Starting a Circle: Exploring Aboriginal Education English Practice Vol. 57 No. 1 2015 English Practice Vol. 57 No. 1 Fall 2015 1 English Practice provides you with the opportunity to write and be read. Your viewpoints, lessons, opinions, research (formal or informal) are welcomed in formats ranging from strategies, lesson plans and units, to more formal compositions and narratives exploring big ideas in teaching and learning, to creative wraiting. We have four sections with the following guidelines to assist you in preparing and submitting your writing: • Teaching Ideas • Investigating Our Practice • Salon • Check This Out Submissions can be emailed to:
[email protected] English Practice is the Journal of the BC Teachers of English Language Arts which also publishes the President’s Newsletter and the Student Writing Journal. English Practice and other periodicals are distributed to BCTELA members throughout British Columbia and exchanged with other provincial specialist associations of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation. They are also distributed to other specialist associations across Canada. English Practice is a member of both the CCTELA and the NCTE Affiliate Information Exchange Agreement. English Practice is registered with the National Library of Canada under International Standard Serial Number ISSN 0315-2189. Photographer of cover Image: Jason Shafto Full Moon Photo Totem Pole Artists: Jaalen Edenshaw assisted by Gwaai Edenshaw and Tyler York. 2 Welcome to Starting a Circle: Exploring Aboriginal Education. Editorial A Haida pole raising requires vision, knowledge, skill, organization, and coordination amongst many people. Ultimately it requires that people work together to achieve a common goal – regardless of their age, gender, background, or ancestry.