This morning we were making our final preparations to honour the amazing work of our support staff. With the current Covid-19 pandemic and economic consequen...

No one, and I mean no one, is more important than our moms!  They nurture us, sustain us, cuddle us and challenge us to be our best.  They are our first and ...

When I started my career as a teacher, I was blessed to work with an amazing principal. Mr. Larry Rankin was a legend; he was in the late stages of his caree...

It is crazy to imagine that we have just completed a week of school in the middle of March with about 25% of the semester completed, and students didn't atte...

Education and the Economy In 2014 I was at Alberta Education’s Rural Symposium listening to the Deputy Minister of Education, Mr. Greg Bass, talk about the h...

Full Disclosure My name is Joe Dumont and I started teaching in 2000 in north Edmonton. I have served the education sector as a teacher, school counsellor, c...

Way back in 2006 I was working as a curriculum consultant and school counsellor.  It was the second time in 13 years that I wasn’t planning on coaching baske...

I love my sweet, sweet iPhone 7 nestled inside its awesome Star Trek case. It is my lifeline for family, friends and work. If I forget it at home when I leav...

When we get student teachers in at school, we always smile and appreciate their comments on the workload. When the 3rd year student teachers spend their 5 we...

When I was in university, I had a recurring dream where I had to go back to high school to finish a course!! Since I was a high school student, I have been ...

My family and I are on our way back from Disneyland, aboard WestJet flight 1422. We had 4 days at Disneyland and California Adventure Land, and I have to adm...

During my first year as a school principal, my school district leadership team had us survey our school staff using 12 questions from Gallup - the staff enga...

Dr. Jody Carrington is an amazing speaker, maybe the best I have seen. Using her experiences as a psychologist working with some of the most challenging chil...

I love sports analogies and I love Steve Nash, so this blog post will be fun! Steve Nash is a Canadian, who played in the NBA for 18 seasons. He won two MP...

I have a habit of having conversations that I have had in the past roll around in my head for a while. Sometimes, these conversations and ideas help me make ...

I wrote this post on May 22, 2016 By traditional standards I'm a mature parent, or you might say "a late bloomer." When my dad turned 40, I was in grade 6.  ...

Arely, my 7 year old, wanted to build a rollercoaster in our back yard. Earlier this summer we had been at Silverwood Amusement Park and we rode Timber Terro...

This summer my family and I were on an epic road trip. We travelled for 26 days over 5000km from our home in Sherwood Park Alberta and went as far as norther...