Taylor MacKenzie

🍎Teacher 📚 Grateful to live, learn, and teach on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lheidli T'enneh

[UNBC School of Education @EducationUnbc]

At the #UNBCED Celebration of Learning. Congratulations Block 5 Teacher Candidates from the Prince George Campus for successfully completing the 16-month @UNBC Teacher Education Program. We wish you all the best!!

[Glen Thielmann @gthielmann]

After our practicum sharing fire-circle & camping at Government Hill, we’re exploring Barkerville with a soundwalk based on the lifework of R. Murray Schafer. The soundscape here includes wild sounds present for 10K+ years, and human sounds representing the last 161 years.

[Glen Thielmann @gthielmann]

At the colourful town of Wells, we had treats at the Frog & Bog, met up with a local artist & educator, walked out across the wetlands to an outdoor classroom, and made forest mandalas.

[Glen Thielmann @gthielmann]

In the ghost town of Stanley, we explored the historic cemetery with an ArtStart sketching activity, a gold panning demo, and lunch by the old Lightning Hotel. Pretty much everyone had colour in the pan! (courtesy of some “guaranteed gold gravel” we threw into the mix)

[Glen Thielmann @gthielmann]

At Blessing’s Grave, we framed the space as a cultural landscape, revisited the grisly circumstances of Blessing’s demise, considered ethical dimensions of forensic anthropology, and shared ideas on how to respond to a place like this with activities for various ages of students.

[Glen Thielmann @gthielmann]

Out with @EducationUnbc teacher candidates for our annual 2-day Goldfields Excursion to explore the possibilities of place-responsive learning, with stops at Blessing’s Grave, Stanley, Wells, and Barkerville.

[Taylor MacKenzie @_MissMacKenzie]

Thank you Giscome Elementary for welcoming us! I am so grateful to have been included in this process!

[UNBC School of Education @EducationUnbc]

Some teacher candidates had the opportunity to visit Giscome Elementary this morning to work with students, staff, community members, knowledge holders, @SD57Indigenous and @teacherkelseyy to make drums. What an experience. #SD57 #UNBCED

[UNBC School of Education @EducationUnbc]

Thank you Deborah Koehn and Kelsey MacDonald for spending part of your spring break with the #UNBCED Teacher Candidates with presentations that were reflections on your practice, decolonization, and First People’s Principles. You both left the EY cohort engaged and inspired.

[Taylor MacKenzie @_MissMacKenzie]

The last 3 weeks have flown by and were full of many amazing learning moments! I can not say thank you enough to everyone for their help and support! I loved my time at Nusdeh Yoh, especially working with my Kindergarten/Grade 1 crew. I can't believe our first practicum is over!

[UNBC School of Education @EducationUnbc]

Thank you Harwin Elementary students, teachers, support staff, and administration. We could not have achieved in situ learning in #EDUC391 #EDUC421 without you. We learned so much about teaching and learning. Your generosity and hospitality were greatly appreciated. #unbced #sd57

[UNBC School of Education @EducationUnbc]

#UNBCED EY Cohort Learning from place, on the land, at Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park for #EDUC391. Connecting local Indigenous history, place-based learning, and lesson planning using BC’s Curriculum. Inspired by “Walking Forward: Learning from Place” and “Spirals of Inquiry.”

[Taylor MacKenzie @_MissMacKenzie]

Thank you so much @BastDawn for joining they EY's in class today and sharing your passion for outdoor education with us! It was so inspiring that we went out to explore some of the trails around UNBC after class and found some letters in nature!

[UNBC School of Education @EducationUnbc]

Thank you @JosephJeffery1 at the @SD57_CI DLC for talking to the Elementary Cohort about FIPPA, copyright, e-resources, and learning kits. A super great day. #unbced #EDUC405 #EDUC391

[Dr. Christine Ho Younghusband 🇨🇦 @ChristineYH]

Awe. 🥰 A class selfie. Permission to post. Thank you for learning & teaching beside me. Always an honour & privilege.

PS. I could not figure out how to get my full head in the picture. #nexttime 💯

[UNBC School of Education @EducationUnbc]

#UNBCED Elementary Teacher Candidates visit @tworiversart on January 16, 2023. Thank you Learning & Engagement Manager Sofia for guiding us today. HOPE. Learning about the exhibit, place, and learning experiences at the art gallery. #inspired

[Taylor MacKenzie @_MissMacKenzie]

I had such a wonderful first day at Harwin in grade 4! Can't wait to continue working with my group over the next few weeks!

[UNBC School of Education @EducationUnbc]

Look at this crew. Learning “in situ” at Harwin Elementary. What an incredible partnership with Harwin Elementary and UNBC School of Education. Week 1 of 6. Thank you to all involved. #SD57 #UNBCED

[UNBC School of Education @EducationUnbc]

Thank you Dr. Jessie King @phd_jessie from the @UNBC First Nations Studies Department for speaking to the EY Teacher Candidates in #EDUC391. #unbced

[Taylor MacKenzie @_MissMacKenzie]

I can't believe Block 1 is over! I am so thankful for the community we are building and all the teachers that welcomed us into their classes. Block 2, here we come!

[Kiernan Andrews @miss__andrews__]

And just like that Block 1 is done! Wow that went by extremely fast... Today we had our last practicum of EDUC 390 and I couldn't be more thankful for this pod & have loved the schools/classrooms we got to explore over the last few months. Block 2, here we come!

[UNBC School of Education @EducationUnbc]

Look at this crew posing in front of the “School of Education” sign. Yesterday was the last day of classes. Today is the last day of #EDUC390 for Block 1 TCs. It’s the #EDUC491 Celebration of Learning for Block 5 TCs. Happy holidays everyone in the @EducationUnbc. #UNBCED

[UNBC School of Education @EducationUnbc]

Congratulations #EDUC394 EY Cohort for completing your IGNITE presentations. You and your SY Cohort colleagues are finishing up Block 1 in the #UNBCED Teacher Education Program. Wishing you all the best on your final assignments and presentations. It’s almost winter break. ☃️