Jander Talen

Love to learn, learning to teach, excited about real learning in our schools. #2023GTF Grosvenor Teacher Fellow. Views are my own. Treaty 7 Territory.

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Saying “thank you” to some people who helped out last week on our Outdoor Pursuits trip. A simple act of reciprocity.
Cute Santa-Capped Chickadees drawn by students!
#thankyou @rvsed #merrychristmas #sibleyfieldguide

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Incredible what you can achieve with a dedicated group. These 11/12th graders figured out the importance of leaning into each others strengths this weekend while slogging their way to and from Elk Lakes ACC hut. #outdoorleadership @rvsed #getoutside #outdooreducation

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“Breathe it in and you start to remember things you didn’t know you’d forgotten.” - Robin Wall Kimmerer on Sweetgrass. My students taking some solitude time this afternoon to read and to engage in some nature journaling in our local wild space.
#getoutside

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ROAMS Fest is happening tomorrow night! Exciting times at Cochrane High with celebrations of student learning, showcasing their Explorers Engage projects, and adventures from the semester. Check out https://t.co/HTpc26B5dd for details. #getoutside #whereiexplore

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@GoingWildTV Brian, you’re the best! Another awesome session on @CBCHomestretch
What a beautiful world!

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We live in a beautiful world, people!

Grateful to have the chance to help our students see it, experience it, and develop a relationship with that which sustains us!

"We'll protect what we love, but we cannot love what we do not know."

@GEOEC @InsideNatGeo @rvsed #getoutside

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Three beautiful and formative days on the river! There were moments of awe, tears, and so much laughter - AND growth. “Take someone into the wilderness and they come back a better person.” It’s true for me every time.

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Love it! We’re almost packed and ready! 3 day river expedition with 24 of the finest young humans on the planet! #getoutside #CHSROAMS

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@tcdixon3 @yyCBEdu @InsideNatGeo @LindbladExp @West_Ridge_CBE Welcome to the GTF Family, Tyler! Hope to connect soon!

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@bluebirdfhsd @BryanMiddleFHSD Love the Frayer model! One of my go-tos!

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@insideeducation Wooohooooo! What a great choice! This is going to be great :)

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Connecting with our local natural spaces, and discovering the power of a group - ROAMS on Prairie Mountain yesterday.

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“We don’t learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on that experience.” - John Dewey
Essential ROAMS practice: solitude time. Today it was a time to look over the town these students get to call home and think from a different perspective.
@rvsed #CHSROAMS

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Grateful for my job. Whew, these students are awesome! Today our ROAMS crew said, "Mr. Talen, don't look back here for 10 minutes" on the bus. When they said, "turn around" I was greeted by a class of ducklings. They then handed me a triceratops onesie. #dreamjob #RVSEd @rvsed

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Thanks to @spiritnorthxc for leading us in some super fun indigenous games this morning! Loved learning about the history and purpose of each game. Here is the seal pull: a game for entertainment and strength building in small spaces in the winter.

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A beautiful day on the land yesterday with wonderful people. We are so fortunate to have such beauty on our doorstep and to have such beautiful people to learn from!
#getoutside #CHSROAMS

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Let’s go to the mountains for three days and focus on the land and our place on it/responsibility to it! @rvsed @experiencehowl

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Impressive! This group is bonding as well as the snow did for these quinzhees! #CHSROAMS #GetOutside #RVSEd

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Not a lot of snow to work with! Lowest I’ve seen at this location (Lower Kananaskis Lake) in early Feb. Didn’t stop this ROAMS crew from devising efficient snow harvesting strategies!
Grateful to be in this beautiful space for the day.
#getoutside #CHSROAMS

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My experience with the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship has affirmed, more than ever, that giving students MANY different ways to engage with the natural world is a magic key towards helping them grow to know and love it. @LindbladExp @InsideNatGeo #GTF2023 #getoutside