Brian Aspinall
@mraspinall
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Founder: @codebreakeredu Filmmaker: @hacktheclassdoc - Keynote Speaker, 🇨🇦 Prime Minister's Award For Teaching Excellence, Author - Find me on YouTube!
Harrow, Ontario
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My book
@risktakeredu
is available in paperback and hardcover with 25+ contributions by leading educators!
Follow my journey from the early days as a substitute teacher, to more recently, as a University Instructor, three time TEDx speaker, best selling author, and Canadian
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When I started calling parents to tell them what their kids did well, rather than always what they did wrong, my entire classroom dynamic changed for the better - and parents were happy to hear from me.
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When kids show up late for school, they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them.
“I’m happy you’re here" goes a very long way.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
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When I started calling parents to tell them what their kids did well, rather than always what they did wrong, my entire classroom dynamic changed for the better - and parents were happy to hear from me.
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Friendly back to school reminder:
When kids show up late for school, they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them.
“I’m happy you’re here" goes a very long way.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
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When students cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades are more important than knowing things. We need to fix this.
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When kids show up late for school, they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them.
“I’m happy you’re here.”
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When students cheat on assignments it’s because they have been taught that the importance of grades outweighs knowing or learning things.
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Sometimes the greatest PD is the teacher down the hall.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
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Let's not forget that when kids show up late to school - they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them.
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I used to keep kids in at recess for not completing homework. I now realize they didn't do the homework, not because they didn't want to, but because they didn't know how to and had no one to ask.
The problem with homework: It highlights inequalities.
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Kids don’t hate learning. Kids hate the intimidation of timed testing environments and the embarrassment of being labelled wrong.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
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Whether this is your first year teaching or your thirty first year teaching - we are about to embark on the most important school reopening in history. Never has empathy, patience and resilience been more important. We must work together. Together we are better.
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Our students’ mental health is way more important than any test score.
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Quite often the greatest PD is the teacher down the hall.
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Our students’ mental health is way more important than any test score.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
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The whole world is short staffed so be kind to those who show up.
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Let's not forget that when kids show up late to school - they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
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Leadership
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Leadership
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Kids don’t hate learning. Kids hate the intimidation of timed testing environments and the embarrassment of being labelled wrong.
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I think it’s imperative we teach our young people that a differing of opinions doesn’t need to result in hatred.
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Dear Students,
Your intelligence cannot be measured by a number. Your intelligence is defined by your willingness to learn and try new things. You are more than a number. You are a brilliant person with unique ideas. Share them!
Sincerely,
Your Teachers ❤️
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Sometimes kids come to school to learn. Sometimes kids come to school to be loved. Many times kids come to school for both.
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When kids show up late for school, they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them.
“I’m happy you’re here" goes a very long way.
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Kids don’t hate learning. Kids hate the intimidation of timed testing environments and the embarrassment of being labelled wrong.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
#CodeBreaker
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I don’t want to improve students’ math, literacy, science, physical education, arts, geography, or history scores.
I want to encourage students to be mathematicians, authors, scientists, athletes, musicians, artists, travellers, and historians.
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Our students’ mental health is way more important than any test score.
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Our students’ mental health is way more important than any test score.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
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A beautiful collaborative way to build school culture and student leadership.
🎥 via
@DrFrankRud
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Let's not forget that when kids show up late to school - they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them.
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Dear Students,
Your intelligence cannot be measured by a number. Your intelligence is defined by your willingness to learn, problem solve and try new things. You are more than a number. You are a brilliant person with unique ideas. Share them!
Sincerely,
Your Teachers ❤️
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When I started calling parents to tell them what their kids did well, rather than always what they did wrong, my entire classroom dynamic changed for the better - and parents were happy to hear from me.
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Leadership
Is
NOT
about
controlling
others.
Leadership
IS
about
LIFTING
others.
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Kids don’t hate learning. Kids hate the intimidation of timed testing environments and the embarrassment of being labelled wrong.
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Sometimes the greatest PD is the teacher down the hall.
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Friendly back to school reminder:
When kids show up late for school, they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them. It’s not always their fault.
“I’m happy you’re here” goes a very long way.
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I think it’s imperative we teach our young people that a differing of opinions doesn’t need to result in hatred.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
#CodeBreaker
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Our students’ mental health is way more important than any test score.
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Let's not forget that when kids show up late to school - they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them.
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Sometimes the greatest PD is the teacher down the hall.
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I used to keep kids in at recess for not completing homework. I now realize they didn't do the homework, not because they didn't want to, but because they didn't know how to and had no one to ask.
The problem with homework: It highlights inequalities.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
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Our students’ mental health is way more important than their grades.
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Our students’ mental health is way more important than any test score.
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Our students’ mental health is way more important than any test score.
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Sometimes kids come to school to learn. Sometimes kids come to school to be loved. Many times kids come to school for both.
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Sometimes kids come to school to learn.
Sometimes kids come to school to be loved.
Many times kids come to school for both.
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We need to keep students engaged and empowered, not busy.
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When kids show up late for school, they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them.
“I’m happy you’re here.”
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Be kind to people... maybe it'll be unappreciated, unreciprocated, or ignored, but spread the love anyway. We rise by lifting others.
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Dear students,
No standardized test score will ever be a true judge of your intelligence and character. Just do your best.
Sincerely,
Mr. A
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I still don’t know the source of this but it makes me think every time I see it.
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Let's not forget that when kids show up late to school - they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them.
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Quite often the greatest PD is the teacher down the hall.
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Our students’ mental health is way more important than any test score.
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Kids don't plan to come to school to get into trouble. Behaviour is a form of communication and quite often - the reason for it will make you sad, not angry.
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Let's not forget that when kids show up late to school - they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
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Dear Students,
Your intelligence cannot be measured by a number. Your intelligence is defined by your willingness to learn, problem solve and try new things. You are more than a number. You are a brilliant person with unique ideas. Share them!
Sincerely,
Your Teachers ❤️
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Please don’t tell me how to teach if you’ve never been in a classroom.
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Dear Students,
Your intelligence cannot be measured by a number. Your intelligence is defined by your willingness to learn and try new things. You are more than a number. You are a brilliant person with unique ideas. Share them!
Sincerely,
Your Teachers ❤️
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I think it’s imperative we teach our young people that a differing of opinions doesn’t need to result in hatred.
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Kids don't plan to come to school to get into trouble. Behaviour is a form of communication and quite often - the reason for it will make you sad, not angry.
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Dear students,
No standardized test score will ever be a true judge of your intelligence and character. Just do your best.
Sincerely,
Mr. A
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Kids don’t hate learning. Kids hate the intimidation of timed testing environments and the embarrassment of being labelled wrong.
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How long would it take a class of 25 kindergarten students to walk down the hall 6 feet apart? Asking for a friend. 😉
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You don’t inspire people by controlling them, you inspire people by empowering them.
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The volume of a classroom should never be an indicator of the quality of the teacher. Loud classrooms are not necessarily managed poorly and quiet ones don’t always mean students are engaged. It’s about accountable talk.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things.
We need to fix this.
#CodeBreaker
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I still don’t know the source of this but it makes me think every time I see it.
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“I don’t like when people say, ‘we need to prepare our students for the real world.’ The truth is, some of them are experiencing more of a ‘real world’ than we will ever know. What we need to do is prepare them for a better world.”
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Dear students,
No standardized test score will ever be a true judge of your intelligence and character. Just do your best.
Sincerely,
Mr. A
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Sometimes kids come to school to learn.
Sometimes kids come to school to be loved.
Many times kids come to school for both.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
#CodeBreaker
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When I started calling parents to tell them what their kids did well, rather than always what they did wrong, my entire classroom dynamic changed for the better - and parents were happy to hear from me.
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When kids cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades outweigh the importance of knowing things. We need to fix this.
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Dear students,
No standardized test score will ever be a true judge of your intelligence and character. Just do your best.
Sincerely,
Mr. A
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You don’t lead and inspire people by showing them your power, you lead and inspire people by showing them THEIR power.
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Sometimes kids come to school to learn. Sometimes kids come to school to be loved. Many times kids come to school for both.
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I stopped giving detentions when I finally understood that behaviour is a form of communication. I was punishing the act, rather than trying to understand the root cause of it - and when I finally did, I was typically more sad than I was angry.
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