Williams Lake Tribune, October 10, 2014

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Local teacher receives national recognition Monica Lamb-Yorski Staff Writer Williams Lake math educator Sylvia Swift is one of only 54 recipients to receive a prestigious national teaching award. Nominated by colleagues, Swift learned she was awarded one of the 2014 Prime Minister’s Awards for Teaching Excellence last week and said the secret to her success has been taking the time to figure out where students’ minds are going. “Assess first, then teach. If we are so busy telling all the time then we’re not hearing where

they are coming from.” The Prime Minister’s awards honour outstanding and innovative elementary and secondary school teachers who instil a love of learning and who utilize information and communications technologies (ICT) to better equip their students. There were 22 winners from B.C. Swift said she loves using technology and “our innovative new world” to help students access information. “Today many teachers are moving from knowledge-based learning to help students process

skills that help them find the right information,” she explained. She recalled encouraging a Grade 2 student who wanted to learn about wind to access information on an iPad. “By using a kid’s search he located a video that had high and low resolution, mapping and imagery,” she recalled. The student, who she admitted was a strong reader, then produced a powerpoint presentation he shared with the district’s education committee at its annual meeting. When Swift was nominated for the award last spring she was

teaching a class of 15 Grade 2 to 6 students in the year-round calendar program at Cataline Elementary School. “I had to put my students into small guided math groups so I could analyze where they were at,” she explained. “It’s all about breaking down who is having misconceptions about how math works.” Swift uses concept specific games, manipulatives, paper work, and “games, games, games.” See SWIFT Page A2

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