Rethinking Learning for the 21st century
The mission of Cohort 21 is to build a community of passionate CIS Ontario educators who are interested in refining and redesigning their practice through the exploration of new pedagogies, ideas, and tools.
Your First Step
Registration for Cohort 21 opens in May. CIS Ontario Schools can submit educators from any division, department or role. The Cohort 21 experience runs from October to April. It is made up of four face to face sessions inter-connected by rich online discussion and supported by our passionate team of volunteer facilitators and coaches.
May - June
Building Community
The first face-to-face session is dedicated to building relationships. It is here that we setup the framework and mindset for the year. This session is also about professional learning networks and the tools that enable them. Participants walk away with a new toolkit and community with whom to connect, collaborate and learn.
October
Design Thinking
It is during the 2nd session that the “Action Plan” is launched and innovation begins. Through rich Design Thinking protocols participants are asked to think deeply about their practice and identify a challenge that needs addressing. The day concludes when everyone publishes their thinking to their Cohort 21 blog to allow for personalized feedback and support.
November
Innovation
Each year the third face-to-face session is focused on innovation. Cohort 21 has formed unique partnerships with many different start-ups and learning organizations. Throughout the day, members will hear from special guests, thought leaders and Cohort 21 alumni to help ignite inspiration and continue to support the Action Plan process.
January
The End of the Beginning
The final face-to-face session is a celebration of learning. Cohort members connect in small groups to share and reflect on their Action Plan journeys and commit to bringing their learning back to their own schools. The day ends just as the Cohort 21 experience began: with a commitment to the ongoing process of refining practice and exploring new pedagogies and tools.
April
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Embracing AI in Education: My Journey with Cohort 21
As I embarked on Cohort 21 in the autumn, I was tasked by my school to delve into the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) and...
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1. What question guided your inquiry and action plan? (HMW?)
How might we build student capacity for empathy through writers’ workshops?
2. What did you do and...
Read More »The journey continues...
My goal was to leverage AI technology within our Learning Management System, Edsby, to streamline feedback analysis and data extraction for optimizing teaching and learning...
Read More »Organizing and Implementing Professional Development for HMW
After 2 years of planning, emailing, getting approvals, and finding aligning schedules, April 22nd was a fantastic day of learning at SMLS. What could only...
Read More »Final Blog Post
As I embarked on my journey with Cohort 21, I believed that I wanted to focus on making more time for authentic opportunities for observation/conversation...
Read More »Action Plan Final Post
Name: Ismete Qatipi
I am glad I found and I was able to attend Cohort21. I hope I will come back again to learn more from...
Read More »Ignite Spark
The best year of my life. My connection to my wife, my kids, friends, colleagues, students, our community, and strangers on the street has...
Read More »Season 12 Action Plan Final Post
Who am I?
Kiloran Fensom
Senior Kindergarten Teacher
The Sterling Hall School
Action Plan Question:
How might we develop successful Senior Kindergarten communicators who effectively use multiple modalities to communicate...
Read More »Integrating Projects to Build a Stronger Community of Learners
Wow, it's hard to believe we are almost at the end of the year! And yet, I feel like it's no where near the end...
Read More »Developing Respect and Resilience for Financially Literacy
Cohort 21 - Season 12
“Sharing your learning”
Guiding Question for Inquiry and Action Plan
How might we develop financially literate students who gain a new respect for and resilience...
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How Might We Create More Opportunities for Kindergarten Students Engage in Class?
This school year, my primary focus has been to increase student engagement in class....
Read More »Sharing My Learning - Final Post
1) What question guided your inquiry and action plan? (HMW?)
How might we design a health program using a lens of positive masculinity to promote equity...
Read More »Almost done the first lap....
The last F2F session of Cohort 21 is around the corner! I've taken some time to reflect on my action plan, and to consider likely...
Read More »Values Exercise
Last night, C21 coaches we were taken through a Values Exercise with Garth Nichols (@gnichols) and Graham Vogt (@gvogt):
“You are the average of the 5...
Read More »Building a Student-Centric Well-being Resource Collection
What question guided your inquiry and action plan? (HMW?)
How Might we… move towards building a collection of resources for students to reflect upon and...
Read More »Reinventing the Rubrics in Primary Art
A recent goal in our Curriculum Meetings has been unit planning and creating rubrics within these units. It's been a learning journey to be able...
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Book Review: Calm in the Chaos (Danny Bauer, et al.)
I have been deep-diving into Stoicism these past two years through the books and podcast of Ryan Halliday (aka: The Daily Stoic). When I was...
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