What a glorious day at St. Johnsbury Academy on Jeju Island, South Korea. Stimulating conversations planning for deep learning through inquiry and stunning views on campus.

SJA students thinking critically using Dashboards, Thinking Mind-maps, and evidence T-charts to bring focus their research. High levels of engagement and iterative thinking helped to deepen understanding.

Visit to the Tsukiji Market in Tokyo was a feast for the senses instagram.com/p/CoLzjkmpTUm/…

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Must watch. This Hour has 22 minutes going after Carlson 🤣🤣🤣

Tokyo is a beautiful city at night instagram.com/p/CoQpZ-kPFBy/…

Tokyo’s expanse is matched by its rich history and culture instagram.com/p/CoQpt6mPURd/…

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Thanks to the teachers at SJA in Korea for your thoughtful engagement in exploring the possibilities for deep learning and transfer through sustained critical inquiry. SJA January Newsletter.pdf - Google Drive drive.google.com/file/d/1Du9Sf7…

Assessment as Kindness session with Garfield Gini-Newman was the perfect way to kick off CCTCA. “Assessment comes from Latin “to sit alongside” while evaluation is to sit in judgement.” Let’s not destroy students and classroom culture with flawed assessment practices.

‘The invitation to inquire is the start of learning’ Garfield Gini-Newman

What an inspiring morning with Garfield Gini-Newman! I’ve got pages of notes, ideas and inspiration. Here’s one tidbit for you: #teacherlife #inspiration #CriticalThinking

Grandson Theo caught up in the Barbie craze 😂❤️ instagram.com/stories/nikita…

Today our teachers had the opportunity to work on building “thinking classrooms” with Garfield Gini-Newman of the University of Toronto and TC² The Critical Thinking Consortium. We’re excited to continue learning with him throughout the year.

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We had an incredible day of growth and learning SJA Jeju with our professional development sessions with the outstanding TC2 team, Garfield Gini-Newman, and Laura Gini-Newman! 🚀💡 Thank you for inspiring us to tweak and fortify our practice while embracing inquiry and critical thinking.

It was truly a pleasure spending the week with SJA on Jeju Island in South Korea. The work of the teachers to plan for and support deep transferable learning for all students was inspiring. So looking forward to continuing the journey.

Rounding off a busy week SJA Jeju with some PD with Garfield Gini-Newman and Laura Gini-Newman from TC² The Critical Thinking Consortium where the school community tweaked and fortified its learning towards deeper thinking, wonder and student inquiry.

Our professional development journey at St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju has been a resounding success, uniting educators from various grade levels and disciplines in our commitment to sustained critical inquiry. Thanks to our partnership with The Critical Thinking Consortium (TC2).

Over the past week, we have been thrilled to have Garfield Gini-Newman from TC² The Critical Thinking Consortium and University of Toronto working with our teachers on building "thinking classrooms" for our students.