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=**Gathering around the fire**=

I have been a teacher for thirteen years in the Island Lake area and I have gravitated toward making school a place where we can build communities. I have many stories of mentoring new teachers into the school and also making school a place where students can feel warm, comfortable, and safe. I have found that school should be a place of gathering where learning and teaching is fun! I have made it my mission to make all schools I work at a place where everyone is appreciated and acknowledged. When I was working in the Island lake area I always felt welcome by the community. We had traditional days where we would sit and prepare fish or moose. The school would have a class fire where you were welcome to eat and visit with the students, teachers, parents, and elders of the community. I am inviting you to come into this space and gather around the fire and visit. Let's talk about how we can make school a successful place for teaching and learning.

I will use indigenous models of learning and teaching to facilitate this wikispace. The wiki space will be divided into four sections to represent the medicine wheel teachings such as Brokenleg's Circle of Courage which can be found in [|Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives s]. You can add activities that you have seen or done at your schools according to the appropriate sections. Also, you can add any articles, books, or resources that you might want to share.here is the poster for that model [|Circle of Courage poster]

The child is given a sense of self-importance within their community, and learns that all members of the community belong and have a role and valuable contribution to make.
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Resources:
 * [|pedagogical love] This is an article geared toward how love is important for students to feel belonging in the school.

The child is given the means and opportunity to become the best he or she can in various skills and in acquiring knowledge.
Activities:

Resources:
 * [|storytelling for mastery] This is a document that gives teachers how to use storytelling as a tool for mastery of lessons in the school.

The child is given appropriate opportunities to develop independence.
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Resources:
 * ======__**[|Culturally responsive teaching]**__ This article explains how teachers can use a culturally responsive model to teach students to be respectful and responsible citizens.======

The child learns to consider generosity as a highly virtuous trait.
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Resources


 * [|mentoring new teachers]


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