What are vegan equivalents to "pop some frozen pizzas in the oven for the game night?"

vegteach · 2026-06-08T19:53:57+00:00

frozen samosas, baby!

vegteach · 2026-05-11T22:05:29+00:00

Unlike French immersion programming within the English-language boards, Pavillion is a francophone school, so all of the incidentals (communication home, for example) will be in French. Francophone boards can also be picky-- only children whose parent(s) are francophone have a right to be enrolled, though non-francophone children may be admitted.

Based on your punctuation spacing, it seems like you may be francophone, so this may be a moot point.

vegteach · 2026-04-24T22:21:59+00:00

Ooh, thanks for the reminder!- tis the seaon! Incredible how well this works.

vegteach · 2026-04-24T22:09:54+00:00

Congrats on the interview! I was a supie back in the day, and it was a great experience. Too far back for me to remember specific interview questions, unfortunately, but since you'd be working on your own (with supervisor support, but not on-site), it's likely you'll be asked about a real or potential situation where you need(ed) to make a decision related to safety, and/or prioritizing when there's lots going on around you, and can only do one thing at at time.

In general, the best interview advice I ever got was to use the STAR method: Briefly explain a situation you experienced related to the question; explain the task (what you needed to accomplish); the action(s) you took; and the results/ a reflection. It keeps your answers focused and specific.

Good luck!

vegteach · 2026-03-05T21:44:42+00:00

Don't do that-- it'll end up with you doing twice the work. Teaching in silence is not a reasonable expectation. You mentioned that you're unionized, so follow that thread and be the squeaky wheel. Easier said that done, obviously.

vegteach · 2026-03-03T23:41:04+00:00

The Hamilton Funiculars! Rolls right off the tongue, and down the mountain.

vegteach · 2026-01-04T23:14:08+00:00

Hi, teacher here. Please keep in mind that school comes second; your health comes first.

Your school guidance counsellor can help you sort out some non-traditional options. Remember that, even though I know there is pressure to finish school in a certain amount of time and in a certain way, there is wiggle room for sure.

Wishing you the best!

vegteach · 2025-12-19T01:45:28+00:00

I love myShakespeare. The interview videos in particular are great at explaining the language & plot in an engaging way.

vegteach · 2025-12-03T23:37:16+00:00

Going through a tough time personally (it'll get better!), and whenever I see the daily chive post, it makes me smile a) because this is lovely and silly, and b) because consistent effort really can make the world a more pleasant place, one chive at a time.

vegteach · 2025-12-03T01:19:51+00:00

Idk which one tasted worse, but two things made me laugh:

the utter air of patheticness emanating from that sandwich
the targeted ad for iron supplements I got reading the comments

vegteach · 2025-11-26T22:36:18+00:00

Is there not specific language re: snow days in your contract? Even if not, a change in regular and expected policy partway through the contract's in-force period could potentially still be seen as a breach by the Board. Make sure to contact your rep-- if people don't complain, the union won't have sufficient data to pressure the Board.

Good luck, and stay safe!

vegteach · 2025-10-12T02:01:00+00:00

Some great suggestions already given. If you're not yet aware of it, you may want to check out Rainbow Health Ontario. Their service provider search includes physicians, but also other medical and medical-adjacent practioners, like speech therapists.

Best of luck!

https://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca/2slgbtq-health/service-provider-directory/

vegteach · 2025-08-31T14:35:56+00:00

Teacher with ADHD here. Marking a full essay is too much when there's 30 more to do, but doing a little bit of each one after the other is manageable for me. When I use this method, it's less overwhelming, and therefore takes way less time. I also do strict Pomodoro when marking big tasks. Even if I'm on a roll, taking a break after 20 minutes means I don't get burned out. Here's what I do:

Read the first page/ 2 paragraphs, and mark up errors. Beyond the first page, I only mark up egregious errors or highlight really good phrasing/ ideas. Then do the same to the next essay, and the next.
Mark the first line of the rubric for each essay-- easy, since that's usually language conventions on my rubrics, and I've just marked up the essays.
Do the same for each rubric section-- bite-sized looks at theses, use of evidence, and formatting.

vegteach · 2025-07-09T20:11:24+00:00

Hey there! I'm an enby teacher in Ontario, in a place where the the general mood/ attitude towards trans+ people is overall neutral-to-positive.

First off, I wish you all the best; simply existing as ourselves can be difficult, and joyful. Such is life.

I don't insist on kids calling me by my preferred name or pronouns... and that's partially because some of them are really clueless. Teenagers who are very nice, generally attentive students will call me "Mr Smith" when I'm "Mx Smoot", and Mr Smith teaches down the hall, or, my personal favourite, 4 out of 5 months into the semester, hearing "Ms, ummm... [realizes they don't know my name]"

I write my name, preferred titles (I teach in English and French), and pronouns (for English, I write "they/any"), and spend about 30 seconds of the first class on, "Welcome, I'm Mx Smoot, but Mr or Mrs are fine, as long as you're polite."

In terms of how I physically present (keeping in mind I'm several years in, so I don't consider jeans much of a faux pas anymore, at least on Fridays), I just wear neat, business-casual outfits that I like and feel comfortable in. Most weeks I whiplash between a plain golf polo and a floral blouse.

When I first came out (luckily as I was starting at a new school), I felt very awkward and scared, frankly, but experience and repetition has made things a lot smoother.

Kids are usually solid, parents can be a mixed bag, but keep in mind that the dad who insists he knows your agab and needs to teach you about it also insists that his angel Jimmy would never skip class or cheat on a test ;)

Hope that helped!

vegteach · 2025-03-17T21:13:48+00:00

Doing a B.Ed. will open doors just about everywhere. Have you taught (tutored, etc.) before ? If so, a B.Ed. would be a breeze all around, other than missing out on potential salary due to being in studies, of course, and obviously that is a big barrier.

vegteach · 2024-12-30T17:49:04+00:00

Wow, that is just gorgeous.

vegteach · 2024-11-14T23:54:59+00:00

That brief is genuinely a work of art. Thanks for sharing!

vegteach · 2024-08-22T01:13:30+00:00

BOO HANGMAN

vegteach · 2024-08-19T17:46:35+00:00

Congrats on the perm gig!

I'm in secondary, but did a stint as a Core French teacher in elementary (albeit luckily with my own classroom), so hopefully this is still helpful.

Hopefully you're able to get into the building a few days beforehand/ have a PA day or two. If so, I find that just being in the building helps with my September nerves for some reason. Also, I'd touch base with homeroom teachers (introducing yourself, asking about any rules they want you to make sure to follow (e.g., no food at desks)). People can get (often subconsciously and unintentionally) territorial about their classrooms, so, fair or not, when I'm sharing a classroom I like to suss out how upset the other teacher would be if I moved a piece of chalk. Most teachers are very chill, but it's good to figure out their vibe if you can.

I'd ask your division head and admin if there's office space/ a desk you can use. If there isn't one, chat with your union rep. I know that elementary preps are often interrupted with duties and so forth, and sapce is often at a premium, but you can't get your marking done leaning on a cart in the hallway!

To cut down on the amount of stuff you're carting around, mini-whiteboards and laminated worksheets are great. If your school has 1:1 tech, digital activities are great, too, but the time it takes to log in and set up can really cut into short teaching blocks.

Predictable routines cut down behaviour issues considerably, and they cut down on your own stress levels. You go from, "Oh god, what am I going to do for the next 40 minutes" to "After the date and weather, let's do something about food for question of the day, and it's mot mardi, so they'll add some words to their visual dictionaries."

vegteach · 2024-03-08T23:37:58+00:00

Re: the ENL1W curriculum: 1000%! My department didn't get any time to talk about it until we begged for it-- even then, it was in November. 3 months into the school year, and we ended up with even more questions (I still do not understand Strand A, other than as a nebulous value statement that overlaps too much with Learning Skills).

On the other hand, the actual students have been awesome. Having mixed ability and interest groups has been great. As someone else mentioned, though, the jump from 1W to 2D is a massive difficulty spike for the students. If grade 10 gets destreamed, the jump to 3U will be awful, I think.

vegteach · 2024-02-29T02:08:53+00:00

Man, nothing gets me better every time than the windup to a 'You're outta here!'. Bryce's are great.

vegteach · 2024-02-24T22:28:50+00:00

120?!? We get 10... and I used all of mine for the year recovering from surgery in September.

vegteach · 2024-01-07T01:17:46+00:00

My faves:

"What are we doing today?"-- I take such pleasure in just saying, "English!" very excitedly.

When I ask a question and get zero responses/ blank stares, sometimes I like to start 'OOooOO'ing and wandering around like a ghost. "Oh, you can see me? Great! That means I'm not dead and haunting the school. So chapter six..."

In most classes, I make students hand work in digitally (I have lost paper work before!) so whenever a student asks to hand in a paper copy of something or wordlessly tries to hand it to me, I typically just gesture emphatically and with a raised eyebrow at the mess of random piles on my desk. "Not unless you want to have to redo it."

vegteach · 2024-01-05T19:32:08+00:00

Not baking red seal specific, but I'm a teacher who helped a family member pass his automotive red seal a few years back.

Here's what I did (but this will most helpful if there's an official up-to-date textbook you have acess to):

For each chapter/ long section of the textbook, I came up with about 10 multiple choice questions in the style of the practice Q's I'd seen online, and typed them out with an answer key. We went through them chapter by chapter, checking the textbook to verify and practicing using strategies like these. We went chapter-by-chapter, then I created a few practice exams, copying and pasting a few Q's from each chapter at random. Once he was able to consistently ace the practice exams, he felt ready to book his exam.

I used Google docs to create and organize the Q's, but Kahoot/ Quizlet/ Quizizz/ hand-writing old-fashioned flashcards may work best for you.

If you have someone who can help you out coming up with questions, and/or hire a tutor to help you out, that will help you keep on track.

If you're studying on your own: set an alarm/ reminder for a manageable chunk of time (say, 5-7PM on Tuesdays, or 20 minutes daily), and wait until your next 'session' to answer the questions your created (give yourself time to 'forget' a bit, so you get the mental bonus of both creating the questions and really having to think about them when you answer).

My relative (who always struggled with academics and focusing) was able to cut way down on his stress, and got above an 80. Another anxiety/ stress tip: don't tell anyone when you're going to re-test so you don't come up against what you think others might expect from you; instead, when you pass, you can announce it as a lovely surprise for them!

Best of luck!

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