Kimiko Shibata 🦋

Mommy, Learner, ESL Specialist, Advocate, Resource Enthusiast, Equity Promoter, Nerd, she/her/elle #GoodTwitter

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

I don’t believe in “bad kids”. I believe in struggling kids, confused kids, overwhelmed kids, terrified kids, and kids who need explicit skills instruction and other supports in order to successfully meet my expectations. I believe in kids.

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

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#ETFOSA
#OntEd

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

As always, @TheoMoudakis hits it out of the park.
Well played, sir.
Well played.

[Theo Moudakis @TheoMoudakis]

Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's @TorontoStar

[OSSTF Communications @osstf]

Did you teach a de-streamed Grade 9 or 10 class in the past two years?

#OSSTF wants to hear about your experience!

Five years after the province implemented de-streaming, teachers continue to raise concerns about class sizes, classroom complexity, and the supports available to help all students succeed.

Your feedback will help strengthen OSSTF/FEESO's advocacy for public education, identify implementation gaps, and support our work at the bargaining table.

Complete the 10–12 minute survey by TOMORROW, June 30: https://t.co/TkO9Q28wpC

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

@Markus4Ward2 👏

[Markus de Domenico TCDSB WARD 2 Trustee Etobicoke @Markus4Ward2]

High performance student athletes are many of our highest achieving academic students. Discipline, a commitment to excellence carry over in sports and academics. Stop blaming/punishing students with simplistic ill informed directives, start providing supports that help students

[Jamie Mitchell @realJ_Mitchell]

Here are the types of absences that can be excused (ie no grade deduction).
Holy days
Bereavement
Take Your Kid To Work Day
Transit strikes
Family vacations
Illness with doctor note
Mental health reasons
Oh and documentation must be kept in case of audit.
#OntEd

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

I miss the real Science Centre. 😔

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

NEW: The Ford government has officially opened its temporary science centre on Toronto’s waterfront, a facility that's roughly 15 per cent of the size of the old location, which was 568,000 square feet.

https://t.co/cJc4X62ak9

#onpoli

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

@jillpromoli @fordnation @PaulCalandra We already have so many children showing up to school with active vomiting, diarrhea, fever, etc. I can’t imagine how much worse it will be once the parents who actually have family care sick days/can afford to keep kids home send them out of fear of losing marks.

[Jill Promoli @jillpromoli]

Can we have explicit confirmation that a doctor’s note will now be required to excuse a student’s absence due to illness?

For a fever?
For vomiting?

Clarity is vital here. My child died as a result of illness in the classroom and I would like to know.

@fordnation @PaulCalandra

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

NEW: The Ford government’s school board takeovers resulted in a record 1,346 school board complaints to the ombudsman last year, primarily driven by concerns about government-appointed supervisors, sidelined trustees and a "lack of transparency." https://t.co/FaUZ85un3K

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

@Boomer1943 @Shouldnotbeonx @CityNewsTO I wonder if there’s a better way for kids to continue learning while they are away. I’ve given students things that they can access online when they go away for a few months, but now some countries block online items. We do not have textbooks in elementary, so that’s a no go.

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

@DrBradJohnson ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Have you ever noticed it takes teachers a couple of weeks before they actually start feeling like it's summer?
There's a reason for that.
Teaching isn't just mentally exhausting. It's emotionally exhausting. For ten months your brain has been solving problems, making hundreds of decisions a day, reading the emotions of students, managing behaviors, worrying about the child who didn't eat breakfast, encouraging the one who's ready to give up, and trying to make sure every student leaves your classroom believing they matter.
You don't just shut that off because the calendar says June.
So if you're just now starting to relax, don't feel guilty.
Your brain isn't behind.
It's recovering.
Maybe that's one of the reasons teachers need summer more than they realize. Not because they need a vacation, but because they need time for their mind and heart to catch up with everything they experienced throughout the school year.
Sometimes the healthiest thing you can do isn't prepare for next year.
It's simply let your mind and body recover from this one.

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

@sdkassis @DrEleanore1 AC in more public cooling centres is desperately needed right now to save lives AND serious changes are needed ASAP in how humans design our cities so that they are greener, shadier, cooler, and more energy-efficient.

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

@J__Doh @michael_hoerger Right?!?

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

#BloomScrolling

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

Dear grown-ups: I think we all need to be prescribing lie-downs in the shade to each other right about now.

The world is a lot.

Let’s take 30 minutes to just rest.

10/10 highly recommend.

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

@tomowenmorgan @theJayAlto OMG that make me literally laugh out loud. It’s so perfect. 👌 Thank you for sharing!!!

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

@tylerwatt @LFairclo We need to protect Ontario from Doug.

[Catherine Fife @CFifeKW]

Taxpayer funded commercials are NOT a jobs strategy…55 million would go a long way to address our youth unemployment crisis. #onpoli