Chey Cheney is a middle school teacher with 20 years of experience, originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He currently teaches Grade 8 in Toronto, Ontario and engages in coaching and leadership work with students in the school beyond instructional time.
Passionate about ELA, Chey infuses a teaching philosophy that centers around student agency, student voice and a strong commitment to social justice.  Inspired by the works of Kylene Beers, Desmond Cole  and Barry Schwartz, Chey is always looking for a way to embed technology in the natural flow of learning. He actively cements a consistent dynamic that ascends from consumer, engager and creator in the learning opportunities he curates.
With a vast athletic background, Chey has coached elite level sports to the most fundamental community recreation leagues. He aims to form a physical education and competitive sports culture that centers on a holistic approach dedicated to inclusion and entry points for all students to enjoy and flourish in the physical education experience.
In addition to his Teachers degree Chey has a History Honors Degree, a History Teaching specialist and an Adolescent Reading Specialist.
Pawan (Pav) Wander is an elementary school teacher with 15 years of experience hailing from Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. Currently, she is teaching a Grade 6/7 split class, integrated with the Home School Program. Pav gratefully teaches in the same neighborhood where she grew up and went to school, and has thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to be able to work with students in such a familiar community.
Pav loves to teach Science and Math, and enjoys combining the two subjects into extracurricular activities that she leads with students. Pav has run programs in Robotics, Engineering and Coding at the schools where she has taught, and has loved watching students, especially females, thrive in areas of STEM.
Thriving on listening to books and researching new pedagogies and themes in education, Pav loves learning about new ways of reaching and engaging with students, especially surrounding areas of podcasting, audio and video editing, as these are areas she is new to!
Pav has an Honors degree in Kinesiology and Health Science from York University in Toronto, and completed her teaching certification from D’Youville College in Buffalo, New York. Fitness and athletics have always been important to Pav, and she endeavors to include as much physical activity in her day as possible!
Connect with Chey & Pav!
Twitter: @mrccheney | @PavWander
The Staff Room Podcast: @StaffPodcast
The Drive: @TheDriveVoicEd
Instagram: @the_staff_room_podcast
Web: cheyandpav.com