Deb Pratt

Educator, principal, learner on a 21st century teaching and learning journey @CountrysidePDSB

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

“Don't regret anything in life. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience! When you win, you win. When you lose, you learn. “ ~ Prof. Feynman I’ve won and I’ve learned. How about you? @CountrysidePDSB @PeelSchools

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

“You are under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously.” ~ Professor Richard Feynman @CountrysidePDSB @PeelSchools #onajourney #growthmindset #beyourself #donoharm

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

“Students don't need a perfect teacher. Students need a happy teacher, who's gonna make them excited to come to school and grow a love for learning.” ~ Professor Richard Feynman @CountrysidePDSB @PeelSchools

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

“Don't just teach your students to read. Teach them to question what they read, what they study. Teach them to doubt. Teach them to think.” ~ Professor Richard Feynman ~ Reading is not decoding.

[Stephen Krashen @skrashen]

It is a mystery to me why the obvious, most pleasant, least expensive, and probably the only effective way to improve reading ability, providing readers with access to interesting, comprehensible reading material, appears to be the last resort, and is often not even considered.

[Rin Kitchindaopas @rkitchindaopas]

CVPS Remembers! #remembranceday2020 @CountrysidePDSB @_debpratt @MaryHaslett @AudreyRaybould @CSVCOYOTEATHL @cvps_coyote @Mrs_Ciuro

[SO Peterson @TCDSB_Peterson]

This speaks to me after this week.

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

Wishing the awesome @CountrysidePDSB staff(at school & online) @PeelSchools a great start to the new school year. You have always embraced play as a vehicle to help students find their passion and purpose. Stay the course! This year will be amazing. #inquiry #play #greatteachers

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

Good for you Viraaj! We love that you love reading!@CountrysidePDSB @PeelSchools

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

Leadership is easy with a great team @AudreyRaybould and @CountrysidePDSB #nothingcanstopus #kidsmatter #wewilldowhatsright

[Audrey Miller Raybould @AudreyRaybould]

Working with @_debpratt today. We reflected on where @CountrysidePDSB ended and what we can do to support our kids, staff & families in September. With all of the uncertainty, I am certain that I trust Deb and our staff to take care of our kids. Can’t explain it, just feel it ❤️

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

"Idleness, indifference, and irresponsibility are healthy responses to absurd work." ~ Frederick Herzberg
(“Feel free to substitute "worksheets" for "absurd work." ~ Alfie Kohn) - So TRUE! @CountrysidePDSB

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

“You cannot get educated by this self-propagating system in which people study to pass exams and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything. You learn something by doing it yourself, by asking questions, by thinking and by experimenting.��� ~ Richard Feynman

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

Play, passion, purpose ⁦@CountrysidePDSB⁩ ⁦@PeelSchools⁩ leads to academic/personal success ~ we continue to do this to inspire success, confidence and hope in all of our students.

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

We coudn’t do it without our amazing @CountrysidePDSB @PeelSchools staff. Thank you! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

This wonderful @CountrysidePDSB @PeelSchools administrator deserves a shout out on Principal’s Day #greatpartner #fulloffun #humouristhebestmedicine #glasshalffull #techie

[Carol S @Skyeknee]

Yup, my friend of the year goes to Ms. Bynoe for helping me retrieve at least 10 slides on our announcement page at school, that were deleted. Technology is a love/hate scenario !!! Thank you so much Bynoe for making everything right again !!! @TreelinePDSB @KristenBynoe

[Ms. Poll @MsADPoll]

It was so great to catch up with my students’ parents today through phone calls! I’m glad to hear they are all doing so well. I miss them all so very much! ❤️

[Countryside Village Public School @CountrysidePDSB]

Observing #DayofPink @CountrysidePDSB just isn’t the same without our 511 students and over 70 staff members. Know that we - @debpratt and @AudreyRaybould - truly miss each and every one of you ❤️ Thanks Mr. Appio @FacilitiesPDSB for taking the picture! #PhysicalDistancing

[Deb Pratt @_debpratt]

Don’t do this to young learners/any learners! Read authentic/rich texts to them and talk about them. Easy! Motivating! Loving! (Can you see the anger/frustration of the young learner in his/her crayon markings - S/he knows that this is a workshxt!!) @CountrysidePDSB @PeelSchools

[Michael LaForgia @laforgia_]

This is the remote reading lesson I taught to my kindergartner yesterday. I am a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, and I could not correctly identify the "main idea" in this passage -- though the instructions assured us it was in there. Can you find it?

[Countryside Village Public School @CountrysidePDSB]

Hello Countryside Village Families,
On behalf of the Countryside Village Staff, we hope that you are all staying safe and well during these extraordinary times. Although we await direction from the Ministry of Education and the Peel District School Board as to what ‘school’ will