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David DeCoste has taught at various levels including public school and university. He has worked as Principal, Mathematics Consultant at the board and provincial level, and Curriculum Coordinator. David has taught at the university level at St Francis Xavier and University of Calgary. He has done extensive professional development across Canada and in the United States and has been an author on several Mathematics resources including recent writing for Alberta Education. David is actively involved in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. | | | CARC (Central Alberta Regional Consortium) hosts a number of Webinar Sessions and they invite everyone to attend.
What is a webinar?
Short for web-based seminar, a webinar is a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the web. The key feature of a webinar is its interactive elements, the ability to give, receive and discuss information, typically through slide show presentations, streaming video, VoIP, whiteboard and text chat. | | |
Dr. Marian Small is the former Dean of Education at the University of New Brunswick. She has been an author on seven text series at both elementary and secondary levels in Canada, US, Australia, and Bhutan.
She has written Big Ideas from Dr. Small: Grades 9-12, published by Nelson Education Ltd., as well as More Good Questions: A Great Way to Differentiate Secondary Math Instruction, jointly published by Teachers College Press, NCTM and Nelson Canada with Amy Lin.
She has also developed materials and provided consultation focused on working with struggling learners, differentiating instruction, and on teacher questioning in mathematics classrooms throughout Canada. | | | Mary Jo Rawleigh - SAPDC High School Mathematices Implementation Support Teacher | | |
Laura Pankratz has been Physics 30 Examination Manager for the past 9 years and was examiner for Physics and Mathematics and acting examination manager for Science 30 with Learner Assessment for 6 years before that. Previously she taught all the Gr. 9 to 12 mathematics and science courses with the exception of Biology. | | | Brenda Elder is on secondment to Alberta Education from Black Gold School Division. In her 14 years of teaching she has worked with students in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. | | |
Ken Hakstol is currently working under contract as a technology consultant for SAPDC. Ken has over 30 years of classroom experience working in Southern Alberta. Ken believes that by collaborating and sharing our professional experiences we learn the best practices to support learning in the classroom. | | | Ray Hoger - Teacher, Medicine Hat Catholic Seperate School Division No. 20 | | |
ASCA (Alberta School Councils' Association) The provincial association representing parents on school council. | | |
Steve Leinwand has over 30 years of leadership positions in mathematics education. He is currently a Principal Research Analyst at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in Washington, D.C. Before joining AIR in 2002, he spent 22 years as a Mathematics Consultant with the Connecticut Department of Education. In addition, Steve has served on the Mathematical Sciences Education Board, as president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, and on the NCTM Board of Directors. Steve is also an author of several mathematics textbooks. He has written numerous articles and his books, Sensible Mathematics: A Guide for School Leaders and Accessible Math: 10 Instructional Shifts that Raise Student Achievement were published by Heinemann in 2000 and 2009 respectively. | | | Cathy Fosnot is Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of Mathematics in the City, a nationally-recognized center for professional development located at the City College of New York. She has authored or co-authored many books and articles on mathematics education, most recently the Contexts for Learning Mathematics series (K-6) and the Young Mathematicians at Work series, with the accompanying professional development materials funded by NSF and distributed in Canada by Pearson. She serves as the senior content consultant for the award-winning internet K-2 math environment, DreamBox Learning (also distributed by Pearson). The AERA SIG on Constructivism has twice awarded her their “significant contribution” award. In 2005, she was the recipient of the Teacher of the Year award from CCNY.
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Trevor Brown is a former Mathematics Consultant for the TDSB. He is presently Lead Investigator for the Math Exemplars Project with the Ontario Ministry of Education.
He is a Course Director for Intermediate Mathematics at York University, and Associate Professor at Tyndale University and College. Trevor has co-authored the following books: Making Mathematics [Canada Publishing Company] and Math Makes Sense [Pearson]. | | |
Jim Knight is a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. He has spent more than a decade studying instructional coaching. Jim’s articles on instructional coaching have been included in publications such as The Journal of Staff Development, Principal Leadership, and The School Administrator, and he has written two books on instructional coaching: Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction, and Coaching Classroom Management, written with Randy Sprick, Wendy Reinke, and Tricia McCale. Jim is frequently asked to guide professional learning for instructional coaches and has presented and consulted in more than 35 states, most Canadian provinces, and in Japan. He has also won several university teaching and innovation awards. | | |
Chris Bryan currently works as an educational consultant with the Center for Quality Strategic Professional Development, Front Range BOCES in Colorado and is a senior consultant with the National Staff Development Council. In addition, she teaches pre-service teachers at the University of Colorado and Health Sciences Center and serves as co-president of the Colorado Staff Development Council.
She has worked in both private, residential and public school settings as a classroom teacher and as a specialist for students with various disabilities. Chris works extensively with school based coaches and serves as a national consultant to various schools and organizations in several aspects of school reform, organization, professional development, standards based instruction, differentiation and responsive teaching. | | |
Kim Barker-Kay has been an educator in northern Alberta for the last 26 years. She has taught most grades and ages from kindergarten to adults. She is currently principal/teacher of Prairie View Outreach School in High Prairie. She spent the 4 previous years as an FNMI lead teacher for High Prairie School Division, researching and exploring how to close the achievement gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students. Kim has a Master of Education degree in educational leadership with a focus on the roles of Native Liaison Workers in northern schools. | | |
John Antonetti is former Director of K-12 Curriculum for the Sheridan School District in Arkansas. Once described by Larry Lezotte as a "teacher's teacher,” John is an advocate of experiential education and recognizes that all learners learn best when they work together to solve real world problems in safe, cooperative environments. He has taught kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school.
He is also a highly-sought keynote speaker. His humor and parables are recognized by teachers, administrators, and parents as relevant examples of the power of teachers. For the past two years he has been a featured keynote presenter at “Leading and Learning”, the annual conference of the Central Alberta Regional Consortium in Red Deer, where attendees have raved about not only about the content of his sessions, but also about his engaging presentation style. | | |
Educator, Administrator, Carpenter, Visionary - Mike Dumanski, a 23 year educator, has been a classroom teacher, district administrator, and staff consultant with Edmonton Catholic Schools. For the past four years, Mr. Dumanski has worked for Alberta Education as a Program Manager, Curriculum Manager, and Off-campus Education Manager. Mike was responsible for the latest revision and refocus of the new Off-campus Education Handbook. | | |
Susan Clayton (B.Ed. M.Ed. Ed.D.) has been teaching in BC for 25 years in various positions including school counsellor and coordinator for PD for Peace River North and a teacher of Education at Simon Fraser University. She currently is a private consultant with focus on UBD and provides workshops on teaching for understanding; skill development for PLC work, and casting visions. Susan has worked for Grant Wiggins for 4 years and continues to work nationally and internationally including Singapore for the past 3years. | | |
Susan Clayton worked in public education in British Columbia for 30 years. She has taught First Nations children, worked with First Nations children in her school counseling practice, and co-facilitated workshops for First Nations teachers with First Nations teachers while working in Ft. St. John BC. Susan was the Provincial Project Coordinator of the resource to be used in this series. Susan has a BEd., MEd in school counseling and EdD in education leadership. She currently works as a private education consultant. | | | Cynthia Parr - Director of Student Services, Lethbridge School District #51 | | | Margo Southall is a highly experienced classroom teacher, special education resource teacher, reading specialist and literacy coach. Her work focuses on designing intervention programs and developing frameworks for differentiating reading instruction in the classroom. Margo is the author of Differentiated Literacy Centers (Scholastic, 2007), Differentiated Small Group Reading Lessons (Scholastic, 2009) and Differentiating Reading Instruction for Success with Response to Intervention (Scholastic, 2011).
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Joan Helmsing B.Ed. M.Ed., Helmsing Consulting, Inc.
Joan was a classroom teacher and learning assistance teacher in the Moose Jaw Public S.D. and Regina Public S.D. for over 30 years and is presently working as the Educational Psychologist for the Holy Family S.D., as well as assessing privately and conducting educational workshops. For more than 20 years, she has been training participants in the administration and interpretation of the Woodcock-Johnson® across Canada and the number of educators interested in this assessment tool has consistently been increasing. She is returning to Southern Alberta to offer this training for Special Education teachers.
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Lise May has been involved in teaching FSL as a teacher, a consultant and a school administrator for many years. She has written and taught a L2 methodology course to student teachers in the French program at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Education. She has a great deal of experience in using different and efficient strategies for teaching and learning of FSL. Lise has a strong conviction that to learn French, students have to be motivated. Lise has also offered several French summer camps to FSL teachers of all levels. | | |
Lise May est impliquée avec l’enseignement du français langue seconde comme enseignante, conseillère et administratrice depuis plusieurs années. Elle a écrit et a enseigné un cours de méthodologie de L2 pour les futurs enseignants des programmes de français à l’université de Calgary, Faculté de l’éducation.Elle a beaucoup d’expérience avec l’utilisation de stratégies efficaces à l’apprentissage du FLS. Lise est convaincue que pour apprendre le français, les étudiants doivent être motivés. Au cours des années, elle a aussi offert de nombreux camps d’été aux enseignants du français langue seconde de tous les niveaux. | | | Marnie Beaudoin is a consultant with the Institution for Innovation in Second Language Education (IISLE) at Edmonton Public Schools. Marnie supports second language teachers in the area of curriculum and assessment, and has worked extensively in the area of assessment in second languages locally, provincially, nationally and internationally.
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Thalia Hartson has created many resources for teachers, including a number of CD-ROMs. She has inserviced extensively throughout the province on technology, library, children’s literature, social studies, and mathematics topics. Her recent work has included development of teaching and training resources as well as literature lists and materials for the new Social Studies curriculum. | | | Roger Harty - ATA Instructor
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Judi Harris is a professor at the School of Education, the College of William and Mary, and the author of several books and countless articles dealing with effective integration of technology in the classroom. Dr. Harris is one of the most respected figures currently working in the field of educational technology.
Originally an elementary-level classroom teacher and K-6 mathematics / computer specialist, Judi earned her Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from the University of Virginia. She leads professional development programs and speaks to educators in the U.S. and in Canada. Dr. Harris is no stranger to Alberta, having worked extensively with the Telus2Learn Project Centre. | | |
ERLC (Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium) hosts a number of Webinar Sessions and they invite everyone to attend.
What is a webinar?
Short for web-based seminar, a webinar is a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the web. The key feature of a webinar is its interactive elements, the ability to give, receive and discuss information, typically through slide show presentations, streaming video, VoIP, whiteboard and text chat. | | |
CRC (Calgary Regional Consortium) hosts a number of Webinar Sessions and they invite everyone to attend.
What is a webinar?
Short for web-based seminar, a webinar is a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the web. The key feature of a webinar is its interactive elements, the ability to give, receive and discuss information, typically through slide show presentations, streaming video, VoIP, whiteboard and text chat. | | |
The Learning Network hosts a number of Webinar Sessions and they invite everyone to attend.
What is a webinar?
Short for web-based seminar, a webinar is a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the web. The key feature of a webinar is its interactive elements, the ability to give, receive and discuss information, typically through slide show presentations, streaming video, VoIP, whiteboard and text chat. | | |
CPFPP (Consortium provincial francophone) hosts a number of Webinar Sessions and they invite everyone to attend.
What is a webinar?
Short for web-based seminar, a webinar is a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the web. The key feature of a webinar is its interactive elements, the ability to give, receive and discuss information, typically through slide show presentations, streaming video, VoIP, whiteboard and text chat. | | |
NRLC (Northwest Regional Learning Consortium) hosts a number of Webinar Sessions and they invite everyone to attend.
What is a webinar?
Short for web-based seminar, a webinar is a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the web. The key feature of a webinar is its interactive elements, the ability to give, receive and discuss information, typically through slide show presentations, streaming video, VoIP, whiteboard and text chat. | | |
Sherry Bennett is the Executive Director of the Alberta Assessment Consortium (AAC). She has been involved with a variety of AAC projects over the past twelve years in the roles of developer, reviewer, writer and workshop facilitator, presenting assessment workshops throughout Alberta as well as in British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Singapore, and Bermuda. Sherry has co-authored two AAC resources, Building Better Rubrics and the newly published resource, Scaffolding for Student Success.
Sherry is passionate about the role that quality classroom assessment plays in supporting student learning. | | |
Debra Mayer is a life-long advocate for children with additional support needs and for the adults who care for children. She is an adult educator and community animator who spent 5 years managing and leading SpeciaLink, the National Centre for Child Care Inclusion, and continues to offer inclusion training for SpeciaLink across Canada. She is a faculty member at the University of Winnipeg, where she teaches inclusion and management and leadership courses for the university’s early childhood degree program. From 2000-2009, Debra was the early childhood consultant for Community Living-Manitoba and has also worked for the YWCA Canada, Manitoba Child Care Association and the Manitoba Government. She began her career as a front line early childhood educator and director, and as a nursery school teacher in an assessment and therapeutic program at Winnipeg’s Children’s Hospital. Debra was Chairperson of the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada from 2004-2006, an executive committee member of the Child Care Human Resource Round Table (now Sector Council) and a board member for the Canadian Child Day Care Federation. | | |
Leonard Sproule (AISI Coordinator) and members of the Grasslands Global Science Lab project will share their learning over the last 2 years of the GSL project. Len has extensive experience in facilitating Learning T eam professional development activities, as well as teaching science to students with severe learning disabilities. | | |
Deana Senn, previously Curriculum Coordinator for the Learning Network, has thirteen years of experience in the science classroom including Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and General Science. She has facilitated PD in the area for the past 4 years. | | |
Terri Reid has taught in classrooms and online in Alberta for 27 years and during that time she has constantly sought methods to increase student engagement in any learning environment. Currently, as the Online Education Coordinator for Black Gold Regional Schools she provides leadership to teachers and administrators in the integration of online resources into their lessons. As the Chairman of Teach AnyWare, Terri is committed to supporting teachers in the personalization of student learning using online resources as the backbone. | | | Together these experts have developed job-embedded professional development and research resulting in an improvement in student learning, educators becoming better together and a sound research-based, evidence informed approach. They have a proven track record creating and researching innovative teaching, learning and leadership practices. | | | Office of Professional and Community Engagement (PACE), Faculty of Education, University of Calgary collaborates to create networks for incubation, developemtn and innovation in leading and learning. | | |
Currently Todd Diakow is back in the classroom in Calgary. Previous to this, for the past 2 years, Todd was the IT Integration Specialist (Ed Tech) for Palliser Regional Schools. Todd has spent 13 years in BC and Alberta high schools teaching English and Social Studies. More importantly, his students have taught him how important technology is to their engagement as learners. Todd has been Moodling for 8 years, and has designed entire courses for Virtual Students, delivered through the Moodle Course Management System. | | |
LORI JAMISON ROG, M.Ed., is a teacher, curriculum consultant and author. Lori spent most of her career as a classroom teacher and K-12 Language Arts Consultant in Regina Public Schools. She has also worked for the Saskatchewan Department of Education as a reading assessment specialist, leading the development of the provincial reading test.
The author of several books and articles on teaching reading and writing, Lori has developed many professional materials for teachers, including Guided Reading Basics and Marvelous Minilessons for Teaching Beginning Writing, K-3.
Lori is one of only nine Canadians to have served on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association, and the only Canadian from a K-12 School District. Her dynamic style and practical ideas have made her a popular speaker at international, regional and local conferences. | | |
Candace Atwood – Candace graduated from the U of L with a Mathematics degree and is currently completing her masters through the U of L. She has taught Grade six Mathematics for four years and is currently working as the AISI facilitator for the Westwind School Division. Candace is participating in the interjurisdictional Mathematics AISI project that develops math resources for classroom use. | | | | | |
MaryLynn has 23 years of teaching experience and has taught every grade level K – 3. She is currently a Grade three teacher at St. Paul School in Lethbridge. MaryLynn has also been an Assessment Specialist with the Alberta Assessment Consortium for 7 years. | | |
Anne Mulgrew retired from Edmonton Public Schools in 2008, after spending 41 years as an educator. Since her retirement, Anne has worked part time for the Alberta Assessment Consortium providing support to the Executive Director in fulfilling the annual work plan. As part of this work, Anne has co-authored a number of AAC resources to assist teachers in providing effective assessment practices including: A Framework for Student Assessment, Smerging Data: Grading…More than Just Number Crunching, Conversations to Enhance Learning, Building Better Rubrics and the newly published resource - Scaffolding for Student Success. | | |
Deanna Wiens is currently the Grade Three Examination Manager for Mathematics and English Language Arts. She has been with the Government of Alberta for the past four years. Previously, Deanna was employed for 18 years with Edmonton Public Schools. She has taught students from Kindergarten to Grade Six but the majority of her career has involved working with Division One children. | | |
Kelly Rota is currently the Alberta Education Mathematics 6 and 9 Exam Manager. Prior to coming to Learner Assessment in 2004, he worked in various roles within Alberta's education system including that of teacher, school administrator, and field pedagogical supervisor.
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Sonia Yudcovitch has been an educator in Calgary for over 30 years, as a teacher and specialist supervising and training teachers how to effectively instruct a wide range of learners. Sonia has been a summer school and sessional instructor at the University of Calgary and a presenter and keynote speaker in Canada, the US and New Zealand. She is the author of 3 books on educational strategies. Her latest book, “Breaking the Silence” deals with teaching the ESL/ELL learner. | | | Myriam LeMay has developed an innovative teaching method in corrective pronunciation of French as well as pedagogical materials for the French classroom. The aim of her work is to present French teachers with a variety of techniques that will enable them not only to correct their students’ pronunciation, but also help these students understand how French sounds are produced so that they can attain self-correction. Myriam presents workshops to educators throughout Canada. She completed her M.A. in French Linguistics at UBC and has been teaching French as a first and second language for over 25 years. She presently teaches in Vancouver | | |
Myriam LeMay a développé une technique innovatrice d’enseignement de la correction phonétique en français langue étrangère ainsi que du matériel pédagogique pour la salle de classe. Le but premier de son travail est de fournir aux enseignants de français une variété de techniques de correction qui leur permettront non seulement de corriger leurs élèves, mais aussi de leur faire comprendre comment fonctionne la production des sons pour les amener finalement à l’autocorrection. Myriam offre ses ateliers de correction phonétique aux commissions scolaires de partout au Canada. Elle est titulaire d'une Maîtrise en linguistique française de l’Université de Colombie-Britannique et enseigne le français langue maternelle et seconde depuis plus de 25 ans. Elle enseigne actuellement à Vancouver. | | |
Monika Gysler, a Foods, Fashions and Art teacher with the Calgary Catholic School District, has enjoyed the last two years as a project-manager-at-large and Curriculum Manager with Alberta Education. During this time, Monika was involved in the many projects related to the revision and implementation of the new CTS program of studies and the provincial Health Strategy which supported the design and delivery of health pathways to Alberta students. She is passionate about individualizing learning for students while providing engaging, interesting programs. | | | Ray Shapka - Examination Manager
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment | | |
Jane Ellison, Ed.D. is an independent consultant and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Coaching and Kaleidoscope Associates. Jane provides consultation to school districts and other organizations in the areas of Cognitive CoachingSM, Adaptive Schools, change and transition, learning-focused leadership, quality professional development and facilitation. She is co-author with Carolee Hayes of Cognitive Coaching: Weaving Threads of Learning and Change into the Culture of an Organization and Effective School Leadership: Developing Principals with Cognitive Coaching.
Jane was the Director of Elementary Education for Douglas County School District from 1988-1998, responsible for development of elementary standards and curriculum, monitoring of instruction, and supervision of principals. Jane was a principal for 15 years, with teaching experience in the primary grades and the graduate college level. She holds a BA in Elementary Education and Social Sciences, M.Ed. in Elementary Supervision, and an Ed.D.in Administration. | | |
John Clarke is a private consultant and training associate for the Center for Cognitive Coaching and the Center for Adaptive Schools. He is presently working with schools and jurisdictions facilitating programs that promote development of enhanced teaching practice, creation and maintenance of positive, purposeful and successful school cultures, and exploration and establishment of high quality work environments. John has worked extensively with teachers and administrators in the areas of school, student and teacher self-esteem, student learning esteem and effective change management. He has been a trainer, facilitator, and keynote speaker for schools, districts, educational and professional organizations across Canada, the United States and Australia for over twenty years. John has over thirty years experience as a teacher, counselor and principal at the junior and senior high levels. | | |
Jackie Ratkovic - Differentiating mathematics instruction to meet the diverse needs of middle school/junior high learners takes wisdom, patience, and knowledge. It is a demanding yet highly rewarding pursuit. As a mathematics teacher at the junior high level, Jackie developed and refined a variety of approaches for making mathematics more meaningful and accessible to her students. In 1998, colleagues, parents and students nominated her for Alberta’s Excellence in Teaching Award. Jackie was one of the twenty teachers to receive the award.
Making sense of the use and abuse of manipulatives, unpacking the importance of visual, spatial reasoning for the development of number sense and problem solving skills, and learning to ask good questions are three areas that greatly intrigue Jackie. Jackie currently works as an independent consultant and instructional coach to teams of teachers in a number of districts across the province. Her work is focused on unpacking the revised Alberta Program of Studies in ways that honour and value its intent to put students at the centre of, and allow them to become responsible for, their own learning. | | |
Session Descriptions for Summer Tech Camp 2011- Taking off with Technology - August 23 & 24
Senteos for the Fun of It - Gail Tschritter
Learn how to use student response systems for formative evaluations.
Learn how they can be used for games, review, homework checks, and
general checking for understanding. Spend some time creating tools
that you can take back to your classroom and share with others.
Student Engagement - Using Technology in Project Based Learning with Gina Troskot
"Now is the time to revolutionize the way students learn and teachers teach (Arne Duncan, 2011)".
Participants will personalize the learning experience to engage students by infusing educational technology into their everyday 'student centered' teachings by using various application softwares and Web 2.0 Tools to create stimulating, outcome based, units/lessons/project/modules with exemplars (grade 7-12 core subjects, and more). No specialized software required.
Digital Citizenship & Digital Copyright with Alec Couros
This session will provide an overview of issues related to digital citizenship (content, safety, social networks, netiquette, identity) and digital copyright (fair use/dealing, copyright, copyleft, plagiarism, academic integrity). The session will provide sufficient background content for these issues, facilitate conversation, share key tools and resources, and provide space for the initial development of digital citizenship practice/policy.
| | | Stuart Brown - Trained in general and internal medicine, psychiatry and clinical research, Dr. Brown first recognized the importance of play by discovering its absence in the life stories of murderers and felony drunken drivers. His years of clinical practice affirmed the importance and need for healthy play throughout the human life cycle and his independent scholarship and exploration of the evolution of human and animal play have led to the establishment of the National Institute for Play. The Mission of the National Institute for Play (NIFP) is to bring the unrealized knowledge, practices and benefits of play into public life. Dr. Brown was the instigator and Executive Producer of the three-part PBS series, “The Promise of Play.” His experience as a medical administrator, producer, and scientific consultant or creator to numerous other productions on Joseph Campbell, Cosmology, Animal Play, plus his scientific and popular writings have identified him as the foremost “practical champion of the knowledge of play.” Dr. Brown’s recent book is the title of his topic: Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul.
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Kathleen McConnell Fad is an author and consultant from Austin, Texas. Kathy’s professional experience has spanned over 30 years as a general education teacher, special education teacher, university professor, independent consultant and author. Kathy focuses on designing practical, common sense strategies that are research-based. Her favorite quote is one that applies to all of us as we work to improve our programs and our intervention strategies: “You don’t have to be bad to get better.” | | |
Marcia L. Tate, Ed. D. is the former Executive Director of Professional Development for the DeKalb County Schools, Decatur, Georgia. During her 30-year career with the district, she has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and staff development director. Marcia is currently an educational consultant and has taught over 300,000 administrators, teachers, parents, business and community leaders throughout the world and has authored five best-selling books. Marcia received her bachelor's degree from Spelman College; Master's degree from the University of Michigan; specialist degree in educational leadership from Georgia State University; and her doctorate in education from Clark Atlanta University. | | |
Cara Shores has trained thousands of teachers and administrators at the local, state, and national levels in practical strategies for increasing achievement for all students. She began her career as a special education teacher and has had the opportunity to be a school administrator, Student Support Services Coordinator, and Director of Special Education. She served as a consultant on several state-wide training projects for inclusion. She is president of Wesley Educational Services and author of Positive Outcomes: Utilizing Student Support Teams as a Tool for School Improvement, Response to Intervention: A Practical Guide for Every Teacher, Using Response to Intervention for School Improvement, and A Comprehensive Approach to RTI: Integrating Academic and Behavioural Supports (in press). She has recently been chosen to serve as editor of Corwin’s RTI collection in their new Best of Corwin series. More information at http://www.wesleyeducational.com/. | | |
Deborah Lloyd has been employed by Medicine Hat School District #76 for 25 years as FNMI Lead teacher and has worked diligently to build a great department within the district. She has worked to develop such programs as ‘Walking with Kokum’, ‘Christmas Dream Catcher Program’, ‘Culturally Enhanced Tutoring Program’, International Day for the Elimination of Racism’ and ‘History in the Hills’. Deborah is an instructor with the ATA Instructors Core as an FNMI workshop facilitator. Deborah is a mother of 2 and has 8 grandchildren. She is a musician, singer, golfer and kokum, which keeps her very busy! | | |
Dr. Dave Carter has been an educator for 38 years, having worked as a Grades 6 & 7 teacher, School Psychologist (K-12) and Director of Special Education in two divisions. Dave “semi-retired” in 2005 and teaches courses for SFU, supervises doctoral students (SFU) and is an adjunct supervisor for school psychology for UBC. He still does psycho-ed evaluations and has done volunteer work in Haiti and Nigeria. | | |
Gail Tschritter has taught in Horizon School Division for
over 25 years - all grades from 1-12, but mostly, grades 7-9
Math and Computers classes. Currently, Gail is teaching at
D. A. Ferguson Middle School in Taber. She is the
Technology Guide for the school and will complete her
Masters in Educational Technology Leadership from the
University of Lethbridge in the spring of 2012. | | | Michelle De Abreu is a French consultant with the Institute for Innovation in Second Language Education at Edmonton Public Schools and a La Jasette facilitator herself | | |
For the 2011-12 school year Joyce Krause is working as a coach alongside Mathematics 20-3 teacher, Dixie Sillito, to bring the Mathematics 20-3 moodle course to teachers in southern Alberta. Joyce and Dixie are working together to develop the course. During the first semester Dixie, a teacher at Eagle Butte School in the Prairie Rose School Division will teach the course while Joyce will post their experiences to the moodle site. In the second semester Joyce will teach the Mathematics 20-3 course at Eagle Butte School and continue to post to the SAPDC moodle course. The moodle course postings will include the following:
using a blog to document daily lesson plans, teaching strategies, and reflections,
sharing resources such as lesson plans and assessment tools, and
participating in conversations with Alberta teachers by posing and responding to discussion items within the forums. | | |
Michelle Howell Tout au cours de sa carrière, Michelle a beaucoup aimé travailler avec les programmes d’immersion française et de français langue seconde. Elle a entre autre travaillé comme chef d’apprentissage et elle a eu l’expérience d’être consultante avec les enseignants du français langue seconde, de la 1ère à la 12e année. Pendant 2 ans, Michelle a eu l’opportunité de travailler avec le programme AISI pour le Public Calgary School Board. Ce rôle lui a permis de se concentrer sur l’incorporation de la technologie dans l’apprentissage d’une L2. Depuis les 7 dernières années, Michelle a offert des camps d’été aux enseignants d’immersion française et du français langue seconde.
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Michelle Howell has loved working in the French Immersion and Second Language Programs throughout her teaching career. She worked as a French Immersion Learning Leader and has had experience working as a consultant with second language teachers from grades 1-12. For 2 years, Michelle had the opportunity to work with AISI for the Calgary Board of Education and focused on incorporating technology in second language learning. For the past 7 years, Michelle has presented summer camps to teachers teaching FSL and immersion for the last 7 years. | | | Dwaine M. Souveny, M.Sc., R. Psychologist, Certified Professional Coach. Dwaine has worked successfully with children displaying a variety of special needs within a multidisciplinary team, as an educational consultant within school districts as well as in private practice. He has a specialty interest in working with children with challenges in the areas of social and emotional behaviour with a specific focus on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) and Anxiety. Dwaine has provided workshops nationally and internationally, which have been evaluated as being dynamic, humorous, thought provoking and filled with practical information. | | |
Dr. Marie Gervais received her Doctorate in Secondary Education at the University of Alberta, focusing on culture and learning, after 17 years of teaching public school (K-Gr. 12), ongoing professional development facilitation and four years of university teaching in the departments of elementary and secondary education at Faculté Saint Jean. She provides research, training and consultation through her business, Global Leadership Associates (GLA), and has ongoing partnerships with immigrant and Aboriginal serving organizations. Dr. Gervais is a practicing visual artist, choral and theatre director and writer. She is a sought-after presenter in the areas of ELL, intercultural competency and workplace learning, and has publications in a number of journals. | | |
Stacey Running Rabbit began her teaching career in Inuvik, NWT and spent two years in Assumption before moving to southern Alberta. She has taught students from Kindergarten to Grade 11 over the past 20 years and has been an ATA Instructor for 6 years. | | | David Wees was born and raised in beautiful British Columbia where he graduated with his B. Ed. from UBC. He began his teaching career in an inner city school in Brooklyn, NY before teaching at an International Baccalaureate (IB) school in London, England and at an international school in Bangkok, Thailand. David has co-authored a textbook in IB Mathematics and completed his Master’s degree in Educational Technology. He now teaches at Stratford Hall, a small private IB school in Vancouver and blogs regularly at http://davidwees.com
| | | Karen Shaw is a retired educator with half of her thirty-six year career spent working in teaching, designing and implementing programming for English Language Learners. Karen has served English Language Learners in the following roles: ESL Specialist for Calgary Board of Education, Vice President of the Alberta English as a Second Language Council, ESL Program Teacher, and ESL/Resource Teacher. Karen continues to be dedicated to supporting education and learning for English Language Learners and their families. She welcomes opportunities to be actively engaged with colleagues in designing and facilitating professional learning experiences
| | | Kelli Holden has 20 years of classroom teaching experience and has always had a keen interest in using technology to bring curriculum to life for her students. She's been a Technology Integration Facilitator, a Telus 2Learn lead teacher and a recipient of a SMARTer Kids Foundation Innovation Use of Technology award | | | Jen Karpiuk, FNMI Teacher, Medicine Hat Public School District No. 76, is a graduate of the Universities of Lethbridge (B.A.) and Alberta (B.Ed.) and has been a member of the local artist’s group, the Hat Art Club, for almost 10 years. She has participated in several juried art shows that have been exhibited at the Esplanade Gallery (Medicine Hat), the Cultural Centre Gallery (Medicine Hat),Trianon Gallery (Lethbridge), and the Crowsnest Pass Public Art Gallery. Jen’s artistic interests are varied but include life drawing (various media), soapstone sculpture, photography and printmaking. Jen is currently the First Nations, Métis and Inuit teacher assigned to Crescent Heights High School’s Legacy Room in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
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Pauline Auld is a Learning Specialist with the Calgary Board of Education. Her work has focused on creating awareness and understanding around the potential of inclusive learning (assistive) technologies in addressing diverse student needs and in building capacity with staff. Action research projects, AT Toolkits and App Chat sessions are just a few of the strategies and initiatives that have assisted educators in personalizing learning for all students and in addressing the needs of “each student, every day, no exceptions”. Pauline holds a Master of Education degree with a specialization in Educational Technology from the University of Calgary. | | |
An educator since 1991, Tom Schimmer is now an independent education consultant living in Penticton, BC. Tom has been a classroom teacher, school administrator and district level leader and has worked extensively in the area of staff development and educational leadership. He is recognized as a leader and expert in the areas of Assessment for Learning, Sound Grading & Reporting, Educational Leadership & Organization and Positive Behavior Support models. Tom has presented at conferences and workshops across Canada, the United States and internationally. | | |
Michael LoMonico is the Senior Consultant on National Education for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. He has taught Shakespeare courses and workshops for teachers and students in 36 states and in Canada and England.
In the digital world, he wrote the content for the Web site, “Shakespeare: Subject to Change,” published by Cable in the Classroom and several articles and lessons for “In Search of Shakespeare” for the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). In 2009 he wrote a Blog for PBS called, “Mashups, Remixes, and Web 2.0: Playing Fast and Loose with Shakespeare” and organized and led a Webinar for PBS called “Remixing Shakespeare for 21st Century Students.” Most recently he created and teaches an on-line course, Macbeth Set Free. He is the author of The Shakespeare Book of Lists, Shakespeare 101, and was the founder and editor of Shakespeare magazine | | |
Dr. Alec Couros is an Associate Professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as openness in education, networked learning, social media in education, digital citizenship, and critical media literacy. His graduate and undergraduate courses help current and future educators understand how to use and take advantage of the educational potential offered by the tools of connectivity. | | | Dr. Maurice Hollingsworth currently leads Learning Designs Inc. He has served as a Faculty Member for the University of Lethbridge and earlier the University of Calgary, teaching and researching IT (Information Technology) in Education. His previous work as Director of Information Technology for a school district enabled him to engage in both the human and technical sides of IT. In this leadership role he worked with talented teachers integrating information technology into their classrooms, led technical teams to meet educational needs, and architected networks and information systems. This background led to his work with the Ministry of Education in the Commonwealth of Dominica leading talented teachers from Canada to apply their talents in the West Indies. The past several years he has researched the areas of IT Leadership and also using Web 2.0 tools to address contemporary learning strategies in the classroom | | |
Karla Holt is an education technology consultant. She currently facilitates professional learning on integrating technology into the curriculum as well as working as a learning coach for technology for inclusion with Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools. Prior to this, Karla taught in England for 9 years, working at a technology specialist school and at a technology outreach centre where technology was embedded into all curriculum content. | | | Lisa Crowshoe is the FNMI Teacher at F.P. Walshe High School in Fort Macleod. She previously worked as a First Nations Teacher for the Piikani and Kainai First Nations Boards of Education. As a Grade Six teacher, she taught Science for 12 years and prepared students for the PAT’s in union with teaching from a First Nations perspective. Lisa also sat on advisory committees for Alberta Education K – Gr. 6 Science and Grade 6 PAT test development. Lisa transitioned into junior high by teaching Grade 7 Science and Language Arts | | |
Pat Lore has many years of experience as a classroom teacher with Edmonton Public, and has a life-long interest in mathematics education. She has worked with teachers and administrators as a consultant with EPSB and the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium, and with pre-service education students as sessional lecturer at the University of Alberta. Her interest in assessment in mathematics, and its power to move student learning forward, led her to a secondment this year with the AAC, where she is currently working as a field services facilitator and developing mathematics performance assessment tasks for the website. | | | Terry Lakey is on a two-year secondment from Red Deer Public School District. He is working for the Northwest Regional Learning Consortium as a Provincial FNMI Consultant / Facilitator. He has a passion for developing relevan hands-on FNMI activities for students. |
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