Becc Sweeney

My latest in the Journal of School Leadership. Leaders must use their leadership agency and know as leaders what they will not be complicit in, be silent about, and advocate for @OISEUofT @LHAEUTOISE @CLD_Leadership

The Spiral at Work: Leading Change Through Structured Literacy — Sweeney Consulting Aotearoa This moment matters. We’re starting to speak the same language. Derek Wenmoth’s latest blog post is a very welcome one in my world — and I’m genuinely grateful to see it. Just over a year ago, I w...

New blog post about my past year of learning and how structured literacy approaches are not a bad thing www.sweeneyaotearoa.com/blog/the-spi...

Lovely to reconnect at #NOIIE25 @tashikirincic.bsky.social @bmooreintheloop.bsky.social @jana-fox.bsky.social

Author and researcher Rebecca Winthrop shares her wisdom from her book this morning at #noiie25. @noiie.ca @drrebeccawinthrop.bsky.social

A couple of @noiie.ca Symposium sparks from Leona Prince:

She masterfully leads us into rethinking.

She emphasized of the power of relentless incrementalism. One step at a time 👇

Dr Rebecca Winthrop inspired everyone at #NOIIE25 to rethink engagement in schools 💚 @drrebeccawinthrop.bsky.social

Wonderful to see and learn from @kminquiry.bsky.social at #NOIIE25 💚

Ngā mihi nui @jhalbert.bsky.social & @lkaser.bsky.social for bringing us together for #NOIIE25 💚

Incredible time at the #NOIIE25 Symposium in Vancouver. So good to reconnect with everyone 💚 Dancers of Damelahamid were powerful 💚

Warnings from the past I wish people knew more history Every year I teach about Nazi Germany, Mussolini’s Italy, Stalin’s Russia. I teach about Slavery in the USA and the evils of segregation. I teach about the long impa…

Clementine Fraser is a history teacher and scholar.
She wrote this piece yday -long form - about our plunging into fascism. What it looks like. What history teaches us. Pls read it and share it.

clementinefraser.com/2025/04/24/w...

Colonizers will never give up willingly the benefits and resources they reap from colonization

We’re facing an era where fools are calling for a renewal of colonialism, where descriptions of violence and instability draw on the very colonial language of “barbarism” and “backwardness”….While colonialism in its formal sense might have been dismantled, the colonial state has not.
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Who is losing learning? Finding solutions to the school engagement crisis | IPPR A crisis of lost learning is sweeping across schools in England. Children cannot learn if they are not in school and not engaged. This means attainment can

Absolutely brilliant to see the launch of this hugely important report from @thedifferenceed.bsky.social @ippr.bsky.social The report provides 10 recommendations to improve our school system for all. Informed by input from a Solutions Council, the recommendations are based on real expertise.

Our next #noiiebursts learning burst will focus on self-regulated learning. Join the conversation & hear from Emily Magyar in SD 68 and Jen Eddie in SD 74. April 8, 2025 4:00 pm PST. Register to attend: noiie.ca/learning-bur...

"I'm giving you these comments because I have very high expectations and I know that you can reach them." Kids who heard these 2x as likely to take their teachers' comments and actually revise their essays". Give support, have high expectations. Respect for the student while freedom to make choices.

YouTube video by Five Moore Minutes Reassessing The Rubric: Shifting to strength-based assessment practices

This month’s 5MM video highlights My ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE inclusive strategy!

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Second Time's the Charm? How Sustained Relationships from Repeat Student-Teacher Matches Build Academic and Behavioral Skills We examine the dynamic nature of student-teacher match quality by studying the effect of having a teacher for more than one year. Using data from Tennessee and panel methods, we find that having a rep...

Quantitative evidence of the impact of teacher-student relationships on achievement is thin on the ground, so this paper on the positive benefits of "looping" (teaching the same class for more than one year) by matthewakraft.bsky.social and colleagues is important: bit.ly/4bBiBvD

Stop asking children to be more resilient in the face of oppression and structural inequities in education and schooling. Change the system, practices and policies

Don’t know who needs to hear this, but all students, every single of them are entitled to teaching and learning spaces free from oppression, where they can thrive

ICSEI 2025 ✅ and 2026 in Doha

Looking forward to participating in this session. This discussion is important given the times in which we find ourselves. Question to reflect on: How are educators supported in these challenging times to carry on the work of creaking more equitable schools?

Colonization took away so much more than land and resources. It took away identity, tradition, rituals, names, history

GRID - Ann Lopez & Awad Ibrahim.

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GRID stands for Generational Renewal, Inclusion and Diversity
GRID provides insight, advice, feedback, and perspective to Board activities and decision making through the lens of diversity, equity, inclusion, and generational renewal.

One of the highlights of ICSEI so far was Louise Stoll presenting findings of the evaluation of Leadership Development programmes including Kaser and Halberts’ TELP (they also presented), Liz Robinson’s BELP(she too presented ) and others. These Principles will inform my own practice

Linda Darling-Hammond keynote today. Her deep commitment to equity evident as always. Love her emphasis on Science of Learning #icsei25

Linguistic bias is a form of racism. Linguistic imperialism is deeply systemic. #icsei25

Too often Aboriginal English is treated as wrong in schools. #icsei25

Aboriginal English is not broken English. It follows its own linguistic patterns. It is a valid rule governed dialect in its own right. #icsei25

Linguistic imperialism still operates today - Sharon Davis #icsei25