Cheryl Kettle

[Cheryl Kettle @djezck]

@NTPowerNews @MidlandON That was fast! Thank you! 😊

[Cheryl Kettle @djezck]

@NTPowerNews Thank you 😊

[Cheryl Kettle @djezck]

@jennyleeshee That would be wonderful!!

[Cheryl Kettle @djezck]

@NTPowerNews Thanks for getting the power restored so quickly. Good work.

[Cheryl Kettle @djezck]

@NTPowerNews Thank you for your hard work. 😊 It’s back on.

[Cheryl Kettle @djezck]

@NTPowerNews Power outage in Midland since 5:25 pm. On hold with outage number 888-735-4801 for 30 minutes. Any information or
updates for customers would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Cheryl Kettle @djezck]

@ONeducation Is there a hard copy available for those requiring this accommodation?

[Dr. John Spencer @spencerideas]

As someone who taught reading intervention at middle school in a school that focused on a phonics-centric Science of Reading approach, here are a few concerns I see with this new trend and how it might be applied to older students:

1. I worry that we will focus so much on skill development that we fail to see the need for reading for pleasure in order to develop reading endurance. At the middle school level, one of the key elements in helping students increase their reading scores was the role of endurance.

2. An emphasis on phonics, blending, and phonemic awareness at the middle school level sometimes fails to recognize the role of critical thinking, vocabulary, and prior knowledge in reading comprehension. I’ve seen highly fluent readers fail reading tests for these reasons.

3. The one-size-fits-all systematic approach that rejects balance might work at younger levels but the reasons a 13 year old is behind will often be far more varied.

4. I’m really worried that some of the people screaming the loudest about research haven’t read the research in-depth and seen the limitations in actual studies, the nuances in the finding, and the context of the studies (rarely about middle school)

5. I want to make sure we are paying attention to accessibility. I know many people who are dyslexic and became avid readers once they could use voice-to-text and audio readers. My fear is that readying will be defined solely as decoding written text and certain people who might thrive as readers will be forced to do drills where they lean into their weakness without learning about assistive technology.

I’m no expert in early literacy but I am concerned with prescriptive approaches that treat middle school students in the same way as a second graders. I’m worried about prescriptive, singular solutions.

[Cheryl Kettle @djezck]

@NTPowerNews power is out in West Midland… on hold to report… is there a faster way to report an outage?

[Cheryl Kettle @djezck]

@hwinkler4real @cantersdeli Way to create a win for all involved! ❤️❤️❤️

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

@kimmc1611 I dream of a government that understands the needs of students and provides adequate funding for kids to not only survive but to thrive in school.

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

BREAKING: @fordnation & all of his MPPs have once again voted against giving all workers 10 permanent #PaidSickDays.

It's the 28th time they've denied workers legislated Paid Sick Days.

This isn’t a government working for workers.

This is a government working against workers.

[Cheryl Kettle @djezck]

@DrKateTO @ColinDMello Seriously? How long does it take to figure out how to say, “yes we have a deal” or “no we don’t have a deal”. Spare us the spin. It’s too cold out to have word salad for dinner. #IStandWithCUPE

[Cheryl Kettle @djezck]

@DrKateTO @ColinDMello Lecce needs time to squeeze into his tiny tight pants and spin his “I’m the hero” or his “it’s all cupe’s fault” speech.

[Triple Threat @TripleT46779773]

If @waltonmom and CUPE members accept the pay raise, and leave off the other things they are asking for, they are saying the status quo in our schools is okay. It's not, it's broken. We need more humans to help. #IStandWithCUPE

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

“…we have 22 children who are on a ventilator, who don’t have any underlying medical complexity and who are really ill...” https://t.co/0uWZDIOlxM

[Abdu Sharkawy @SharkawyMD]

Dear Ontario: it's not just kids at risk. The care you may need for a heart attack, stroke or car accident is now in jeopardy due to overwhelming strain to our entire health care system from uncontrolled viral transmission. Do your part #WearAMask #WeNotMe

[Gerald Butts @gmbutts]

I wish the Greenbelt had a union.

[Jason Bradshaw 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @JBradshaw01]

It’s disingenuous of the government to say that they’re using every tool to keep kids in school. They’re using one: intimidation. It takes 2 sides to negotiate and as far as I can tell only 1 has been showing up and bargaining. #CUPESolidarity

[Karen MacCabe @Karen_Maac]

“And secretaries? Where do I begin? Secretaries keep the clown from burning the circus tent down. Without secretaries, schools would be boned.”