United in Purpose: Working Hand-in-Hand to Shape Meaningful Learning
At the heart of education is a shared commitment to future generations. United in Purpose speaks to the power of a collective effort—teachers, students, and families working together. When a common vision is built on trust, honors diverse perspectives, and fosters collaboration, we create meaningful learning experiences that ensure every child feels seen, supported, and inspired to grow.
Mentoring Teacher Candidates
My role as a faculty advisor allowed me to facilitate and build strong partnerships, between teacher candidates and school advisors. While working alongside novice educators and mentor teachers, we were able to have deep, meaningful discussion around student learning and how best to accommodate diverse needs in every classroom.
Most recently, as an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia, my focus as been guiding teacher candidates in learning to co-plan and co-design units of inquiry; underscoring how assessment should be integrated as a function of learning. Most importantly, teaching teacher candidates to be reflective in their pedagogy by being globally competent in their approach.
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy E-Course
This online, self paced course presents engaging video lessons as well as interviews with Canadians from all walks of life, holding space for honest discussions on internal and institutional biases and providing strategies on how to consciously push aside such biases so they have less influence on one’s behavior and feelings. Suitable for students and teachers in all disciplines, this course has been designed to offer as a reflective and introspective look into the nature of unconscious biases and their subtle impacts on every facet of life.
Designed for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of how biases affect all people. Importantly, how to engage in constant self-examination to ensure a heightened cognizance of how to mitigate the impact biases have on our decisions, behaviours and relationships.
(Note: everyone is going to be influenced by bias, that is inevitable, but the goal of this course is to start sitting with the discomforts of privilege, to begin unlearning and consciously working against the influences of such misguided homogenous notions)
What to Expect
Evaluation
Introspection
Growth
Watch this short clip as Ms. Nazli breaks down the role that culture and race can inadvertently play in the classroom. Specifically, how our implicit biases can influence how we treat our students and in turn, how they treat and perceive themselves.
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Relevant Speaking Topics
Reimagining Teaching and Learning Practices
Let’s talk about reimagining how we teach and how students learn. So often, classrooms follow the same old routines, but what if we flipped that? What if learning was more about students’ curiosity, their questions, and their ideas? In this episode, we’ll explore ways to make learning more active, collaborative, and meaningful, and how small shifts in our approach can spark big engagement from students.
Changing Perspectives: The True Purpose of Assessment
Assessment can be such a loaded word—it often makes both teachers and students nervous. But here’s the thing: it’s not just about grades or tests. Assessment can actually be a powerful tool to guide learning, provide feedback, and help students grow. Today, we’ll unpack how we can think differently about assessment, use it to inform teaching, and create a learning environment where feedback empowers rather than pressures.
Strengthening Home-School Partnerships
Learning doesn’t happen in a vacuum—parents and teachers are partners in a child’s journey. But building those partnerships isn’t always easy. In this episode, we’ll talk about ways to create trust, improve communication, and collaborate effectively with families. When home and school work together as pillars of support, children thrive—and everyone benefits.
Prioritizing What Matters Most in Education
Why Maslow before Bloom? There’s so much happening in schools these days, it’s easy to get pulled in a hundred directions. Today, let’s talk about how to focus on what truly matters for students’ growth and well-being. We’ll explore strategies for making intentional choices in teaching and planning, and for creating school environments where relationships, curiosity, and meaningful learning take center stage.
Leveraging Diversity as an Educational Strength
“The World is But One Country and Mankind Its Citizen”– Diversity in the classroom is more than just a buzzword—it’s a real opportunity. Different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences can enrich learning for everyone. In this episode, we’ll discuss how embracing diversity can strengthen empathy, critical thinking, and collaboration. We’ll also share ways to create classrooms that are inclusive, empowering, and truly reflective of the world our students live in
Growth: Towards Mastery and Beyond
Fear of failure and feeling shame when we make mistakes are some of the biggest barriers to personal growth. In this episode, we’ll talk about practical strategies and tools to help reframe failure in a more positive, motivating way—so that mistakes become opportunities to learn and grow, rather than something to avoid.