3 Radical Takes on Helping Disengaged Students from 16 Years in the Trenches

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I started Collaborative Pathways to support students and their caring adults navigate their educational journey. Until we address the lack of resources and forward thinking required to change the education system, we’re just going to see more and more students fall through the cracks. I’ve got some “radical” ideas on how we need to support students and how I intend to support students I work with through Collaborative Pathways…

Listening: An Essential Skill

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Listening skills are critical for student comprehension. Most of us listen to respond. We tend to filter what we hear through our expectations of the conversation, which changes based on who we’re talking to, when and why. We are thinking about our own thoughts and are ready to pounce with our own reply. But we […]

Welcome to The Ed. Advocate

While Collaborative Pathways maybe a new company, my experience as an educator and my work supporting struggling students is not. For over 16 years I have been working in section 23, alternative learning spaces and priority schools where students were labelled as at-risk and then in-risk. I distinctly remember a conversation early in my career […]