About Noa Daniel
Noa Daniel MEd, is a classroom teacher in the York Region District School Board outside Toronto, Canada. Through her consulting work at Building Outside the Blocks, she creates personalizing projects and initiatives for schools, boards, and communities.
Noa is the Founder and Director of The Mentoree. She works with a team to create spaces for teachers find support, learn, and lead through mentorship.
Noa is a moderator and speaker. She has hosted The Personal Playlist Podcast, based on one of her Building Outside the Blocks projects (BOBs), and she hosted the longest running weekly broadcast for The Mentoree on voicEd Radio called #OnEdMentors. Noa is a TEDx and keynote speaker.
Noa is also a writer. Her children’s books include Crazy for Canada, Old Timers: The One That Got Away (published under her maiden name Noa Schwartz), and her newest, Strum and The Wild Turkeys. Noa has also authored several chapters including "Getting Past a Gatekeeper" in Barbara Bray's Grow Your Why, "Student Voice" in Chey and Pav's Amplifying Our Practice, and co-authored "Creating a Supportive Virtual Mentorship Community for Educators Through The Mentoree" in Mentoring for Wellbeing in Schools, edited by Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Frances K. Kochan.
As a board member of Learning Forward Ontario, Noa strives to contribute to meaningful professional learning opportunities for educators.
All of Noa’s work amplifies voice and propels engagement for learners of all ages. She is always building outside the blocks.
Strum and The Wild Turkeys
Strum and The Wild Turkeys is a book about finding your voice, friends who are like family that give you a deep sense of belonging, and the transformational power of music. Check out the website full of great ideas for how Grownups (educators, parents, caregivers, family members) and Kids (of all ages) can use this book.
Here is some of the press we have been getting on the book:
The Morning Show on Global with Carolyn and Jeff
CBC's Here and Now with Gill Deacon interviews Noa Daniel
CHCH Morning Live with Noa Daniel
Different is Good
In the book, Strum and the Wild Turkeys, Strum sings a song that changes things for him, and this song was recorded by Juno-nominated Canadian children's duo Sonshine and Broccoli.
They released the song as a single and now, the music video recorded at the ranch where the book is set, is out and ready for sharing.
The Mentoree
The Mentoree is a collaborative community that supports educators through various forms of mentorship.