Workplace culture takes place in the small repeated micro practices of all of its members. It is not the large initiatives, one time...

Breaks can be used to improve workplace culture, support staff wellness and the building of resilience skills. If you need help trying...

How many meals do you eat together as one household per week? How many meals do you eat together as one household undistracted? Not in...

You cannot teach social emotional skills with just words, visuals, research and stellar lesson plans. You have to do the work. You need...

The benefits of including small focused interruptions in workplace culture Building resilient workplace cultures is not complicated. It...

Take away that face and facial recognition pattern and you have a nervous system that is unable to take care of itself. And that is a...

Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash Technology is moving into the educational sphere in an ever-increasing way. The BC Ed Learning Plan...

Easy to learn, hard to master. This is the goal of every video game developer.  It is the hallmark of the gaming industry.  It allows a...

Schools are looking for ways to best serve a diverse group of students. One of the ways students qualify for additional support is...

If I don't write it in my calendar, it is not going to happen. If a task is not on my list, I have a 50-50 chance of forgetting it.  Ah,...

I am once again staring out at miserable rain and snow.  It is March.  Spring is just around the corner. Outside my window there are big...

I am at a school meeting attended by a classroom teacher, a resource teacher, a school administrator, a  support worker and myself as a...

All of our interactions and responses influence those around us. The adults in the primary support system for children have a tremendous...

Stress is a normal part of our everyday experience, yet, increasingly we are finding children who are challenged with the practice of...

Two years ago, I saw an interview with Tony Robbins, a popular motivational speaker who talked about six core values that drive...

Photo by Ben Rosett on Unsplash Recently I watched and rewatched a PBS special on happiness. The documentary examined the growing study...

I have to admit to one of my guilty pleasures in order to give this blog post some context.  I love watching the TV show, “The Biggest...

One of the great learning in my years as a vice principal, through countless investigations of disputes of all kinds, rarely will you...

Photo by Kelsey Chance on Unsplash The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection. Joahan Hari There is a classic...

Success comes in small steps, repeated thousands of times. It is the behaviours, the doing that bring about our heart's desires. It is...