Sandy and Carli chat with John Howison, former teacher and new VP of Sunnyside Elementary School in the WRDSB about innovating in the classroom, getting your staff to buy in, and filling your bucket with joy in big and small ways! 

In this episode Carli & Sandy chat with Vice Principal of Alternative Education Krista Tucker Pertick and System Administrator Joe Bell about blowing the doors off learning, leveraging community to serve students and thinking way way outside of the box! 

In this episode Carli & Sandy chat with TDSB Coordinator and School Streaming Abolitionist Jason To.   Listen as he debunks the myths around de-streaming and his hopes for students in Ontario as they enter a school year with de-streamed math at the forefront! 

Welcome to Season 2! 

Carli & Sandy chat with Laura Briscoe, the Coordinator of Innovation with the Thames Valley District School Board.   Hear about her dreams for making innovation accessible to all students and some of the amazing initiatives they have happening in her board. 

Carli and Sandy chat with the Halton District School Board's Innovation Team, The Shift!  Featuring Sarah Nykoruk,  Rachel Johnson and Matthew Coleman-The Shift focuses on elevating educators who are innovating in their classes, amplifying the voices of their journey, all while playing with purpose.

Sandy and Carli chat with Jillian Waters and Lisa Hicknell the brains behind the amazing website Bitesized Learning.  We talk about the magic of true collaboration and the power of taking the doors off of teaching! 

Sandy & Carli chat with Debbie Donsky, Superintendent of Education with the Toronto District School Board and Host of 4 Big Questions.  

Sandy and Carli chat with Vice Principal and 4 Big Questions Host Pamala Agawa about decolonizing education, looking for leadership in different spaces and the power of an authentic mentor! 

In this episode of the InnovatED podcast, Sandy and Carli chat with Lila Read, the Associate Director of the WRDSB.   We discuss the opportunities that have emerged through the shifts of the Global Pandemic, finding the leader in everyone and how Public Education has never been more important than it is today. 

Sandy & Carli chat with Akiesha Absolon-Winchester about her role as the first Indigenous Social Worker with the WRDSB.   We learn about Land Based Learning and Two -eyed Seeing,  and discuss stepping into discomfort to move from allies to accomplices in fighting systemic racism within our system.