Year: 2001 – Province: Ontario
Certificate of Achievement Recipients
Peter Bowen
School: K. P. Manson Public School
1017 Graham Road
Severn Bridge, Ontario P0E 1N0
Principal: Jane Hughes
School Telephone: 705-689-2612
School Fax: 705-689-9372
School website: www.tldsb.on.ca/schools/KPMansonPS/
Grades/Subjects Taught: Grades 7 and 8, all subjects except French and gym
Teaching approach:
- Learning takes place beyond the classroom.
- Teachers should be a role model for lifelong learning.
Outstanding achievements:
Introduces interesting projects and units of study using technology, Bloom's taxonomy, self-assessment and problem solving to create a stimulating learning environment for all students. Students participate in:
- Robotic Challenge, using Lego ROBOLAB program to design and program autonomous robots
- Canadian National Marsville Program, involving students of all abilities from across the country, building a Mars colony inside and outside of classroom time
- year-long dance unit, during which students learned dance styles from salsa to line dancing and presented evening performances to raise money for a class trip
- Confederation Conference, in which students dress in period costume and re-enact Confederation debates of the 1860s to improve their understanding of history and their communication skills and confidence.
Empowers fellow teachers to reach towards excellence:
- acts as resident technology expert, troubleshooting any and all computer problems
- wrote software for a district-wide report card comment generator
- develops workshops to assist new staff members, such as How to Conduct a Parent Interview
- initiates learning sessions to introduce new programs to fellow staff and helps implement them in school.
Rave reviews:
His amazing ability to make people learn effectively is what inspires me to go on with my education. Former student
I have always been impressed with Pete's appreciation of how technology programs enrich the classroom learning for students. Pete is always willing to experiment with new learning approaches. Student projects coordinator