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Year: 2002 – Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
Certificate of Achievement Recipients
Robert Riche
School: Bishops College
192 Pennywell Road
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 2L6
Principal: Edmund Arnott
School Telephone: 709-579-4100
School Fax: 709-579-4109
School Website: www.bishops.ntc.nf.ca
Grades/Subjects Taught: Grades 10-12, technology education
Teaching Approach:
- My students' success is my success.
- Leadership is a responsibility.
Outstanding Achievements:
Prime mover behind schools' inclusion in the Network of Innovative Schools; applies innovative use of communications technology whenever possible.
Strong advocate of Web-supported courses, posting assignments, notes, deadlines, time lines topic lists, evaluation tools and quizzes on-line to give students ready access to the heart of their course, including paperless handouts that students can download to a palm-based computer or graphing calculator. Many students from other schools unofficially use these courses as distance learning tools.
Expanded use of electronic portfolios from a presentation tool for finished work to an enriched learning process, guiding students through the steps of the learning cycle and giving step-by-step instructions on using electronic portfolio software. Students can progress at their own rate, and often exceed expectations.
Integrates learning from several areas of school life: for example, computer technology students created a high-energy digital video for a basketball championship pep rally, a student is redesigning and re-organizing the chemistry department web pages, and a wide array of SchoolNet GrassRoots projects combine science and technology.
Rave Reviews:
"If it is useful and innovative, Bob is doing it and will help you get it going in your class." Fellow teacher and previous recipient of a Prime Minister's Award
"Academics were very important, but I began to see qualities in Bob that I wanted to emulate: leadership, commitment, perseverance, passion, success, fair play." Former student