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By Presto Plans  With the pressure for secondary teachers to meet curriculum expectations in such a limited time, building a classroom community can sometimes be put on the back burner.   What many teachers don’t realize is that by intentionally taking time to build a positive community in your cla…

There's plenty of things that fostered children do that can upset you if you lapse and make the same expectations you make of your own children. We have to remember that we are professionals, dealing with someone else's child on a professional basis. Take tidiness. We think of tidiness as a…

As a young programmer, I'd often get pretty depressed. I'd kick off my shoes and try to relax at the weekend, only to hear one of my presenters doing something I felt should be done differently. They'd ignored what I'd said. These idiots, frankly, ruined my Saturday. Why on earth do…

A foster parent called Jojo posted a comment on Come On Phone, Ring! I'm guessing Jojo is a foster mum not a foster dad, forgive me if I'm wrong. I'm also guessing that 'Jojo' is a pseudonym so we are ok to talk. Jojo touches on the pleasant anxiety of waiting for a call about y…

Are you looking for a way to dig deeper into your ELA work and incorporate more inquiry into your ELA classroom?  Like many of you, I was too!  My province is implementing a new curriculum and much of it is focused on INQUIRY.  I’m super excited about all of the possibilities and know I have to wor…

True story - the nine of us teachers who write for The Secondary English Coffee Shop aren't just random English teachers. We're friends, collaborators, and virtual co-workers who help each other through this adventure called teaching. Along the way, we've bought and used each other'…

The snake appeared quite unannounced, silently slithering over the red, dusty sand of the drive leading up to the imposing white, old colonial house, built for grandeur with little acknowledgement of the hot humid climate in which it is set. We were quite a way from the snake a…

To be on-air at the age of ninety, hosting your favourite sort of radio, is something most broadcasters dream of. Desmond Carrington managed it. When he announced in September 2016 that his last programme was to air in a month’s time, it was clear that his familiar voice occupied a special place in…