An Insider’s Guide to Parenting
At the last District Parent Advisory Council meeting in West Vancouver, our Trustee Liaison, Cindy Dekker, shared her reflections as a parent whose youngest of two daughters graduates this year,...
View ArticleThe Power of Face-to-Face Interaction
I often speak about the need for face-to-face interactions in our changing education system and increasingly digital world. I have also cautioned about the proliferation of fully online courses, (in...
View ArticleTelling the Story
At last month’s Provincial Educational Leadership Conference, the former Deputy Minister of Education from Ontario, Ben Levin, reminded us all of the good story we have in public education, in our...
View ArticleBoard Governance – Some Small Things That Can Make a Big Difference
At this fall’s BC School Trustees Association (BCSTA) Fall Academy, recently retired Board Chair for West Vancouver Schools, Cindy Dekker, and I did a presentation on Authentic Leadership Through...
View ArticleHow the Board and Superintendent Support Each Other
This is a follow-up post to my recent post regarding Board Governance – Some Small Things That Can Make a Big Difference. This post picks up on a couple of other areas that recently retired Board...
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