Westcoast Teaching

"I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn." - Albert Einstein After spending five years developing curriculum and leading classes of grade six students, I found out this past June that I would be moving to grade seven in the fall. The impending change left me with mixed emotions. I loved the grade six team I worked with, the engaging units we had developed, and the subjects I taught. Moving to a new grade would mean spending extra time learning new content and competencies and creating new material. I knew it would be a great opportunity to grow as a professional, but I was sad to leave my dream job. Alas, I and some wonderful staff packed my room and moved it to a new wing of the school. During the first week of summer break I spent my free days in my new room unpacking bins and boxes and getting as much set up as possible. My thinking was that if the majority of the room was set up and ready for September, my brain