Sandy Gill

| She/her | Teacher 📚 | Traveller 🌎 | Foodie 🥘 |

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

So proud of the math 12 students with their collaborative #PBL that I had to create a video: https://t.co/wOlsD1JTmg
#thinkingclassroom #iteachmath

[Jenn O @jennlola_o]

Yessssss! An Inspirational educator! Abbotsford teacher receives Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence https://t.co/cRnnqfi1vD

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

@jennlola_o Thank you for your collaboration! The students and I really appreciated learning from and with you.

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

@howie_hua I would love to co-teach and collaborate with @BreneBrown. Let’s work together to create a braver learning culture!

[Trevor MacKenzie @trev_mackenzie]

The more interest I show in my student’s interests, the more they are interested in their own learning.

Read that again.

[Awneet @Awneet_Sivia]

@saandygill @LindaZenzen @JWeatherby

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

@NeetuGarcha says it so well! This has been my experience as well. It is important to be mindful of how we pronounce students names and take the time to learn it #AbbySchools

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

@NeetuGarcha says it so well! This has been my experience as well. It is important to be mindful of how we pronounce students names and take the time to learn it #AbbySchools

[Global BC @GlobalBC]

What's in a name?

Global BC reporter @NeetuGarcha explores that question as she describes how she’s been saying her own name wrong most of her life, why she’s decided to stop and how to say it correctly.

https://t.co/jkT0etzN8n

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

The beautiful thing about learning is knowing what to unlearn.

#ThinkAgain

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

This is an important discussion in CLC 12 as students are thinking about their life post-graduation #AbbySchools

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Success is the quality of our lives, not just the quantity of our achievements.

[Jen Tomlin @JenMTomlin]

Reading ‘Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics’ by @pgliljedahl this morning - and I know it’s a math book, but this line should be #teachergoals in every subject area! (PS- @1Hanak are you proud of my Saturday am reading??)

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

One of my favourites so far. It is an inspiring and important conversation. #unlockingus @BreneBrown @melindagates

[Brené Brown @BreneBrown]

A great conversation about gender equity and the power of story with @melindagates on #UnlockingUs this week. https://t.co/oRQ6URmrUs

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

@IanLevings34 I'm in! For the School of Business, my over arching theme is equity and that would be a perfect collaboration!

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

💯

[Jenn O @jennlola_o]

YASSSS! An admin that cares for teachers builds so much trust with their staff. And, teachers let's give back the same thought and caring to the admin. It is not us and them, we are in it together, shoulder to shoulder. We create a school's culture!

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

One of the greatest decisions that I made! #lifelonglearning #MEd

[Awneet @Awneet_Sivia]

Accepting applications! https://t.co/R2Qr26zK5J

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

Started my Entrepreneurship 12 class with a story by the fire. Students love story-time at any age and had a meaningful discussion #AbbySchools #storytime #entrepreneurlife #SEL

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

I agree with the time well spent! I I incorporated passion interviews as well.

[Trevor MacKenzie @trev_mackenzie]

This week I wrote my report cards with my students.

Our final exam was a reflection conversation about their learning & their growth.

We discussed challenges they faced, strategies they utilized, highlights of their learning & competency development.

Time well spent✨

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

Absolutely LOVE this response! #snowdays #AbbySchools

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

I found this to be a valuable addition to the class as we were able to discuss our emotions and feelings. #mindfulness #listening #listeningleader

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

Asked my students the following question for their first day back: “If teachers could know one thing, what would it be?”
Some of the responses were:
“School isn’t the most important thing in my life right now”
“I am very anxious to be here right now”
“We are kind of stressed”

[Sandy Gill @saandygill]

“We shouldn’t reach for normal, we should reach for better” - @michele_norris
We could easily apply this to education, politics, and just life in general.