ISY Learns Posts

Building Positive Relationships with Students

Building Positive Relationships with Students

“They may forget what you said, but they will not forget how you made them feel.” – Carl J. Buechner. In this blog post, we discuss the importance of building positive relationships with students.

Just One More Mistake

Just One More Mistake

ISY Secondary Teacher Graeme Foster provides insight on how making mistakes and being comfortable with them is an important trait to nurture.

ISY Learns Updates – February Edition

ISY Learns Updates – February Edition

This February Edition of ISY Learns Update provides a brief update of Quarter 3 planning as well as interesting/helpful updates for ISY teachers.

The Impact of the MISCA Network

The Impact of the MISCA Network

ISY’s High School Counselor Mick Amundson-Geisel provides insight on how the MISCA Network has impacted not only his practice but the lives our our ISY students.

ISY Learns Updates – December Edition

ISY Learns Updates – December Edition

This December Edition of ISY Learns Update provides a brief update of Quarter 3 planning as well as interesting/helpful updates for ISY teachers.

Engaging Students to Ask Better Questions

Engaging Students to Ask Better Questions

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – Albert Einstein. This post talks about how to get students to ask better questions and why that’s important.

Releasing Stress by Reading

Releasing Stress by Reading

Danny McCamlie explores how reading can reduce stress for adults. Looking at a study from the University of Sussex he looks at what books to pick and what to avoid.

Activating Curiosity

Activating Curiosity

This next blog post features the first leg of our tools that support learning – curiosity. We’ll dive into how you can activate students’ curiosity by having them make observations of a provocation.

Tools that Support Learning

Tools that Support Learning

Welcome to the inaugural post of the new ISY blog – ISY Learns! In this post the new Director of Curriculum & Learning, Eric Brown, lays out his plans for going through his philosophy of learning.