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Welcome to my "Assess Success" blog, where I attempt to delve into the depths of assessment in mathematics, focusing on bettering my own practice, and present the many wonderings to which I have no answers!

I am a fifth-year teacher in Chilliwack, British Columbia, and am a privileged to work, play, learn, and live on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Sto:lo People. 

While my teaching assignment has changed regularly over the past 5 years, I am currently the Mathematics teacher for Grade 8, Pre-Calculus 11, Pre-Calculus 12, and Calculus 12. I wear numerous hats in the small Christian school I teach in, but engaging in daily math discussions with my students is by far one of my favourite things to do!

My classroom embodies the practices developed by Dr. Peter Liljedahl in his "Thinking Classroom" model, meaning my students use curiosity, enthusiasm, 'stuck-ness', collaboration, and critical thinking to unpack and discover the concepts covered throughout the year. I find so much joy in struggling alongside my students, throwing them 'knowing looks' as they ask stop-thinking questions, and seeking different ways to approach a task. 

I'm looking forward to unpacking assessment strategies over the coming weeks, and hope to apply what I learn in my classroom as I learn it! 

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