Hi human family my name is Jordan Christoff, I have always been passionate about nurturing creativity and cultivating the interests of those around me. In our rapidly changing world, youth need assistance in developing awareness, compassion and life skills that will help to unify humanity.  My deep desire is to foster knowledge and skills that will assist youth to reach their full potential and to claim their positive place in the world.  I have been blessed throughout my life by gifted teachers who honoured my creativity and encouraged me to develop strong academic skills. These excellent role models created an inspired space by being focused, clear, truthful, adaptable, gentle and strong. I appreciate the full commitment such individuals make every day and look forward to also contributing to my community by helping students to feel valued, validated and seen.

I am inspired by how visual arts offer students infinite potential for inventive modes of expression through multiple mediums. The range of possibilities within visual arts encourages students to share tangible representations of their passions, visions, ideas and inner worlds. The joy and wonder embodied by visual arts provides youth with alternate languages to express themselves in. Visual arts show students individuality in relation to their community, culture, politics and world views. Art has the opportunity to create bridges for understanding and relating to the human family through inventive outlets. I also look forward to fostering digital literacy and skills for students to interact with these mediums in a positive way.

I believe that holistic cross curricular education offers an opportunity to share inspiring knowledge that can activate the compassion, joy and creativity that provides solutions to global issues such as the climate crisis, racism, poverty and war. Education can share histories, creations and experiential engagements to develop empathy that nurtures each other and ourselves. Education has the potential to offer problem solving skills, flexibility, generosity and solutions that individuals will require to thrive in this world. Providing students and ourselves with an inspired heart centered multimodal skill set will create adaptability for the future.

I believe in collaborative group learning and projects that will help learners form strong interpersonal skills that translate to innovative healthy communities and individuals. Teaching students and ourselves about the power of family and community will be essential as humanity moves into the beautiful socially just future that we can create.