December 2012
Features
Food for thought
How well do school-supplied lunches serve students’ brains?
Forces for change
Meet four OCTs who serve in the Canadian Forces.
Dealing with aggressive parents
Most teachers will face an intimidating mom or dad at some point. Discover coping strategies from OCTs who’ve been there.
Algoma’s approach
Should Grade 7s and 8s be in the same school as Grades 9 to 12? Find out why three schools in the Algoma DSB say yes.
Ethical leadership
A look at highlights and insights from the two one-day ethical standards sessions.
Upfront
At the College
From the chair
Registrar’s report
Letters to the editor
Connections
Departments
Exemplary OCT
Meet Sheri Alcordo, OCT, the award-winning teacher who celebrates student success one jelly bean at a time.
Remarkable teachers
Academy Award winner Christopher Plummer shares his love of literature and remembers the two teachers who helped mould his career.
Final exam
CBC Radio’s Jian Ghomeshi tells us how his school years influenced his career — and his debut book.
Resources
Tech class
How Debra Crep, OCT, brings the world to her classroom.
Reviews
So What Do They Really Know? / Guiding Readers / Intelligence Quest / Media Literacy in the K–12 Classroom / Write Like This / Math Work Stations / Literacy Smarts / Middle of Nowhere / La première guerre de Toronto