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		<title>New Faces, New Stars, New Possibilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was cold on Monday. Regardless, students in the faculty of education, as well as representatives from multiple school divisions, converged on the Butterdome on the University of Alberta Campus. Perspective students had the opportunity to meet with people from different jurisdictions about the upcoming out look for jobs in education as well as what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnram.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13802736&amp;post=1321&amp;subd=shawnram&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It shouldn&#8217;t be about the NUMBER</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Ram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it seems a little redundant to say, I will still say it. There are tones and tones of numbers in education. Aside from the obvious, Numeracy, many aspects and elements of a school are based on numbers. How many students are with in a school, the number of school days in the calendar, what the budget [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnram.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13802736&amp;post=1310&amp;subd=shawnram&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Three R&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas break came late this school year. The last day of classes was the 23rd of December, which made everything feel extremely rushed. The last week of school felt as if I was in a hurricane, being pushed and pulled in many directions with not only things to be done at home in respect to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnram.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13802736&amp;post=1276&amp;subd=shawnram&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Supervision and Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Ram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just as with all of my teachers, I am required every year to complete a professional growth plan. This plan highlights what I feel as a professional I will be working on over the the school year to better my practice and my skills as an educator. This requirement is clearly outlined for every teacher [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnram.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13802736&amp;post=1283&amp;subd=shawnram&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting, Discussing and Building</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Ram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My teachers just (yesterday) finished our first set of parent teacher conferences of the school year. A little late in the school year, but it allowed for the discussion of our students most recent report cards. Unlike many of the teachers in the school, I only had two scheduled conferences. Although I saw this as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnram.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13802736&amp;post=1261&amp;subd=shawnram&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Reminiscent Thank You.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Ram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have read the posts of many teachers thanking those they have learned from. I myself have written posts about this as well.  Thanking colleagues for information and ideas, thanking students for their views and their insight and thanking the families for, well, just about anything.  In addition to this I have spoken to many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnram.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13802736&amp;post=1235&amp;subd=shawnram&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing Communication and Awareness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Ram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As with any school, one large issue that is faced by my current school is trying to communicate effectively and efficiently with all staff, students and parents. Every month the staff and myself diligently create news letters, send notes home and even email to increase communication and awareness. When needed, we even fall back on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnram.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13802736&amp;post=1225&amp;subd=shawnram&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Door Decorating</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Ram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a simple thing teachers do to make their classrooms welcoming and inviting to students and to parents. Decorating one&#8217;s classroom door is something that I did at least once a month as a teacher; either having welcome back signs on it with leaves to signify fall or creatively making a Christmas scene when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnram.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13802736&amp;post=1215&amp;subd=shawnram&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Absence = Disjointed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Ram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first week during this school year when aside from feeling that I had a lot of things in the air did I feel that I wasn&#8217;t realling doing what I was supposed to. Due to professional development choices that I made, and some meetings that are necessary, I was only in my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnram.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13802736&amp;post=1203&amp;subd=shawnram&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Ram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many teachers, parents, community members and business people would agree that the first element that an individual should be aware of when starting a new job is . . . their wardrobe.  A great deal of my colleagues would agree that looking the part can be 25% of playing the part. There have been many conversations, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnram.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13802736&amp;post=1183&amp;subd=shawnram&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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