I had the most wonderful vocational visit to the St Gerard Catholic School (in Grand Prairie), which is actually a French immersion school here in Canada. It was an absolute pleasure and privilege to spend the day with Joanne in her classroom. I was able to speak with her and the students about Canada and Australia, including the similarities and differences in our schooling systems, as well as our everyday lives. The students at the school were really fantastic and a little impressed, I must say, with my Aussie accent :-)I was also able to find out about several exciting programs run in the school and a variety of resources and teaching ideas that I am very much looking forward to introducing/applying when I return home to Australia. Let’s just say that I wrote down a LOT of notes today and have a LOT of great ideas rattling around in my head!
I wanted to take the opportunity to say a BIG thank you to Joanne and let you all know that I believe her to be an absolutely incredible educator. She is an inspiration to other teachers and a real credit to the profession…if only we could duplicate her! I am truly looking forward to keeping in touch. Thank you also to Luke for organizing the visit…you couldn’t have picked a better teacher to match me up with :-)
Cheers…or should I say, Merci Beaucoup! (thank you very much) :-)
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