Joanne Tompkins travelled to the Baffin Island community of
Anurapaqtuq to take on the job of principal at the local school.
This is the fascinating story of her experiences in the four years
she spent there and the many challenges she faced.
On her arrival in the Inuit village, Tompkins found struggling
teachers and failing students in a community that was grappling
with social and economic change. Outlining strategies that worked
and others that failed, she gives a vivid account of the day-to-day
trials and rewards that she and community members experienced as
they worked to create a productive and exciting school
environment.
This engaging and informative account of change in an Inuit
school will be of great use to educators and administrators, and
appeal to general readers as well. One educator who read the
manuscript paid it the compliment of comparing it to Sylvia
Ashton-Warner's classic tale of teaching Maori children,
Teacher.
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