| Bachelor
of Education |
September,
2003 — May, 2005 |
| University
of Calgary, Master of Teaching Program (General Elementary) |
- Focus
on: technology, curriculum design, inquiry, differentiation
in the classroom, assessment
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| Bachelor
of Fine Arts |
September,
1996 — May, 2001 |
| University
of Victoria (Writing Major, Film Studies Minor) |
- Focus
on: journalism, scriptwriting, creative non-fiction,
children’s literature, filmmaking, film theory,
North American history
- Graduated
with distinction
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| Caslan
School (Caslan, AB) |
September,
2005 — Present |
- Grade
6-9 Language Arts and Social Studies
- Currently
participating in Northern Lights School Division's Leadership
Academy for future administrators and curriculum leaders
- Classes
consist of a large number of special needs students
including several with severe behaviours
- School
recognized within community as a Métis school
- Design,
deliver and assess core curriculum
- Integrate
technology regularly
- Use
numerous instructional techniques to ensure that all
students have the opportunity to find success
- Use
curriculum to encouage students to explore the Métis
culture
- Work
with and support students in extracurricular activities
- Redesigned
and published school
website
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| Riverbend
School (Calgary, AB) |
September
— December, 2004 |
- Grade
1/2 class
- Designed,
delivered, assessed all subject areas
- Integrated
technology
- Selected
various instructional techniques
- Focused
on differentiation in the classroom
- Designed
and delivered an integrated unit on farming in which
students exceeded learning expectations
- Designed
and published a website
to compliment a section of the farming unit, which several
classes used in their studies
- Led
gym classes for combined classes of 50 students
- Active
member in the grade-group team
- Extracurricular
support: Peace Heroes, Robotics, Photography Club; organized
and led meetings, supported students, provided technical
support
- Assisted
and gave technical support with assemblies
- Designed
a Power Point presentation to introduce the school’s
Peace Heroes program
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| University
Elementary School (Calgary, AB) |
September,
2003 — April, 2004 |
- Grade
5/6 class
- Supported
students and teachers in a team-teaching classroom of
55 students
- Provided
individual special needs support when needed
- Designed
and led lessons in math and language arts
- Designed
and introduced an integrated inquiry project in which
students selected a business and set out to organize
and conduct a one-day sale within the school
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| Website
Designer |
| Dr.
Lisa Panayotidis/ Dr. Jo Towers (Calgary, AB) |
October,
2004 — Present |
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| Video
Editing [Practicum Placement] |
| Galileo
Educational Network (Calgary, AB) |
October
— November, 2003 |
- Edited
short video footage provided by participating schools
to assist with on-going projects
- Supported
technology in additional projects such as video conferencing
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| Supervisor/
Special Needs Worker/ Staff |
| Kids
Klub (Victoria, BC) |
September,
1999 — January, 2001 |
- Planned
and implemented an active after-school program
- Led
and supervised staff
- As
a special needs worker, worked individually with a child,
ensuring they were integrated into regular activities
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| Volunteer
Coordinator |
| Sylvan
Acres Camp (Lake Cowichan, BC) |
Summer,
1999 |
- Organized
teenaged crews for daily projects as we began construction
on a new summer camp site
- Filmed
and edited a video documenting the summer's work
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| Program
Director |
| Sylvan
Acres Camp (Lake Cowichan, BC) |
Summer,
1998 |
- Designed
and delivered a complete summer program for children
aged six to 15
- Supervised
staff and volunteers
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- Canadian
Sports Collector (August, 2002; December, 2002 — Present):
monthly baseball column
- Non-Sport
Collector (June, 2005 — Present): regular writer
- Beat
Route (October, 2004): Film reviews: “Saw”, “Rotten
Shaolin Zombies”
- Beat
Route (January, 2005): Film review: "Hotel Rwanda"
- Beat
Route (February, 2005): Film reviews: "Beyond the Sea",
"A Love Song for Bobby Long", "2004 Cannes
Lions: The World's Best Commercials"
- Beat
Route (March, 2005): Film review: "Bride & Prejudice"
- Beckett
Baseball Card Plus (Spring, 2003): “Cyberspace Trading”
- Grad
Source Magazine (Spring, 2002): “Hitting
the Pavement”, “The
Wonders of Research”, “The
Dreaded Thesis”
- Reel
Talk Reviews, "Muppets
Forever?"
- Regular
film reviewer for several websites including Movie
Views and ApolloGuide.com.
My online reviews are linked on Rotten
Tomatoes.
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- Microsoft
Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access)
- Adobe
Photoshop, Illustrator, Macromedia Flash, additional graphics
programs
- Adobe
PageMaker, Quark XPress, MS Publisher
- HTML,
Dreamweaver, FrontPage
- Adobe
Premiere, Final Cut Pro, iMovie
- HyperStudio
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- Film
- Photography
- Technology
- Reading
and writing
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For
more on what I've done, please click
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