Mark Lang

Well done St. Gabriel Girls Football Team on being repeat City Champs! Great group of young ladies to coach.

Congratulations to St.Gabriel Girls Football, 2021 City Champs. It was a cold, wet game but the girls stepped up to the challenge. St. Mary's girls made it an exciting game, down to the last play.

#RCSDConnect @RCSDPodPD I find being a Connected Ed teacher has helped me embed tech into every subject, lesson, assignment, project and the way I connect with Ss, parents and how we connect with each other. I would find it very difficult to teach any other way.

#RCSDConnect @RCSDPodPD I like to show and talk about the negative ways social media can be used but show more examples of positive use. Especially at the start of the school year. Then give opportunities for them to contribute throughout the year in all subjects.

#connectgrowlead #RCSDConnect

Grade 7s had a virtual live TEAMS meeting with Canadian author Marty Chan. Great story teller. Inspired student to read and write. St. Gabriel.

#rcsdpodpd Q3) Listen, don't judge, be positive, be flexible.

#rcsdpodpd Q2) I will need to accept that things will be different, probably at times chaotic and be changing quickly. To realize that everyone is going through the same things and we can help each other.

#rcsdpodpd Q1) Modeling the calm, flexibility and understanding I want to see in Ss. Try to have at least 1 individual conversation with each Ss in the first couple of weeks. Give Ss a platform to "tell me more". Fun, competitive brain breaks throughout the day. Structure.

#rcsdpodpd A3) I totally agree we need to keep it simple and not try to do things on our own. We also need to be flexible and accommodating to the current situations.

#rcsdpodpd A2) In order to keep students collaborating and share I will rely more on tools such as Teams, Oneonta, Flipgrid and shared PP and Word docs.

#rcsdpodpd A1) May have to "set aside" face to face partner work and small group. It will be difficult to spread your class out around the school in small groups to collaborate and share.

#rcsdpodpd A4) Biggest obstacle with remote learning, for me, was connecting with ALL students. It was also difficult to help students remotely that were having hardware or software problems with the devices they were using.

#rcsdpodpd A3) Giving Ss the tools, information and confidence so they are able and feel confident to "flip" the classroom. No matter what the school plan is or where they will be learning they are able to work at a pace they feel comfortable with and they will find some success.

#rcsdpodpd A2)I haven't made any modifications as of yet. In my head I am thinking of how best to set up my classroom to keep Ss safe and works for us.

#rcsdpodpd A1) Biggest fears going into this year will be keeping Ss properly distanced throughout the day. I hope Ss will adapt to this new normal. Talking with a number of parents and students in our community, I know many of them are excited to get back into the classroom.