Join us to spend some time with Marc Levesque, President of the Vocational Teachers of Manitoba.  Marc will share some of the initiatives the group has undertaken to build its network amongst vocational teachers across the province.  He will also spend some time talking about the benefits, both personal and professional, vocational teachers gain when they get involved with the work of the group.  ..read more

Join us for a podcast highlighting Cynthia Bird. Cynthia is one of the presenters of The Manitoba Teachers' Society's annual Women and Leadership Symposium happening this March 1st and 2nd at McMaster House. It's not too late to register! Click below for the symposium program and registration link: https://www.mbteach.org/mtscms/2024/01/29/women-and-leadership-symposium-2024 ..read more

Episode 7: Teacher Take Care Zach is joined by local educators and innovators Dr. Jennifer Lawson she/her and Richelle North Star Scott she/her as they discuss their new book Teacher Take Care: A Guide to Well-Being and Workplace Wellness for Educators from Portage & Main Press. Featuring many Manitoba authors and MTS members, this is a must-read teacher mental health book. It is comprehensive, eclectic, local, real, and is truly embedded in Indigenous ways of knowing. Tell us what you think of this episode: Email: MBTeachersUnplugged@mbteach.org Social: @mbteachers on Instagram and Twitte ..read more

Why are Special Area Groups of Educators (SAGE)  important?  Connecting with colleagues and choosing the PD that will help you learn about new trends and strategies in education are just some of the benefits of attending a conference.  Join Brandi Bartok, President of the Manitoba School Library Association as she shares how her involvement in SAGEs have impacted her professional and personal growth in her career. School libraries have evolved to become central learning hubs within schools. The educational programming teacher librarians develop touch upon many curricular areas t ..read more

Why are Special Area Groups of Educators (SAGE)  important?  Connecting with colleagues and choosing the PD that will help you learn about new trends and strategies in education are just some of the benefits of attending a conference. Join Kevin Lopuck, Past President of the Manitoba Social Science Teachers' Association as he shares how his involvement in MSSTA continues to impact his personal and professional growth as a classroom teacher. He will also share how MSSTA has been at the helm of groundbreaking work that has been recognized nationally and internationally in various areas ..read more

Episode 4: Marley Dewar Marley Dewar, they/them, talks about the realities of teaching when you are part of the 2STLGBTQIA+ community. Marley, who identifies as gender non-binary, teaches grade 6 at Hartney School in the Southwest Horizon School Division, near Brandon, MB. Marley touches on the intersection of gender diversity and working in a rural environment; how people in the 2STLGBTQIA+ community are more prone to mental health and suicidality; how using pronouns can actually save lives; what allyship means; the state of homophobia and transphobia; the responsibility they feel to support ..read more

Why are Special Area Groups of Educators (SAGE)  important?  Connecting with colleagues and choosing the PD that will help you learn about new trends and strategies in education are just some of the benefits of attending a conference.  Join Elizabeth Bourbonniere, the President of the Manitoba Association of Teachers of English as she unpacks how her professional learning has been enhanced by her involvement in MATE.  Also, Elizabeth will share some of this year's conference highlights. Who knows, you might be the teacher who inspires the next Slam Poet or Winnipeg's next P ..read more

Episode 2:  Healing Through Teaching, with Virginia Birch Manitoba First Nations Education & Resource Centre Numeracy Specialist Virginia Birch shares how she blends cultural teachings and her graduate training in counseling psychology to empower teachers in Manitoba's First Nations Schools and explains the intersection between cultural teachings and anticolonial mathematics. She also shares some of the unique realities that face Indigenous educators in Manitoba and how they can support their well-being, as well as how we can all engage in effective allyship. Virginia also discusses t ..read more

Ep 5: Educators Who Are Racialized Zach sits down with Sherry Jones she/her to discuss how educators who are racialized are affected by and can navigate barriers to wellbeing and equity. Sherry is a former principal now Staff Officer in PFLS and we happen to sit next to each other on the 2nd floor. Sherry delivers professional learning on antiracism, develops workshops for beginning teachers for Celeb 5, is a liaison with provincial faculties of education, is the MTS rep for the Equity and Social Justice as well as the Teacher Education and Certification Standing Committees, is part of Labour ..read more

Episode 3: Educator Wellbeing in Rural & Northern MB In this episode, we're examining educator wellbeing in rural and Northern Manitoba. We’re going to be joined by two guests: Réjean Laroche he/him (2:48), Staff Officer in the Teacher Welfare department who discusses the role of Teacher Welfare staff officers and provides a labour perspective on working in rural & northern MB, followed by Diana Swain she/her (37:00) who teaches grade 8 at Berens River School, is a Wellness Chair for Frontier School Division, and member of Berens River First Nation. Tell us what you think of this episo ..read more