Melinda Csak

Interested in inquiry based learning, professional learning and connecting with the world around us 🌎

[Melinda Csak @melindacsak]

@MrsHassett4 @KathyrnSchool Love this! Ive been brainstorming how to map with my grade 2s and not rely on worksheets. Thanks for the inspiration!

[2C at HCS @Grade2Csak]

We spent time as a class reflecting on our week. We defined reflecting as thinking about our actions and our learning #heronscrossing #rvsed #abed

[2C at HCS @Grade2Csak]

Reading with Hudson, the most awesome therapy dog! We’ll get his gorgeous face in the pic next time! #heronscrossing #abed #rvsed

[Melinda Csak @melindacsak]

#Attribute of week: #caring. Using our communication skills to explain how we care for others and the world around us. You can never take the #IB out of the teacher #PYPchat #pyp

[Melinda Csak @melindacsak]

@cpeck3 @AdrianaLaGrange @DanScratch03 @RADEducators @DrEvilAcademic @barnfeline @RachelNotley @shoffmanAB @JanisIrwin I listened to the 770 podcast you did with Rob Breakenridge and read your reflection. Thank you so much for speaking so eloquently. You are amazing!! You represented exactly what many of us are feeling and I’m so thankful you are in a place to help future educators

[abteachertales @abteachertales]

Check on your teacher friends. We are not ok. We feel like we have been slapped. We are going back to work worrried. And, today, the Education Minister and quite a few Albertans called teachers the enemy. /1 @shoffmanAB @RachelNotley @schill_dawg @Jantafrench @alberta_moms

[Eleison @eleisonsoprano]

I have been chatting with people about the embarrassing excuse of a conference by @AdrianaLaGrange this morning. In response to a friend on FB, I ended up writing an unintentionally lengthy response and thought it might serve well as a Twitter thread.

#abed #abpoli #ableg

[Melinda Csak @melindacsak]

Kudos to @airchina for locating my suitcase and getting it from Beijing-Phuket on another airline the next morning #allgood

[Melinda Csak @melindacsak]

@KarenGowda Would love to chat about the the #makerspace thing-a-ma-bobs with you!!

[Melinda Csak @melindacsak]

Amazing PL at @OpalSchool. So many new ideas and a greater understanding of what playful inquiry looks like in upper elementary. #rvsed #prairiewaters #pypchat #ibpyp #portland

[Jen Friske @JenFriske]

@abenturner @melindacsak @hannah_lederer @MisterPella @kaylaMENDES Student selected skills to add to their rubrics. Interesting to see level commitment/refinement of these on S and T feedback when they are owned by the Ss

[Melinda Csak @melindacsak]

What a great group of girls who asked me to supervise their club. They’re organized, enthusiastic and really care about the kids in their club! Today the group made stress balls. #studentagency #rvsed #pypchat #prairiewaters #wellness

[𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡 @ShellTerrell]

Great Self-Assessment Questions for Encouraging a Growth Mindset https://t.co/epDPQob2PD #edchat #growthmindset

[2C at HCS @Grade2Csak]

#project333 begins tomorrow. Ss in @McKernon5 & 5C will wear only 33 items of clothing during our #HWOO unit. Will we miss the stuff in our closets? @JenFriske, Mrs Crawford and Mrs Mckernon are participating too! #prairiewaters #rvsed #pypchat #ibpyp #action #minimalism

[Melinda Csak @melindacsak]

Thanks @RockyViewCounty fire department. As you were going lights and sirens south on Hwy 22 to a call, you turned off your siren when you passed me while I was riding my horse. Much appreciated. Stay safe! #alberta

[Jen Friske @JenFriske]

“Our schools are only as good as the conversations within them” @jimknight99. Reaffirmed to me last Friday when passionate staff @PrairieWaters engaged w/ ea other through the #rvsed draft 4YP & every other day when I have the honour of working alongside teams ❤️ #innovatorsCAN

[Jen Friske @JenFriske]

“In order for learners to feel empowered and inspired to take risks..WE need to be inspired and empowered ourselves. It’s a trickle down effect” “you can’t give what you don’t have” #mindblown what fantastic conversations! #innovatorsCAN #rvsed

[Jen Friske @JenFriske]

Some passionate, powerful conversations as we work through the draft 2023 by design goals. Teams @PrairieWaters are grappling with this goal’s wording #innovatorsCAN #rvsed

[Adam Turner (he/him) @abenturner]

@JenFriske @PrairieWaters I wonder if "diversity" encompasses more? Does "cultures and traditions" need to be explicitly stated? In 2018, cultures & traditions should be embedded in #globalmindset #internationallyminded & inclusion should be explicitly stated. #studentagency could fit in this goal too