My survey for the parents, guardians, and caregivers in #SD62 is open today, and I'll be at the next SPEAC meeting tonight to check in with folks and let them know how the research has been going. I drove out to attend community lunch at Nuu-chah-nulth: Pacheedaht Nation in Port Renfrew yesterday, and I have some ideas on how to further engage with the folks in T'Sou-ke Nation and Sc'ianew Nation as well. This next month is going to be so full of activities for me! #AcademicMastodon

I hadn't intended on attending this #SD62 Board meeting tonight because the Board meeting observation phase of my project is "officially" over. And yet, if I hadn't, I wouldn't have known that I would be able to compare the overall district strategic plan summary report with the progress summary that was created for the Na'tsa'maht Indigenous Education Agreement. I don't think they are written in the same way.

Oh! Also, the #SD62 PAC president said she missed me asking really good questions during the board meetings that were conducted after I completed my background and context observations for my project.

I am trying hard to not let this go to my head, but sometimes it's difficult.

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The presentation to #SD62 SPEAC went well, I think. Because I prefer to be able to adjust my presentation on the fly in response to things which were said prior in the meeting, I know that I went way over time. I need to work on correcting that and would appreciate any recommendations that more polished extempore speakers have used for how to practice being spontaneous, but not so spontaneous that you go over time. 1/

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Okay, giving my first presentation to the parents in #SD62 about the data collection process for my research project. If you have good mojo to share, I'd love to borrow it for a bit.

Once I've cleaned up the audio from the live presentation, I'll have it available to view on the research project website hopefully later this week.

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