Professionalism:
Professional Development
Professional Development Certificates
Treaty Education and Reconciliation in Nova Scotia
This professional development taught me about the history of Indigenous peoples in Nova Scotia, the purpose of treaty education and how I, as an educator, can advocate for treaty education in all schools.
Understanding and Engaging Inuit Students
This certificate reflects what I learned about the unique challenges Inuit students face and how generational trauma effects their schooling. I learned a lot about how to find student's interests and engage them with meaningful projects.
Positive Space Training (Information and Awareness Workshop) &
Positive Space Training 2 (Becoming an Ally)
Both Positive Space Training sessions taught me many valuable skills to help create a more caring, safe and inclusive environment for studnets in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. In addition, I learned how to become an advocate and ally for those in the community.
Teacher Training in the Code Create Teach program from Kids Code Jeunesse
This professional development sessions provided hands-on learning experience to gain understanding of coding technologies and how it is a valuable tool to bring coding into the classroom. Technology will undoubtedly be a big part of students' futures and learning how to implement coding in the classroom will help students gain the knowledge to navigate these technologies.
Running Records
This session gave me valuable practice in conducting running records for various reading levels and ages. This practice was extremely valuable and being provided with online resources that can help me to continue practice, will be very valuable assessment strategy in the classroom.
Elementary Assessment
Assessment is key in deciding where learning is headed and what students need. This professional development session helped to align curriculum with assessment. It was also emphasized that there are a multitude of different ways assessment can be done, both formative and summative.
Peace Education and Conflict Management
This professional development keynote taught me how to create classrooms of peace and how to use peace education to solve conflict in the classroom.
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Other certificates include:
Supporting English Language Learners
Crisis Response in Schools
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
STEM in Education
Teaching in Other Provinces
Reaching Student Athletes
Inclusion and Accessibility
Professional Growth Target
To educate myself more on the history of intergenerational trauma and bring treaty education into my classroom.
Professional Growth Target
To find student's interest and create project-based learning based off of their passions and curiosities.
Professional Growth Target
To educate myself on the history of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community so I can better understand the experiences of my students and others who may identify as being part of the community.
Professional Growth Target
To introduce lower elementary classes to coding, using the technology and materials that the school has.
Professional Growth Target
To become more fluent and familiar with the running records notation symbols.
Professional Growth Target
To implement a variety of assessment strategies both formative and summative. Also, where appropriate, I want to give students choice in how they present their knowledge that is being assessed.
Professional Growth Target
Find ways to integrate peace education into the classroom and use it for when conflict arises amongst students.
2. Ethical Case Study
It is important to work along side other educators to discuss situations that can arise in schools and in practicum. It is important to utilize the Code of Ethics to guide decisions in a professional manner.
Case study discussed amongst pre-service teachers.