Wife | Mother | YRDSB Grade 1 teacher passionate about learning through play & inquiry.

Joined June 2012
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Jocelyn Schmidt retweeted
Interactive Classroom Tutorial! After receiving requests for instructions to create your own hyperlink classroom, I have put together a quick video tutorial. You can find it at the template link here: bit.ly/classroomtemplate Have fun!
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Jocelyn Schmidt retweeted
#yrdsbtalk is returning this fall! Continue the online conversation & learning throughout the school year! Join us for our #yrdsbtalk monthly Twitter chats the first Tuesday of each month at 8PM EST. All welcome!
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Jocelyn Schmidt retweeted
Rich conversations around the barriers/myths in equitable assessment and evaluation #YRDSBAssessment
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Popular Equity Detours: these are tools...we need to rethink our relationships with the tools! The problem of is using the tools in absence of Equity! #YRDSBAssessment @pgorski 🙌🏽
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Jocelyn Schmidt retweeted
The only way to create more equity is to identify and eliminate the inequities @pgorski #YRDSBAssessment
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Be sure to emphasize the diversity within diversity @pgorski #YRDSBAssessment
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Jocelyn Schmidt retweeted
Replying to @YRDSB
@yrdsb Grateful for today: Reaching and teaching underserved and underperforming Ss w ⁦@pgorski⁩ (channeling my inner ⁦@VirtualGiff⁩) #YRDSBAssessment
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Jocelyn Schmidt retweeted
How is your equity work supporting the re-distribution of access and opportunity? Awesome question from Paul Gorski. #YRDSBassessment
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"Equity is about redistributing access to opportunity - what are shifts in policy practice and curriculum that we need to do to make it equitable? How are these opportunities being distributed for equal access?" @pgorski #YRDSBAssessment
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Grappling with this statement “Celebrating diversity isn’t about equity and justice” by @pgorski We need to rethink how we identify the voices and experiences of our marginalized Ss in schools; instead of repeating the “gentle diversity work” #YRDSBAssessment
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"Good intentions are not enough. There is an expiration date on good intentions. We need to question the intention" @pgorski #YRDSBAssessment
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"There’s an ideological block. If we don’t take the time to understand why the gaps and disparities exist, then we’re not capable of coming up with strategies to fix those things." @pgorski #yrdsbassessment
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Our biggest block isn’t a practical block, the biggest block is ideological. If we don’t understand why the gaps exist then we won’t be capable of coming up with the strategies. @pgorski #yrdsbassessment
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Take away from @KarenFriedman this morning - "Equity is an instructional issue." #yrdsbassessment Excited for a full day of learning at the Assessment Summer Institute.
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Jocelyn Schmidt retweeted
#daringclassrooms by @brenebrown is here!!! Amazing resources to help students have a deep belonging ❤️brenebrown.com/daringclassro… #daringclassrooms

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What might you expect to see in a play based program? How might this be used for planning a play based program? Such a great snapshot of the continuum from the @playlearninglab thanks for sharing @MsPoulis & @lynda_watters @EarlyYearsTDSB
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Jocelyn Schmidt retweeted
8 characteristics of an effective engaged environment @jtalmarode
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Today is the day! We are rolling out a new YRDSB Collaborative Newsletter - 4 Walls to 4 Seasons to showcase the many connections to Outdoor and Environmental Education and model shared leadership. Reach out to be added to the distribution list. @YRDSBGetOut @YRDSB
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