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	<description>An educator&#039;s thoughts on life and such stuff . . .</description>
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		<title>School Nurses to Return</title>
		<link>http://easterndesert.org/2012/03/11/school-nurses-to-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collinsd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alberta Education Minister T. Lukaszuk has said that he would like to see the return of the school nurse. (Edmonton Journal March 11, 2012) I have never attended school with a school nurse. I am sure that much of my &#8230; <a href="http://easterndesert.org/2012/03/11/school-nurses-to-return/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Replace or fix?</title>
		<link>http://easterndesert.org/2011/08/31/replace-or-fix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collinsd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As long as I&#8217;ve been a teacher and as long as I&#8217;ve been in administration I find myself defending the profession. There are the usual attacks on teachers as public employees and all the benefits we receive that are costing &#8230; <a href="http://easterndesert.org/2011/08/31/replace-or-fix/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Effective Teaching Workshop</title>
		<link>http://easterndesert.org/2011/03/07/effective-teaching-workshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collinsd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently attended a two-day workshop on what constitutes effective teaching and how we, as administrators, can identify it, encourage it, and improve toward a better environment for our students. Overall, I feel refreshed when I come out of a workshop &#8230; <a href="http://easterndesert.org/2011/03/07/effective-teaching-workshop/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Moving with Purpose</title>
		<link>http://easterndesert.org/2010/12/14/moving-with-purpose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collinsd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to thank Kelly from Boston Pizza for a statement she made a few days ago. I hope you don’t mind, Kelly, but the statement has stuck with me and I just have to bring it up in this &#8230; <a href="http://easterndesert.org/2010/12/14/moving-with-purpose/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who Attends Vermilion Outreach</title>
		<link>http://easterndesert.org/2010/12/08/who-attends-vermilion-outreach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 03:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collinsd</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://easterndesert.org/?p=79</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[casual group of casual students smiling from Crestock Stock Images This article appeared in the Vermilion Standard and Vermilion Voice. The Vermilion Outreach School is a choice for high school students who have not had success in a regular school. This &#8230; <a href="http://easterndesert.org/2010/12/08/who-attends-vermilion-outreach/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Intro to Coyote&#8217;s Guide</title>
		<link>http://easterndesert.org/2010/10/07/intro-to-coyotes-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collinsd</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://easterndesert.org/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Coyote from Crestock Stock Images Right away I should mention that Coyote&#8217;s Guide is not written specifically for classroom teachers and administrators. The full title is &#8220;Coyote&#8217;s Guide to Connection with Nature&#8220;. The authors hope to bring children back to &#8230; <a href="http://easterndesert.org/2010/10/07/intro-to-coyotes-guide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coyote&#8217;s Guide</title>
		<link>http://easterndesert.org/2010/09/27/coyotes-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://easterndesert.org/2010/09/27/coyotes-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collinsd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finding Our Way]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://easterndesert.org/?p=73</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Coyote&#8217;s Guide may not appear to be a book for educators. It does contain many ideas, rituals, and tools that are applicable. I&#8217;ve read the book several times. I think it is time to read it again. And this time &#8230; <a href="http://easterndesert.org/2010/09/27/coyotes-guide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching: Art or Science</title>
		<link>http://easterndesert.org/2010/09/01/teaching-art-or-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collinsd</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://easterndesert.org/?p=71</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A colleague of mine uses the following question during interviews when hiring a new teacher, &#8220;Do you view teaching as an art or a science? Where do you place yourself on that scale?&#8221; It generates interesting answers and it does &#8230; <a href="http://easterndesert.org/2010/09/01/teaching-art-or-science/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What I did this summer</title>
		<link>http://easterndesert.org/2010/08/24/summer-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://easterndesert.org/2010/08/24/summer-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collinsd</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://easterndesert.org/?p=64</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a high school science teacher I never assigned the standard &#8220;What did you do this summer?&#8221; essay. It made good conversation in the halls as I wandered around looking for the coffee mugs I misplaced the year before. writing &#8230; <a href="http://easterndesert.org/2010/08/24/summer-reading/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Possibilities of change</title>
		<link>http://easterndesert.org/2010/08/20/possibilities-of-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collinsd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finishing up a part day at the school . . . one weekend and then it&#8217;s back to all full time. This school year is beginning a bit different for me in that I&#8217;m in the position to hire &#8230; <a href="http://easterndesert.org/2010/08/20/possibilities-of-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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