I had short stint at Albert Education in 2013, and my work there was centred around supporting the education sector in unpacking and...

I arrived at church yesterday at 4:55 p.m. for Mass. I walked up on my own and I was wearing old and torn running shoes along with some...

Happy New Year! It has been a pretty wild 2020 and I think most people are hopeful that 2021 will be better. We all hope for an end to...

The school year is a marathon. Each educator has to plan their year considering how to make it to the June with enough energy to manage...

Since 2013 I have had an amazing answer to the question people often ask when meeting someone for the first time, “what do you do?” “I am...

I am moving in to a new role in the next month - as an assistant superintendent of human resource services for Greater St. Albert...

I went the whole month of July without writing a blog post! I have found it hard to pinpoint exactly what I wanted to write, with so much...

I have been in education for 20 years, and this has easily been the most challenging school year I have been through. It wasn’t just...

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

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....

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...

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...

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

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,...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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