Experience

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  Alberta Education

  • Oil and Gas
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Director, French Education

    • May 2018 - Present

    Build, coach, and lead high-performing teams that develop research-informed, high quality French language curriculum. French Education Branch develops and maintains curriculum for French First Language, French Immersion Language Arts, French as a Second Language, Francisation.

  • Senior Manager

    • Jul 2005 - May 2018

    Managed a wide range of projects and subject areas including inclusion/inclusive education, early learning, diverse learning needs, curriculum, resources. Led small and large teams, budgets, projects. Maintained high level of confidence and communication with various stakeholders. Recruited, led and mentored a diverse team of managers, provided research-based advice to resource developers, collected data from stakeholders to improve project results. Collaborated across multiple levels and departments within government to develop projects and to provide advice to the Minister on improving learning for students. Co-led development and publication of written materials and an online app for teachers. Presented new materials to teachers, administrators and government employees. Was invited to sit on expert committees and groups to develop new ideas and provide recommendations.

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  well&belle natural beauty

  • Edmonton, Canada Area

  • Business Owner

    • Feb 2018 - Present
    • Edmonton, Canada Area

    well&belle is all about helping you find your own kind of beautiful with clean and green indie beauty products.

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  University of Alberta

  • Canada
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Researcher

    • 2003 - 2005

    While completing doctoral work on teacher attitudes toward inclusion (Good for all students: A Foucauldian Investigation of Teachers’ Discourse of Inclusion), I also developed a study on Student Teachers’ views of inclusion and was co-investigator on SCIberMENTOR, a project examining factors encouraging girls to pursue a career in science and engineering, as well as Child as Psychologist, examining the characteristics of children who have are gifted and have a learning disability.

  • University Facilitator

    • 2002 - 2005

    Supervised over 20 student teachers, led meetings and workshops for students to help them improve their teaching skills and pedagogy. Maintained excellent relationships between schools and the university.

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  Various School Boards

  • Ottawa, Toronto, Ajax, Ontario

  • Teacher

    • Sep 1997 - Jun 2002
    • Ottawa, Toronto, Ajax, Ontario

    Taught grades K to 8, French language schools, French immersion and Core French. Taught all subjects, including special education, physical education, technology, geography and history.