🔥 How can play-based learning change mindsets in Math class?
🔥 How can teachers develop core competencies in their students?
🔥 What can a collaborative learning model look like in your classroom?
Join me for this conversation with BC educator ASHLEY BODNAR as she shares her insights on these and other questions.
About This Guest: Ashley is a teacher in Coquitlam, Canada. She was a 2023 recipient of the Prime Minister’s Teaching Excellence Certificate of Achievement and is known for her work in inquiry, collaboration, and building students’ core competencies.
Connect with Ashley on Linkedin and on Instagram @teachreflectrepeat.
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In This Conversation:
0:28 - Who is Ashley Bodnar?
1:27 - A story of resistance before collaboration
3:51 - What is a collaborative learning model?
7:43 - Beginning the teacher journey as a paraprofessional
10:22 - Teaching in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
13:30 - Core competencies for every student in BC
14:43 - Ashley's book aims to support core competency integration
17:07 - Play-based learning in the Math classroom
20:24 - Ashley's learning outside of education: yoga, wellness, self-care
21:30 - A productivity hack: bookmarking ideas on teacher Instagram
22:21 - Two edtech app picks: Canva and Classroom Screen
23:35 - Ashley's book recommendation: What Happened to You
24:29 - An educator to follow online: @edutopia
25:18 - What Ashley's streaming: the sitcom classics
25:56 - How to connect with Ashley online
Mentions: Dr. Peter Liljedahl, Judy Halbert, Linda Kaser, Oprah, Dr. Bruce Perry, Edutopia
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