Resume

OBJECTIVE
To meet the portfolio requirements of the Near North District School Board and the Ontario Ministry of Education.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Successful Elementary Teacher since 1969. Member of Ontario College of Teachers
Teacher of Reading Recovery 1996-2000
Committee Member, Language Arts, with NNDSB and its predecessor.
Co-Producer of document "Primary Celebrations in Language".
Co-Producer of document "Primary Math Celebrations ".
Co-Author: East Parry Sound Environmental courses, K, 1,2,3.
Co-Writer, NNDSB Writing Profiles.
Co-Writer, NNDSB Reading Profiles.
Conducted In-Service Workshops for several of the above.

QUALIFICATIONS
Vocal Music: Primary-Junior 1972
Visual Arts Part 1 1973
Reading Part 1 1980
Reading Part 2 1983
Reading Specialist 1983
Primary Education Part 1 1989
Primary Education Part 2 1990
Primary Specialist 1990
Math Their Way 1 1987
Math Their Way 2 1988
Reading Recovery Certification 1996

SKILLS
Choir Leader.
Group Dynamics for classrooms in accord with the work of Dreikurs and Cassels of the Alfred Adler Instute .
Computation principles: analysis and remediation of computation skills utilizing the methods of the "Math Their Way" program.
Reading Miscue Analysis.
Reading Recovery practitioner.
Overspecialized, noted as "not very versatile".

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Teacher: Primary and Junior Divisions - (1969 - 1974)
Northumberland-Newcastle Bd. of Ed., Port Hope, Ontario
Central Public School, Port Hope. Grade 3 plus Primary Division Choir.

Teacher, Primary and Junior Divisions (1974 - 1976)
Muskoka Board of Ed.Riverside School, Huntsville. Grade 3.

Teacher, Primary and Junior Divisions (1976-78)
East Parry Sound Bd. of Ed.
Kearney Public School, Kearney, Ont.
K-6 .

Teacher, Primary and Junior (1978 - Present)
East Parry Sound/Near North D.S.B., South River
K-6 plus Primary and Junior Division Choirs, Primary Gifted, Special Education, Reading Recovery.

Curriculum Writing Teams:
1976 Kindergarten Environmental Studies;
1977 Grade 1 Environmental studies;
1978 Grade 2 Environmental Studies;
1979 Grade 3 Environmental Studies;
1979 East Parry Sound Reading and Writing: Use of Frameworks;
1991 K-3 Language Document "Primary Celebrations";
1995 Primary Math Celebrations;
1999 Writing Exemplars
2000 Reading Exemplars

EDUCATION

B.A. (1977)

Trent University, Peterboro

English Literature, Minor: Anthropology

copyright 2000