proposed development at 1100 Briar Hill Ave. Toronto
Learning
The Thinking Classroom
Maths
Arithmetic as Spelling. Maths as Poetry.
Buildings & Land
Small vs Big: What’s the right size for a school?
Why TDSB has to sell land
Community use of schools
Community Hubs in Ontario Report
Keeping Schools in a State of Good Repair
Advocating for School Repairs
Culture & Staffing
Building a School Culture That Supports Students
The Principal is the Key
Making better Principals, making Principals better
Principal: not a job for just anybody
Collective agreements
Union to Teachers: Follow rules or else
Students aren’t mentioned in collective agreements
Who speaks for student-needs in labour negotiations?
Ontario Collective Agreements – Detailed issues
Labour negotiations Q&A – Ontario
Accountability
Collegially Disagreeable – The key to good governance
6 Rules to a Collegially Disagreeable Culture
Agreeable / Disagreeable
Cohesion & Deference
Roles & Relationships
The Value of Elected School Board Trustees
How elected Trustees are good for students
Elected, appointed, or no board: which is better?
TVO’s “The Agenda with Steve Paikin” debate with Maddie Di Muccio
Fact-checking and Rebutting SQE on Elected Trustees
Independent reports about TDSB Trustees
Provincial Education Acts on Role of Trustees
Trustee or Ombudsman – who should you call?
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