Planning guides, assessment tips and teaching ideas for Ontario high school teachers.
Universal Design for Learning and differentiated instruction without three lesson plans per period: simple, realistic ways to reach every student in a secondary class.
What makes a good learning goal, how to turn it into 'I can' success criteria, how to co-construct them with students, and examples for English, math, science and history.
Responsibility, organization, independent work, collaboration, initiative and self-regulation: what to look for, how to gather evidence, and how to write the comment.
The four categories, the four levels, what Level 3 really means, how levels convert to percentages, and how to use the chart when you build tasks and rubrics.
Three kinds of assessment, three different jobs. Clear definitions, classroom examples and a simple way to plan all three into every unit.
What Ontario's assessment policy actually asks teachers to do: the seven principles, learning skills, the achievement chart, assessment for, as and of learning, and the 2026 updates.
A simple structure for subject and learning skills comments, achievement chart language that fits each level, and a free tool that builds a first draft for you.
Got a new course with a week's notice? Here's what to sort out first, from the course outline to the first two weeks of lessons.
How to sequence MTH1W across a semester: number, powers, algebra and coding, relations, geometry, financial literacy and data, with the EQAO assessment as the final exam.
A unit-by-unit roadmap for Grade 10 Academic English: narrative, media literacy, persuasive speech, Macbeth, OSSLT preparation, poetry and an independent novel study.
65% classroom work, a mandatory final evaluation, and attendance and participation now in the mark. Here's how the new Grade 9 to 12 rules work and how to plan a course around them.
