Ethan Bishop obtained Class ACT award for venture selling reconciliation by way of artwork together with his Grade 8 college students on the Newmarket non-public college
Pickering Faculty trainer Ethan Bishop has been chosen as a 2024 recipient of the Class ACT award from the Essential Pondering Consortium.
The award is in recognition of educators who present a dedication to embedding vital pondering into their very own apply and who’ve demonstrated notable success in furthering vital pondering with their college students or colleagues, based on a Pickering Faculty information launch.
The center college college member on the Newmarket non-public college was nominated for his work together with his Grade 8 college students in internet hosting an artwork expertise within the spring impressed by the Native Ladies’s Affiliation of Canada’s initiative, Change the Invoice, a name to motion selling reconciliation by way of artwork.
College students researched the legacies of the ladies on the advisable bills after which created their very own invoice designs to acknowledge the contributions of lesser-known Nineteenth-century historical past makers. Workers, college students, mother and father and visitors then attended their exhibition, together with Newmarket-Aurora MP Tony Van Bynen, who spoke about how foreign money designs are decided and inspired college students to enact change on this and different necessary points.
“Ethan’s work, inspired by Change the Bill, truly impressed me,” mentioned Joshua Armstrong, director of instructing and studying at Pickering Faculty. “His commitment to developing the students’ critical thinking skills was evident as he guided them through thoughtful discussions on social justice, diversity, and historical representation. This dedication to fostering deep analytical thinking compelled me to nominate him for recognition as an outstanding critical-thinking teacher.”
“I am honoured to accept this award from the Critical Thinking Consortium,” mentioned Bishop. “I would like to thank Josh Armstrong, my nominator, for his support as director of teaching and learning, and for the example he has shown in leading the reconciliation committee at Pickering College. I also want to thank Pickering College for providing teachers with the space and motivation to do their best work. Finally, as someone who has frequently turned to tc2.ca for inspiration, I want to say that receiving recognition from such an impactful organization is truly humbling.”
All educators (academics, tutorial coaches, consultants, college directors, superintendents, administrators, and so on.) are eligible for nomination for the Class ACT award primarily based on the next standards: embedding into apply the consortium’s strategy to nurturing high-quality pondering; supporting colleagues in adopting a pondering strategy utilizing the TC² framework and TC² assets; and demonstrating notable success in nurturing high-quality pondering with college students and/or colleagues.
