Educators contribute to the profession
Even as new educators we have something worth saying and bringing to the education community, and I understand this better than most. During the past two years of my teacher education program I have been a presenter at the national teachers’ conference WestCAST. I have presented on both my own learning journey as a reflection of my teaching program and how that affects my students in the classroom as well as mindfulness and meditation techniques for the classroom in order to boost student mood, motivation and academic success. During these conference I have networked and collaborated with other educators across the province and country to share resources and techniques for the betterment of ourselves as individuals and in turn the profession as a whole.